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Table of Contents
Preface
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| PART
I: Foundations of object orientation |
- Objects
and Classes
objects, classes, methods, parameters
- Understanding
Class Definitions
fields, constructors, methods (accessor,
mutator), parameters, assignment, conditional statement
- Object
Interaction
abstraction, modularization, object diagrams,
object creation, method calls, debuggers
- Grouping
Objects
collections, loops, iterators
- Functional Processing of Collections (Advanced)
functional programming, lambdas, streams, pipelines
- More
Sophisticated Behavior
using library classes, reading documentation,
writing documentation
- Fixed-Size Collections—Arrays
arrays, for-loop
- Designing
Classes
responsibility-driven design, coupling,
cohesion, refactoring
- Well-Behaved
Objects
testing, debugging, unit testing, test automation
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| Part II: Application structures |
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Improving Structure with Inheritance
inheritance, subtyping, substitution, polymorphic
variables
- More
about Inheritance
method polymorphism, static and dynamic
type, overriding, dynamic method lookup
- Further Abstraction Techniques
abstract classes, interfaces, multiple inheritance
- Building
Graphical User Interfaces
constructing GUIs, interface components,
GUI layout, event handling
- Handling
Errors
defensive programming, error reporting, exception
throwing and handling, basic file processing
- Designing
Applications
discovering classes, CRC cards,
designing interfaces, patterns
- A Case
Study
whole-application development
Appendices
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