ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY

(Accredited with ‘A+’ Grade by NAAC (with CGPA: 3.64) in the Third Cycle and Graded
as category - I University by MHRD-UGC)
(A State University Established by the Government of Tamilnadu)

KARAIKUDI – 630 003

DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.Sc (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

Second Year – Third Semester

12933 -- Internet and Java Programming

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Author:
Dr. P. Prabhu
Assistant Professor in Information Technology
Directorate of Distance Education
Alagappa University,
Karaikudi. 630 003.

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Reviewer:
Dr. S. Santhosh Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department Of Computer Science
Alagappa University,
Karaikudi 630 003

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Internet and Java Programming

UNIT Syllabi Mapping in Book

BLOCK 1
INTRODUCTION
1 Basic Internet Concepts: Pages 1 - 16
Connecting to the Internet – Domain Name System –
E-mail
2 The World Wide Web Pages 17 - 22
Internet Search Engines – Web Browsers – Chatting
and conferencing on the Internet
3 Online Chatting Pages 23 - 28
Messaging – Usenet Newsgroup – Internet Relay chat
(IRC) – FTP – Telnet.

BLOCK 2
FUNDAMENTALS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING
4 Basic concepts of Object Oriented Programming – Pages 29 – 37
Benefits – Applications
5 Java Evolution: Pages 38 – 45
Features – how java differs from C and C++ - java and
internet- java support system – java environment
6 Overview of Java Language Pages 46 – 70
Constants variables and data types- Operators and
Expressions - Decision Making and Branching -
Looping

BLOCK 3
CLASSES, OBJECTS AND METHODS
7 Class: Pages 71–85
Defining a class –fields –methods –creating objects –
accessing class members – constructors – methods
overloading –static members –nesting of methods –
Inheritance –overriding methods –final variables-
classes –methods
8 Arrays, Strings and Vectors : Pages 86 – 96
One dimensional Arrays –creating of array – Two
dimensional arrays- strings –vectors –Wrapper classes
– Enumerated Types - Interfaces: Multiple Inheritance
9 Packages and Interfaces: Pages 97 – 108
Defining interface –Extending interfaces –
Implementing Interfaces -Putting Classes Together

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MULTITHEREADING , EXCEPTION AND
APPLETS
10 Multithreaded Programming Pages 109 – 129
Creating Threads –Extending the thread class –
Stopping and Blocking a thread –Life cycle of a thread
–using thread methods –Thread Exceptions –Priority –
Synchronization –Implementing the ‘Runnable’
Interface
11 Managing Error and Exceptions: Pages 130 – 146
Types of errors –Exceptions –Syntax of Exception
Handling code – Multiple Catch statements –using
finally statement – Throwing our own Exceptions –
using exceptions for Debugging

Graphics Programming: The Graphics Class – Lines

and Rectangles – Circles and Ellipses – Drawing Arcs
– Drawing Polygons – Line Graphs – Using Control
Loops in Applets – Drawing Bar Charts.
12 Applet Programming: Pages 147 – 156
How applets differ from Applications – preparing to
write applets – Building Applet Code – Applet life
cycle – creating an Executable Applet – Designing a
Web Page – Applet Tag – Adding Applet to HTML file
– Running the Applet – Passing parameters to Applets
– Displaying Numerical values – Getting input from
the user
BLOCK 5
MANAGING INPUT/OUTPUT FILES IN JAVA
13 Introduction Pages 157 – 165
Concept of streams –stream classes – byte stream
classes – character Stream
14 I/O classes: Pages 166 – 185
Using stream –using the file class –Input / output
Exceptions –creation of files – Reading / writing
characters – reading writing bytes Random access
files- Interactive input and output –Other stream
classes
MODEL QUESTION PAPER Pages 186 - 187

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BLOCK I INTRODUCTION

UNIT 1 BASIC INTERNET CONCEPTS 1 – 16

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Connecting to the Internet
1.4 Domain Name System (DNS)
1.5 E-mail
1.6 Check Your Progress
1.7 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
1.8 Summary
1.9 Key Words
1.10 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
1.11 Further Readings

UNIT – 2 THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) 17-22

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Objectives
2.3 Internet Search Engines
2.4 Web Browsers
2.5 Chatting and conferencing on the Internet
2.5.1 Chatting
2.5.2 Conferencing
2.6 Check your Progress
2.7 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
2.8 Summary
2.9 Key Words
2.10 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
2.11 Further Readings

UNIT – 3 ONLINE CHATTING 23 - 28

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Objectives
3.3 Online Chatting and Messaging
3.4 Usenet Newsgroup
3.5 Internet Relay chat (IRC)
3.6 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
3.7 Telnet
3.8 Check Your Progress Questions
3.9 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
3.10 Summary
3.11 Key Words
3.12 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
3.13 Further Readings

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BLOCK 2 : FUNDAMENTALS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING

UNIT - 4 BASIC CONCEPTS OF OBJECT ORIENTED 29 -37

PROGRAMMING (OOP)

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Objectives
4.3 Basic concepts of OOP
4.4 Benefits
4.5 Applications
4.6 Check Your Progress Questions
4.7 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
4.8 Summary
4.9 Key Words
4.10 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
4.11 Further Readings

UNIT – 5 JAVA EVOLUTION 38 – 45

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Objectives
5.3 Java Evolution
5.4 Features
5.5 How java differs from C and C++
5.6 Java and internet
5.7 Java support system
5.8 Java environment
5.9 Check Your Progress Questions
5.10 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
5.11 Summary
5.12 Key Words
5.13 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
5.14 Further Readings

UNIT – 6 OVERVIEW OF JAVA LANGUAGE 46 – 70

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Objectives
6.3 Overview of Java
6.4 Constants variables and data types
6.5 Operators and Expressions
6.6 Decision Making and Branching
6.7 Looping
6.8 Check Your Progress Questions
6.9 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
6.10 Summary
6.11 Key Words
6.12 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
6.13 Further Readings

