Programmer's Guide to Java SCJP Certification, A: A Comprehensive Primer, Rough Cuts, 3rd Edition

Description

• Copyright 2009
• Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/4
• Pages: 1088
• Edition: 3rd

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-321-58572-0
• ISBN-13: 978-0-321-58572-1

This is a working draft of a pre-release book. It is available before the published date as part of the Rough Cuts service.

This book will help you prepare for and pass the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform SE 6 (CX-310-065) Exam. It is written for any experienced programmer (with or without previous knowledge of Java) interested in mastering the Java programming language and passing the SCJP 1.6 Exam.

A Programmer’s Guide to Java™ SCJP Certification, Third Edition, provides detailed coverage of all exam topics and objectives, readily runnable code examples, programming exercises, extensive review questions, and a new mock exam. In addition, as a comprehensive primer to the Java programming language, this book is an invaluable reference tool.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated to focus on the latest version of the exam (CX-310-065). In particular, it contains in-depth explanations of the language features. Their usage is illustrated by way of code scenarios, as required by the exam. The companion Web site (www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/pgjc3e/) contains a version of the SCJP 1.6 Exam Simulator developed by the authors. The site also contains the complete source code for all the book’s examples, as well as solutions to the programming exercises.

What you will find in this book:

• Extensive coverage of all the objectives defined for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (CX-310-065) Exam
• An easy-to-follow structure with chapters organized according to the exam objectives, as laid out by Sun Microsystems
• Summaries that clearly state and differentiate the exam objectives and the supplementary objectives to be covered in each chapter
• A list of Sun’s objectives for the SCJP 1.6 Exam and a guide to taking the exam
• A complete mock exam with new questions (not repeats of review questions)
• Numerous exam-relevant review questions to test your understanding of each major topic, with annotated answers
• Programming exercises and solutions at the end of each chapter
• Copious code examples illustrating concepts, where the code has been compiled and thoroughly tested on multiple platforms
• Program output demonstrating expected results from running the examples
• Extensive use of UML (Unified Modeling Language) for illustration purposes
• An introduction to basic terminology and concepts in object-oriented programming
• Advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in mastering the language and taking the exam
• Platform- and tool-independent coverage
• Information about the SCJP 1.6 Upgrade (CX-310-066) Exam

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

List of Figures      xxiii
List of Tables      xxvii
List of Examples      xxix
Foreword      xxxv
Preface      xxxvii

Chapter 1: Basics of Java Programming      1
1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Classes 2
1.3 Objects 4
1.4 Instance Members 6
1.5 Static Members 7
1.6 Inheritance 10
1.7 Aggregation 12
1.8 Tenets of Java 13
1.9 Java Programs 15
1.10 Sample Java Application 15

Chapter 2: Language Fundamentals      19
2.1 Basic Language Elements 20
2.2 Primitive Data Types 28
2.3 Variable Declarations 31
2.4 Initial Values for Variables 33
Chapter Summary 37
Programming Exercise 37

Chapter 3: Declarations      39
3.1 Class Declarations 40
3.2 JavaBeans Standard 41
3.3 Method Declarations 44
3.4 Constructors 48
3.5 Enumerated Types 54
3.6 Arrays 69
3.7 Parameter Passing 81
3.8 Variable Arity Methods 90
Chapter Summary 100
Programming Exercises 101

Chapter 4: Access Control      103
4.1 Java Source File Structure 104
4.2 Packages 105
4.3 Searching for Classes 117
4.4 The JAR Utility 120
4.5 System Properties 122
4.6 Scope Rules 129
4.7 Accessibility Modifiers for Top-Level Type Declarations 132
4.8 Other Modifiers for Classes 135
4.9 Member Accessibility Modifiers 138
4.10 Other Modifiers for Members 146
Chapter Summary 157
Programming Exercise 157

Chapter 5: Operators and Expressions      159
5.1 Conversions 160
5.2 Type Conversion Contexts 163
5.3 Precedence and Associativity Rules for Operators 166
5.4 Evaluation Order of Operands   168
5.5 The Simple Assignment Operator = 169
5.6 Arithmetic Operators: *, /, %, +, - 174
5.7 The Binary String Concatenation Operator + 185
5.8 Variable Increment and Decrement Operators: ++, -- 186
5.9 Boolean Expressions   190
5.10 Relational Operators: <, <=, >, >= 190
5.11 Equality 191
5.12 Boolean Logical Operators: !, ^, &, |   194
5.13 Conditional Operators: &&, ||   196
5.14 The Conditional Operator: ?:  201
5.15 Other Operators: new, [], instanceof   201
Chapter Summary 202
Programming Exercise 202

Chapter 6: Control Flow      203
6.1 Overview of Control Flow Statements 204
6.2 Selection Statements 204
6.3 Iteration Statements 216
6.4 Transfer Statements 223
6.5 Stack-Based Execution and Exception Propagation 235
6.6 Exception Types 239
6.7 Exception Handling: try, catch, and finally 245
6.8 The throw Statement 255
6.9 The throws Clause 257
6.10 Assertions 265
Chapter Summary 279
Programming Exercises 279

Chapter 7: Object-Oriented Programming       283
7.1 Single Implementation Inheritance 284
7.2 Overriding Methods 288
7.3 Hiding Members 294
7.4 The Object Reference super 295
7.5 Chaining Constructors Using this() and super() 302
7.6 Interfaces 309
7.7 Arrays and Subtyping 317
7.8 Reference Values and Conversions 319
7.9 Reference Value Assignment Conversions 320
7.10 Method Invocation Conversions Involving References 323
7.11 Reference Casting and the instanceof Operator 327
7.12 Polymorphism and Dynamic Method Lookup 340
7.13 Inheritance Versus Aggregation 342
7.14 Basic Concepts in Object-Oriented Design 345
Chapter Summary 349
Programming Exercises 349

Chapter 8: Nested Type Declarations      351
8.1 Overview of Nested Type Declarations 352
8.2 Static Member Types 355
8.3 Non-Static Member Classes 359
8.4 Loca

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