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BLOCK 3 : CLASSES, OBJECTS AND METHODS
71 - 85
UNIT - 7 CLASS

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Objectives
7.3 Defining a class and fields / methods
7.4 Creating objects – accessing class members
7.5 Constructors
7.6 Method overloading
7.7 Static members
7.8 Nesting of methods
7.9 Inheritance
7.10 overriding methods
7.11 Final variables-classes –methods
7.12 Check Your Progress Questions
7.13 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
7.14 Summary
7.15 Key Words
7.16 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
7.17 Further Readings

UNIT - 8 ARRAYS, STRINGS AND VECTORS 86 – 96

8.1 Introduction
8.2 Objectives
8.3 One dimensional arrays
8.4 Creating of array
8.5 Two dimensional arrays
8.6 Strings
8.7 Vectors
8.8 Wrapper classes
8.9 Enumerated Types
8.10 Interfaces: Multiple Inheritances
8.11 Check Your Progress Questions
8.12 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
8.13 Summary
8.14 Key Words
8.15 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
8.16 Further Readings

UNIT – 9 PACKAGES AND INTERFACES 97 - 108

9.1 Introduction
9.2 Objectives
9.3 Packages:
9.3.1 Defining a package
9.3.2 Importing packages
9.4 Interfaces
9.4.1 Defining interface

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9.4.3 Implementing Interfaces
9.4.4 Putting Classes Together
9.5 Check Your Progress Questions
9.6 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
9.7 Summary
9.8 Key Words
9.9 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
9.10 Further Readings

BLOCK 4: MULTITHEREADING, EXCEPTION AND APPLETS

UNIT - 10 MULTITHREADED PROGRAMMING 109 - 129

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Objectives
10.3 Creating Threads
10.4 Extending the thread class
10.5 Stopping and blocking a thread
10.6 Life cycle of a thread
10.7 Using thread methods
10.8 Thread Exceptions
10.9 Priority
10.10 Synchronization
10.11 Implementing the ‘Runnable’ Interface
10.12 Check Your Progress Questions
10.13 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
10.14 Summary
10.15 Key Words
10.16 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
10.17 Further Readings

UNIT – 11 MANAGING ERROR AND EXCEPTIONS 130 - 146

11.1 Introduction
11.2 Objectives
11.3 Types of errors
11.4 Exceptions
11.4.1 Syntax of Exception Handling code
11.4.2 Multiple Catch statements
11.4.3 Using finally statement
11.4.4 Throwing our own Exceptions
11.4.5 Using exceptions for Debugging
11.5 Graphics Programming:
11.5.1 The Graphics Class
11.5.2 Drawing Lines, Rectangle, Circles, Ellipses, Arcs and
Polygons
11.5.3 Line Graphs
11.5.4 Using Control Loops in Applets
11.5.5 Drawing Bar Charts.
11.6 Check Your Progress Questions

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11.8 Summary
11.9 Key Words
11.10 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
11.11 Further Readings

UNIT – 12 APPLET PROGRAMMING 147 -156

12.1 Introduction
12.2 Objectives
12.3 How applets differ from Applications
12.4 Preparing to write applets
12.5 Building Applet Code
12.6 Applet life cycle
12.7 Creating an Executable Applet
12.8 Designing a Web Page
12.9 Running the Applet
12.10 Passing parameters to Applets
12.11Displaying Numerical values
12.12 Getting input from the user
12.13 Check Your Progress Questions
12.14 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
12.15 Summary
12.16 Key Words
12.17 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
12.18 Further Readings

BLOCK 5 : MANAGING INPUT/OUTPUT FILES IN JAVA

UNIT 13 INTRODUCTION 157- 165

13.1 Introduction
13.2 Objectives
13.3 Stream & Stream classes
13.3.1 Byte stream classes
13.3.2 Character Stream
13.4 Check Your Progress Questions
13.5 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
13.6 Summary
13.7 Key Words
13.8 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
13.9 Further Readings

UNIT 14 I/O CLASSES 166 -185

14.1 Introduction
14.2 Objectives
14.3 Using stream
14.4 Using the file class
14.5Input / Output Exceptions
14.6 Creation of files

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14.8 Reading / writing bytes
14.9 Random access files
14.10 Interactive input and output
14.11 Check Your Progress Questions
14.12 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
14.13 Summary
14.14 Key Words
14.15 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
14.16 Further Readings

MODEL QUESTION PAPER 186-187

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safe and encrypted connection over a less secure network such as internet.
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eInternet is a network of network connected to World Wide Web
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crule to communicate with each other with NCP (National Control
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na network for communication.Rapid change in information technology
tsuppressed NCP and brought TCP/IP (Transmission Control
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danother using e-mail. Software has made it possible to stream voice and
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rengage in personal interests. In recent years, multiple player games and
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for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. Internet services
typically provided by ISPs include Internet access, Internet transit, domain
name registration, web hosting, Usenet service, and colocation. Internet
sservice providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrow band internet
i services in India. They are namely Jio,Airtel,Vodaphone,Idea Cellular,
dBSNL,Tata Teleservices, ACT,MTNL and Hathway.
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bThe type of Internet service you choose will largely depend on which
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Dial-up:
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oThis is generally the slowest type of Internet connection, and you should
nprobably avoid it unless it is the only service available in your area. Dial-
tup Internet uses your phone line, so unless you have multiple phone lines
eyou will not be able to use your landline and the Internet at the same time.
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tLeased Connection
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connection. It is the secure, dedicated and most expensive,level of Internet
Aconnection. With leased connection, your computeris dedicatedly and
directly connected to the Internet using highspeed transmission lines. It is
son-line twenty-four hours a day, sevendays a week. Leased Internet
i connections are limited to large corporations and universities who could
dafford the cost.
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need is a modem.A modem transmits binary data by representing a 0 as i
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computer uses a modem to translate binary data into analog signal for e
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pdotted decimal addresses. Internet programs need to use 32 bit IP
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between the programs and users we need fast, reliable method of
ttranslating between address schemes. For this reason, network engineers
hdeveloped name-server software. A name server is a program that
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ssystem. The DNs distributes specific address details among various name
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bidentify specific computer.Each element is referred as a label. For example
aftp.microsoft.com consists of three label namely ftp, microsoft and com.
rYour separate internet name labels with a period that you read as a word
dot. In other words, you would say the name ftp.microsoft.com as ftp dot
Microsoft dot com. Domain is defined as a sphere of activity, concern or
cfunction. The label Microsoft describes the organisation or entity the owns
othe compute Microsoft corporation. The label com represents organisation
nuses the computer for commercial enterprises.
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ncan be viewed as organization chart. The top of the chart is an unnamed
tstarting point called root. The DNS root is like directory on the disk –
neither root has a name. However, like directories on the computer, each
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Tof a recipient address. The email address provides all of theinformation
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nmessages whenever you want, and the people who receive mail from you
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tanother until destination is reached. At the destination, your message goes
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[ 3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to
T program, Pearson Education, 2000.
y 4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata
p McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
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Publishers, 2000.
t 6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
media, 2006.
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8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
s 9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004.
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pages on the internet. We can view text, graphics, video, and hear audio .
when we use our browser to access web sites. The internet is a vehicle
that lets computers around the world communicates. WWW was
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Nucleaire), Geneva’s European Laboratory for Particle Physics, the high-
energy physics research centre in Switzerland. Today more than one s
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dsignals by users from different places for communication between users on
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allows Internet users to search for content via the World Wide Web b
(WWW). A browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and a
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n New Age International Publishers, 2004
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n program, Pearson Education, 2000.
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. McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
A Publishers, 2000.
6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
s media, 2006.
7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
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d 8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
e 9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004.
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 Know about the message between network user e
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edistributed over the various geographical locations and connected
bthrough the internet. The sending and receiving of files is performed by
athe Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) which allows connection
rto Usenet servers and data transfer over the internet. The communication
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using server side programming software and communicate with each
other online.
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i servers are namely OperaNet which has less number of users. The
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rdetermine and set the communications and terminal parameters for the
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nestablished by Telnet, both ends have agreed upon a method for the two
tmachines to exchange information, taking the load off the server CPU
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b program, Pearson Education, 2000.
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Firewall media, 2006.
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c was conceived. This approach organizes a program around its data
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n data as a critical element in the program development and does not
t allow it to flow freely around the system. It ties data more closely to
e the functions that operate on it and protects it from accidental
n modifications from outside function. OOP allows us to decompose a
t problem into a number of entities called objects and then builds data
and functions around these entities. An OOP language such as C++ and
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A Java is an object oriented programming and to understand the
functionality of OOP in Java, we first need to understand several
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many features such as robust, secure and platform independent. It differs
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top boxes designed to provide video-on-demand services. As e
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language. Almost everything in java is an object. Java
comes with an extensive set of classes arranged in s
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language for creating applications on network. Java r
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refer to it with.
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nYou can declare a variable either inside the class curly brackets or
t inside the main method's curly brackets. You declare a variable by
efirst saying which type it must be and then saying what its name is.
nA variable name can only include any letter of the alphabet, numbers
t and underscores. Spaces are not allowed in variable names. You
usually start a variable name with a lower case letter and every first
.
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created when the objects are instantiated and therefore they are r
associated with close objects.
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then the changed value is available for all other objects of that n
class. t
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variables because they are not available for use outside the method
definition Local variables can also be declared inside program s
blocks. When the program control leaves a block all the variables in i
the block will cease to exist. d
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Data Types b
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numeric types. The names of the eight primitive data types are
byte,short,int,long,float,double,char and boolean.
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integer
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b public static void main(String[] args)
a {
r int days = 468;
System.out.println("Days Passed: "+days);
c }
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t 6.5 Operators and Expressions
e
n
t There are eight types of operators in java. They are Assignment
. operators, Arithmetic operators, Increment / Decrement operators,
Relational operators, Conditional operators, Bitwise operators
,Boolean operators, and Special operators.
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Assignment Operators
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i The basic assignment operator = is used to assign a value to a
dvariable or initialize a variable. The following assignment operations
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be of the same type of class or interface as y. If mixed floating- y
point and integer types, the rules for mixed types in expressions p
apply. e

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x = y; h
y is evaluated and x set to this value. e
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Arithmetic operation and then assignment,
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x &= y;
&=, |=, ^= c
is equivalent to
x = x & y; o
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Shift operations and then assignment, e.g. t
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types,
T then floating-point arithmetic used and a floating-point value
returned. If mixed integer types, the wider type is returned. If double and
y
float mixed, double is returned.
p
ex+y Addition
x-y Subtraction
tx * y Multiplication
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x/y Division.
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Modulo - remainder of x/y returned.
x%y
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i -x Unary minus
d Negation of x value
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bExample to add two numbers:
/* program to add two numbers */
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class addnum{
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public static void main(String args[]){
c int a =10;
o int b = 20;
n int sum;
t sum = a+b;
e System.out.println(“sum=”sum);
}
n
}
t
Compiling and Executing the above program is :
. C:\java>javac addnum.java
C:\java>java addnum
A sum = 30

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x and y are numeric (FP & integer) or char types. y
x++ Post-increment : add 1 to the value. p
The value is returned before the increment is made, e.g. e
x = 1;
y = x++;
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Then y will hold 1 and x will hold 2
x-- Post-decrement : subtract 1 from the value. h
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x = 1;
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++x Pre-increment : add 1 to the value. d
The value is returned after the increment is made, e.g. e
x = 1; b
y = ++x;
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x = 1; c
y = --x; o
Then y will hold 0 and x will hold 0. n
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public static void main(String args[]){
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int x1=5;
int x2=5; .
int y1,y2;
y1=x++; A
System.out.println(“x1= ‘+x1+” y1=”+y1);
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x1 = 6 y1= 5 a
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Relational Operators
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The following Boolean operations can be performed in java.
y Relational Operators
px and y are numeric or char types only except for "==" and "!="
eoperators, which can also compare references. If mixed types, then
the narrower type converted to wider type. Returned value is boolean
t true or false.
h x<y Is x less than y ?
e x <= y Is x less than or equal to y ?
x>y Is x greater than y ?
s x >= y Is x greater than or equal to y ?
i x == y Is x equal to y ?
x != y Is x not equal to y ?
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The example below prints larges of two numbers
b
a /* program to find the largest of two numbers */
r class largest
{
c public static void main(String args[])
o {
n int x1=10;
int x2=20;
t
e if(x1>x2)
n System.out.println(“x1 is larger than x2”);
t Else System.out.println(“x2 is larger than x1”);
. }}

AConditional /Ternary Operator

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b Operator boolean variable or expression.
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Bitwise Operators
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x and y are integers. If mixed integer types, such as int and long,
the result will be of the wider type
~x Compliment Flip each bit, ones to zeros, zeros t
to ones h
X&y AND AND each bit a with corresponding e
bit in b
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corresponding bit in b i
X^y XOR XOR each bit in x with d
corresponding bit in y
e
X << y Shift left Shift x to the left by y bits. High
order bits lost.Zero bits fill in right b
bits. a
X >> y Shift Right - Shift x to the right by y bits. Low r
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positive numbers, 1 for negative) o
fills in the left bits. n
X >>> y Shift Right - Shift x to the right by y bits. Low t
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temp=temp+1;
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y Sytem.out.println(“x1=x2=”+result);
p }
e }

t Boolean Operators
h
eThe following Boolean operations can be performed in java.

Boolean Operators
s
x and y are boolean types. x and y can be expressions that result in a
i boolean value . Result is a boolean true or false value.
d X && y (short If both x and y are true, result is true.
e circuit) If either x or y are false, the result is
b Conditional false
a AND If x is false, y is not evaluated.
r X&y Boolean If both x and y are true, the result is
AND true.
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c
false
o
Both x and y are evaluated before the
n test.
t X || y (short If either x or y are true, the result is
e circuit) true.
n Conditional If x is true, y is not evaluated.
t OR
. X|y Boolean If either x or y are true, the result is
OR true.
Both x & y are evaluated before the
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test.
!x Boolean If x is true, the result is false.
s NOT If x is false, the result is true.
i X^y Boolean If x is true and y is false, the result is
d XOR true.
e If x is false and y is true, the result is
b true.
a Otherwise, the result is false.
r Both x and y are evaluated before the
test.
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Class and Object Operators
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established operator precedence to determine the order in which the
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n = ?: || && | ^ & == < << + * new ++x .
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particular condition is satisfied. Also the sequence of execution p
need to be altered depending of the logic of the Program. e

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many values of the sides. To perform these tasks, the control h
statements come in handy.
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i) Conditional Execution b
ii) Selection a
iii) Transfer statements r
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possible actions depending on the result of the test. If the result is e
true then the statements in the ‘if’ construct are executed, other n
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class IfElseDemo {
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public static void main(String[] args) {
y int testscore = 76;
p char grade;
e if (testscore >= 90) {
grade = 'A';
t } else if (testscore >= 80) {
h grade = 'B';
e } else if (testscore >= 70) {
grade = 'C';
} else if (testscore >= 60) {
s grade = 'D';
i } else {
d grade = 'F';
e }
b System.out.println("Grade = " + grade);
a }
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o Grade = C
n
t You may have noticed that the value of testscore can satisfy more
ethan one expression in the compound statement: 76 >= 70 and 76 >=
n60. However, once a condition is satisfied, the appropriate
t statements are executed (grade = 'C';) and the remaining conditions
. are not evaluated.

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The conditional if-else statement can be used one within the other
s and these statements are said to be nested. The general form is as
i follows :
d
e if (condition 1){
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Selection ( Switch statement) n
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Selection statement allows the user to select a particular group of .
statements from several groups. The switch statement is used for
this purpose. A

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restricted to 2, whereas with the help of switch statement you can i
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Syntax : b
switch (expression) a
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hcomprises of multiple case statements and an optional default
estatement.

The execution of the switch statement takes place by comparing the

s value of the expression with each of the constants. The comparison
i of the values of the expression with each of the constants occurs
dafter the case statements. Otherwise, the statements after the default
estatement will be executed.
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aNow, to terminate a statement following a switch statement uses
r break statement within the code block. However, it is an optional
statement. The break statement is used to make the computer jump to
the end of the switch statement. Remember, if we won't use break
c
statement the computer will go ahead to execute the statements
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t For example
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n /*Displays the name of the day, based on the value of week
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public static void main(String[] args)
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A int week = 5;
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s case 1: System.out.println("monday"); break;
i case 2: System.out.println("tuesday"); break;
d case 3: System.out.println("wednesday"); break;
e case 4: System.out.println("thursday"); break;
b case 5: System.out.println("friday"); break;
case 6: System.out.println("saturday"); break;
a
case 7: System.out.println("sunday"); break;
r
default: System.out.println("Invalid week");break;
i } }}
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Transfer Statements [
T
Sometimes we use Jumping Statements in Java. Using for, while y
and do-while loops is not always the right idea to use because they
p
are cumbersome to read. Using jumping statements like break and
continue it is easier to jump out of loops to control other areas of e
program flow.
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break statement h
e
break statement is used to terminate the loop once the condition is
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Syntax: break;
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Example: e
class BreakDemo b
{ a
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{
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { c
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if (i==3) {
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2 s
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continue statement e
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Continue statement is just similar to the break statement in the way a
that a break statement is used to pass program control immediately r
after the end of a loop and the continue statement is used to force
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Syntax : continue;
y
pExample:
e class continueState
{
t public static void main(String[] args)
h {
e for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
System.out.println(i);
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a 3
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return statements:
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oIt is a special branching statement that transfers the control to the
ncaller of the method. This statement is used to return a value to the
t caller method and terminates execution of method. This has two
eforms: one that returns a value and the other that cannot return. The
nreturned value type must match the return type of method.
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. Syntax:

return;
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return values;
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b public static void demo()
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There may be situations in a problem where a single statement or p
group of statements may have to be executed repeatedly, until a e
particular condition is satisfied. The following various looping
statements are available in Java. t
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i) while statement
e
ii) do – while statement
iii) for statement
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i) while statement d
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The ‘while’ statement continually executes a block of statements b
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while (conditional expression) {
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The while statement evaluates expression, which must return a n
boolean value. If the expression evaluates to true, the while t
statement executes the statement(s) in the while block. The while e
statement continues testing the expression and executing its block n
until the expression evaluates to false. t
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Example : Using the while statement to print the values from 1
through 5 can be accomplished as in the following program:
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{ i
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{ e
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hii) do - while statement
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The Java programming language also provides a do-while statement,
which can be expressed as follows:
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i do {
d statement(s)
e } while (conditional expression);
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aThe difference between do-while and while is that do-while
r evaluates its expression at the bottom of the loop instead of the top.
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oExample
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n public static void main(String[] args)
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. int count = 1;
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b Count is : 1
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a
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The for loop is the most versatile loop provided in java language. It [
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is specified in the loop is met. In for loop, the initial value, y
increment value and the condition are specified in single statement.
p
This reduces ambiguity and increases the readability of the
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for (initialization; termination; increment) e
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b 2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata
a McGraw-Hill, 2010.
r 3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web –
How to program, Pearson Education, 2000.
c 4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference,
o Tata McGraw-Hill, Fourth dition, 2006.
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
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Publishers, 2000.
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6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach,
e Firewall media, 2006.
n 7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II,
t 5th Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
. 8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications,
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program, Pearson Education, 2000. e
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McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006. a
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly r
Publishers, 2000.
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1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java h
Programming, New Age International Publishers, 2004 e
2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill,
2010. s
3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to i
program, Pearson Education, 2000. d
4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata e
McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006. b
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
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6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, r
Firewall media, 2006.
7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th c
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003. o
8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002. n
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provide opportunity in combing classes belong particular project or work.
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tvariable CLASSPATH. Remember to include current directory and the
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general format is the same as for inheriting classes. When a class
timplements an interface that inherits another interface, it must provide
himplementations for all methods defined within the interface inheritance
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tthan a class type. Any instance of any class that implements the declared
interface can be stored in such a variable.
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reference variable.
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variables (constants). Classes, on the other hand, can implement methods
and contain variables that are not constants.
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provides some access modifiers like: public, private etc. Interfaces are .
designed to support dynamic method resolution at run time.
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1) What are packages? Give predefined package names.
s 2) How do define a new package? Explain
i 3) Explain how to import newly created packages.
4) Write short note on setting classpath for accessing packages.
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5) Explain the role of access modifiers in packages.
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6) Define interface.
b 7) What are the merits of interface?
a 8) Describe how to define and implement interfaces.
r 9) How variables are defined in interface? Explain.
10) Distinguish between class and interface.
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9.10 Further Readings
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n
t 1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java Programming,
e New Age International Publishers, 2004
n 2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill,
t 2010.
. 3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to
program, Pearson Education, 2000.
4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata
A
McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
s 5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
i
Publishers, 2000.
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e 6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
b media, 2006.
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7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
r
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
i 8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
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9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004.
a 10. Ed Roman, Enterprise Java Beans, Wiley Publishers, 1998

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10.2 Objectives e
10.3Creating Threads b
10.4Extending the thread class a
10.5Stopping and Blocking a thread r
10.6Life cycle of a thread
10.7Using thread methods
10.8Thread Exceptions c
10.9Priority o
10.10Synchronization n
10.11Implementing the ‘Runnable’ Interface t
10.12 Check Your Progress Questions e
10.13 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions n
10.14 Summary t
10.15 Key Words
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10.16Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
10.17 Further Readings
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A thread is a lightweight process which exists within a program and
executed to perform a special task. Several threads of execution may be e
associated with a single process. Each thread has its own local variables, b
program counter and lifetime. a
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sequentially i.e. next operation can execute only when the previous one is i
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threaded process, while a process with multiple threads is referred to as a
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t  Stopping and Blocking a thread
h  Understand Life cycle of a thread
e  Use thread methods
 Know about Thread Exceptions
s  Learn about thread Priority
i  Discuss about Synchronization
d  Learn how to Implement the ‘Runnable’ Interface
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tThe main() method is the first executable method runs in a one thread
ewhen java programs starts. The main thread creates some other threads
ncalled child threads. Often main() must be the last thread to finish
texecution because it performs various shutdown actions. If no other
. threads are created by the main thread, then program terminates when the
main() method complete its execution. Main thread can be controlled
through a Thread object. To do so, you must obtain a reference to it by
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calling the method currentThread( ), which is a public static member of
Thread.
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aThis method returns a reference to the thread in which it is called. Once
you have areference to the main thread, you can control it just like any
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ThreadGroup– All threads belongs to an instance of the ThreadGroup
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2. Override the run( ) method in the subclass from the Thread class to
t define the code executed by the thread.
h 3. Create an instance of this subclass. This subclass may call a Thread
e class constructor by subclass constructor.
4. Invoke the start( ) method on the instance of the class to make the
s thread eligible for running.
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e class MyThread1 extends Thread
b {
a String s=null;
r MyThread1(String s1){
s=s1;
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e public class RunThread{
n public static void main(String args[]){
t MyThread1 m1=new MyThread1("Thread started....");
. }
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dThe Thread class has a method suspend( ) to temporarily halt the thread
eand resume( ) that re-starts it at the point it was halted. A program used
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suspend( ) and resume( ), which are methods defined by Thread, to pause
and restart the execution of a thread. They have the form shown below:
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final void resume( )
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isAlive() Determine if a thread is still running.
i join() Wait for a thread to terminate.
d run () Entry point for the thread.
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b time.
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In Java all uncaught exceptions are handled by code outside of the run()
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method before the thread terminates. The following example shows how to
nhandle exception in thread.
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. class MyThreadDemo extends Thread
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s throw new RuntimeException();
}
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b public static void main(String[] args)
a{
r MyThreadDemo t = new MyThreadDemo();
t.start();
i try {
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priority. Priorities are integer values from 1 (lowest priority given by the e
constant Thread.MIN_PRIORITY) to 10 (highest priority given by the
constant Thread.MAX_PRIORITY). The default priority is 5 s
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waiting for the CPU, the scheduler chooses one of them to run in a round-
robin fashion. d
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priority for execution.
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the execution time a thread with a higher priority and all other threads are
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runnable then the runtime system chooses the new higher priority thread
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allowed to be execute for the fixed time, after completion the time, r
current thread indicates to the another thread to enter it in the
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eThe following example demonstrates two threads at different priorities,
bwhich do not run on a preemptive platform in the same way as they run on
aa nonpreemptive platform. One thread is set two levels above the normal
rpriority, as defined by Thread.NORM_PRIORITY, and the other is set
to two levels below it. The threads are started and allowed to run for ten
cseconds. Each thread executes a loop, counting the number of iterations.
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that each thread made it through the loop is then displayed.for Example,
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t // Demonstrate thread priorities.
e class clicker implements Runnable {
n double click = 0;
t Thread t;
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public clicker(int p)
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b { click++; }
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may be occurring with asynchronousthreads. i
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while only one of them can access the resource at one time. b
 If the producer and the consumer are sharing the same kind of data a
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eWhen the two threads are executed to access these methods (one for
increment( ),another for decrement( )) then both will share the variable
s"count". in that case, you can't be sure that what value will be returned of
variable "count".
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To avoid this problem, Java uses monitor also known as “semaphore” to
eprevent data from being corrupted by multiple threads by a keyword
bsynchronized to synchronize them and intercommunicate to each other. It
ais basically a mechanism which allows two or more threads to share all the
ravailable resources in a sequential manner. Java's synchronized is used to
ensure that only one thread is in a critical region. critical region is a lock
carea where only one thread is run (or lock) at a time. Once the thread is in
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its critical section, no other thread can enter to that critical region. In that
case, another thread will has to wait until the current thread leaves its
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critical section.
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eWhen two or more threads need access to a shared resource, they need
nsome way to ensure that the resource will be used by only one thread at a
ttime. The process by which this is achieved is called synchronization.
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Aof thesynchronized keyword, and both are examined here.

1. Synchronized Methods
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rAny method is specified with the keyword synchronized is only executed
by one thread at a time. If any thread wants to execute the synchronized
method, firstly it has to an object’s monitor, just call a method that has
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been modified with the synchronized keyword. While a thread is inside a
ssynchronized method, all other threads that try to call it on the same
instance have to wait. To exit the monitor and relinquish control of the
aobject to the next waiting thread.

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i Caller ob3 = new Caller(target, "Synchronized");
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c Caller ob3 = new Caller(target, "Synchronized");
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awill communicate with each other. When programming with most other
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class Shared b
{ a
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t this.s=s;
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int i=0;
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{
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{
c this.s=s;
this.start();
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bProduce : 1
aConsumes :1
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In this program, two threads "Producer" and "Consumer" share the
i synchronized methods of the class "Shared". At time of program execution, the
"put( )" method is invoked through the "Producer" class which increments the
svariable "num" by 1. After producing 1 by the producer, the method "get( )" is
invoked by through the "Consumer" class which retrieves the produced number
aand returns it to the output. Thus the Consumer can't retrieve the number without
producing of it.
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 the wait() method causes a thread to release the lock it is holding on an
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 wait() can only be invoked from within synchronized code p
 it should always be wrapped in a try block as it throws IOExceptions e
 there are actually three wait() methods
1. wait()
2. wait(long timeout) t
3. wait(long timeout, int nanos) h
 the timeout is measured in milliseconds e
 nanos is measured in nanoseconds
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 when wait() is called, the thread becomes disabled for scheduling and s
lies dormant until one of four things occur: i
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is no way to specify which waiting thread should be re-awakened
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 notifyAll() wakes up ALL waiting threads; the scheduler decides which
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TThe Thread class has a method suspend( ) to temporarily halt the thread and
resume( ) that re-starts it at the point it was halted. A program used suspend( )
yand resume( ), which are methods defined by Thread, to pause and restart the
pexecution of a thread. They have the form shown below:
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final void suspend( )
final void resume( )
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hThe Thread class also defines a method called stop( ) that stops a thread. Its
esignature is shown here:

s final void stop( )

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b10.11 Creating a Thread by Implementing Runnable
a Interface
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cSteps for creating Thread by implementing runnable interface

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n 1. A Class implements the Runnable Interface, override the run()
method to define the code executed by thread. An object of this
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class is Runnable Object.
e 2. Create an object of Thread Class by passing a Runnable object as
n argument.
t 3. Invoke the start( ) method on the instance of the Thread class.
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Acalled run( ), which is declared like this:

public void run( )

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dimportant to understand that run( ) can call other methods, use other
eclasses, and declare variables, just like the main thread can. The only
bdifference is that run( ) establishes the entry point for another, concurrent
athread of execution within your program. This thread will end when run( )
rreturns.

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executes a call to run( ).
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void start( )
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MyThread1(String s1)
{
s=s1; c
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} t
public void run() e
{ n
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p 1. runnable, new, not-runnable, terminated
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2. When two or more threads need access to a shared resource, they
need some way to ensure that the resource will be used by only one
t thread at a time. The process by which this is achieved is called
h synchronization.
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s10.14 Summary
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eA thread is a lightweight process which exists within a program and
bexecuted to perform a special task. It has four states namely new, runnable,
not-runnable and terminated. Threads can be implemented by extending
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t  A thread is a lightweight process which exists within a program
e and executed to perform a special task
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t  Deadlock A situation where a thread is waiting for an object lock
. that holds by second thread, and this second thread is waiting for an
object lock that holds by first thread, this situation is known as
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e 1) What is multitasking?
b 2) Define thread.
a 3) Write short note on main() thread.
r 4) Explain the ways to create a new thread. Explain.
5) What is multithreading?
6) What are the merits of multithreading?
i 7) Write a java program to illustrate multithreading.
s 8) Write short note on isAlive() and join() methods.
9) What are Thread Priorities? Explain how to assign priorities to threads.
10) Write shot note on thread scheduler.
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11) Briefly explain how synchronization is achieved in java.
12) Write short note on Messaging.
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10.17 Further Readings p
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1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java Programming, t

New Age International Publishers, 2004
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2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill,
2010. e
3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to
program, Pearson Education, 2000. s
4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata i
McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006. d
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly e
Publishers, 2000. b
6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
a
media, 2006.
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7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002. c
9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004. o
10. Ed Roman, Enterprise Java Beans, Wiley Publishers, 1998 n
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Structure
e 11.1 Introduction
11.2 Objectives
s 11.3 Types of errors
i 11.4 Exceptions
d 11.4.1Syntax of Exception Handling code
e 11.4.2Multiple Catch statements
b 11.4.3Using finally statement
11.4.4Throwing our own Exceptions
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11.4.5Using exceptions for Debugging
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11.5Graphics Programming
11.5.1The Graphics Class
c 11.5.2Drawing Lines,Rectangle,Circles,Ellipses,Arcs and
o Polygons
n 11.5.3 Line Graphs
t 11.5.4Using Control Loops in Applets
e 11.5.5Drawing Bar Charts.
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11.6Check Your Progress Questions
11.7Answers to Check Your Progress Questions
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11.8Summary
. 11.9Key Words
11.10Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
A 11.11Further Readings

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11.1 Introduction
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e Writing an error-free code is a concern of programmers. The presence of
b errors leads to undesirable results. To avoid unwanted termination of
a program execution, exception handling is required to identify and handle
r errors. This unit will discuss about various types of errors and the ways to
handle exceptions.
i 11.2 Objectives
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 Understand exception handling mechanism [
 Name some common names of exceptions T
 Know about graphics programming y
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Though it is the dream of every programmer to write error –free programs, e
it is not so normally. This is because the programmer has not anticipated
all possible situations that might occur while running the program. The s
errors might be due to a programming mistake, bad input data, corrupted
i
files etc. It is necessary to take care about these situations. Hence java
introduces Exception Handling. Errors are generally classified into compile d
time error and run-time errors. e
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occurs within a method, the method creates an object and hands it off to n
the runtime system. The object, called an exception object, contains t
information about the error, including its type and the state of the program e
when the error occurred. Creating an exception object and handing it to the n
runtime system is called throwing an exception. After a method throws an
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exception, the runtime system attempts to find something to handle it. Java
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method that contains an appropriate exception handler. e
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run-time system, or they can be manually generated by your code. They are a
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subclass to create your own custom exception types. There is an important
o subclass of Exception, called RuntimeException. Exceptions of this type
n are automatically defined for the programs that you write and include
t things such as division by zero and invalid array indexing.
e
n The other is Error, which defines exceptions that are not expected to be
t caught under normal circumstances by your program. Exceptions of type
. Error are used by the Java run-time system to indicate errors having to do
with the run-time environment, itself. This unit will dealing with
exceptions of type Exception.
A
RuntimeExceptions are those exceptions that occur with in the java
s runtime system. This includes arithmetic exceptions(such as when dividing
i by zero).Runtime exceptions can occur anywhere in a program and in a
d typical program can be very numerous.
e
b Java exception handling is managed via five keywords: They are try,
a catch, throw, throws, and finally.
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 Program statements that you want to monitor for exceptions are
contained within a try block. If an exception occurs within the try
i block, it is thrown. Your code can catch this exception (using
s catch) and handle it in some rational manner.

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 Any code that absolutely must be executed before a method returns y
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11.4.1 Syntax of Exception Handling code
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try
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{
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} d
catch (ExceptionType1 exOb) { e
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} a
catch (ExceptionType2 exOb) { r
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int d, a;
p try { // monitor a block of code.
e d = 0;
a = 42 / d;
t System.out.println("This will not be printed.");
h }catch (ArithmeticException e) { // catch divide-by-zero
e error
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}
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i }
d }
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a Output :
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o Notice that the call to println( ) inside the try block is never executed.
n Once an exception is thrown, program control transfers out of the try block
t into the catch block. Once the catch statement has executed, program
e control continues with the next line in the program following the entire
n try/catch mechanism.
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. 11.4.2 Multiple Catch statements

A
There may be situations where more than one exception could be raised by
s a single piece of code. To handle this type of situation, you can specify two
i or more catch clauses, each catching a different type of exception.
d
Syntax
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try{
b ………
a ………
r }
catch(<exceptionclass_1> <obj1>)
i {
s //statements to handle the exception
}
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public class Multi_Catch
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{
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int array[]={20,10,30};
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int res=0; b
try a
{ r
res = num1/num2;
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for(int ct =2;ct >=0; ct--) o
System.out.println("The value of array are" +array[ct]);
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}catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
System.out.println("Error…. Array is out of Bounds"); t
}catch (ArithmeticException e) { e
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cleanup code accidentally bypassed by a return etc. For example, if a r
method opens a file upon entry and closes it upon exit, then you will not
want the code that closes the file to be bypassed by the exception-handling i
mechanism. It is always a good practice to use finally clause after the try s
and catch block because the finally block always executes even if an
unexpected exception occurs i.e. whether or not an exception thrown. The a
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[ within the finally block gets executed by the runtime system without taking
care of what happens within the try block.
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thrown.
e The finally clause is optional.
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h Finally block can be useful for closing file handles and freeing up any
e other resources that might have been allocated at the beginning of a
method with the intent of disposing of them before returning.
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t ………
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t The following example, whether the exception is occurred or not always
. the finally statement is executed and its closes the file.

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public static void main(String args[])throws IOException {
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FileInputStream fis=null;
i try{
d fis = new FileInputStream (new File (args[0]));
e }
b catch (FileNotFoundException e){
a System.out.println("File not found!");
r }
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It is possible for your program to throw an exception explicitly, using the y
throw statement. p
e
The general form of throw is shown here:
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throw ThrowableInstance; h
e
Here, ThrowableInstance must be an object of type Throwable or a
subclass ofThrowable. Simple types, such as int or char, as well as non-
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exceptions. i
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handler thatcatches the exception rethrows it to the outer handler. b
a
// Demonstrate throw. r
class ThrowDemoprogram
{
static void demoproc() { c
try { o
throw new NullPointerException("demo"); n
} catch(NullPointerException e) t
{ e
System.out.println("Caught inside demoproc."); n
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‘throws’ clause is used when a method is capable of causing an exception
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that it does not handle, it must specify this behavior so that callers of the
p method can guard themselves against that exception. This is the general
e form of a method declaration that includes a throws clause:

t type method-name(parameter-list) throws exception-list{

h // body of method
e }
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method can throw.
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i Example :
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e class ThrowsDemo {
b static void throwOne() throws IllegalAccessException {
a System.out.println("Inside throwOne.");
r throw new IllegalAccessException("demo");
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
c
try {
o throwOne();
n } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
t System.out.println("Caught " + e); }
e }
n }
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. output generated by running this example program:

inside throwOne
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s Difference between throw and throws keywords

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d Whenever you want to force an exception then you use
e throwkeyword. The throw keyword (note the singular form) is used to
b force an exception. It can also pass a custom message to your exception
a handling module. Moreover throw keyword can also be used to pass a
custom message to the exception handling module i.e. the message which
r
you want to be printed. For instance in the above example you have used -
i throw new MyException ("can't be divided by zero");
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a pass a possible exception then you use throws keyword. Point to note here
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8) What is the use of throws keyword? Explain with suitable example.
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11.11 Further Readings a
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1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java Programming,

New Age International Publishers, 2004 i
2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill, s
2010.
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[ program, Pearson Education, 2000.
4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata
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McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
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5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
p Publishers, 2000.
e 6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
media, 2006.
t 7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
h Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
e 8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004.
10. Ed Roman, Enterprise Java Beans, Wiley Publishers, 1998
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12.4Preparing to write applets
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12.6Applet life cycle i
12.7 Creating an Executable Applet d
12.8Designing a Web Page e
12.9Running the Applet b
12.10 Passing parameters to Applets
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12.11Displaying Numerical values
12.12 Getting input from the user r
12.13 Check Your Progress Questions
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12.18 Further Readings e
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12.1 Introduction t
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Java implements two types of programs namely console operated A

program(applications) which discussed so far and applet program. Applet
is a small program typically embedded with in a web page to create
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java.applet.package.
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3. Applets do not begin execution at main ( ).
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through the AWT, not through the console-based I/O classes. The second
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The next line in the program declares the class TestApplet. This class
must bedeclared as public, because it will be accessed by code that is s
outside the program.Inside TestApplet, paint( ) is declared. This method i
is defined by the AWTand must be overridden by the applet. paint( ) is
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called each time that the appletmust redisplay its output. Whatever the
cause, whenever the applet must redraw its output, paint( ) is called. The e
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causes the message “A Simple Applet” to be displayed beginning at n
location 20,20.Instead, an applet begins execution when the name of its t
class is passed to an applet viewer or to a network browser. .

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thatyou have been compiling programs. However, running TestApplet
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h browser leaves the page in which the applet is embedded. The applet's
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start() method will be called if at some later point the browser returns to
the page containing the applet. In some cases the stop() method may be
called multiple times in an applet's life.. Your applet should use the stop()
s method to pause any running threads.
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e the browser unloads the applet. This method is generally used to perform
b any final clean up. For example, an applet that stores state on the server
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t using javac.exe file. For ex: javac myapplet.java. The result of compilation
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s 1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java Programming,
i New Age International Publishers, 2004
d 2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill,
e 2010.
b 3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to
program, Pearson Education, 2000.
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4. Naughton and H.Schildt, Java 2 - The complete reference, Tata
r McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly
c Publishers, 2000.
o 6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall
n media, 2006.
t 7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
e Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002.
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9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004.
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eJava programs perform I/O through streams. A stream is an abstraction that
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drefer to the console, a disk file, or a network connection. Java implements
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output of characters.
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sbyte streams. For example, using some of its methods, you can obtain the
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twriting byte and array of bytes to an output source. Similar to input
hsources, an output source can be anything such as a file, a string, or
memory containing the data.
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sbe closed implicitly when the object is garbage collected. The following
i listings of classes are provided by the java.io package for byte stream
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aClass Description
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n streams which it uses as its basic source of data
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stream. A piped input stream must be connected
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key methods that the other stream classes implement. Two of the most
i important methods are read( ) and write( ), which read and write
scharacters of data, respectively. The following listings of classes are
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outputstream and flush the stream after each newline. For example, this
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tcontents of a file. Its two most commonly used constructors are shown
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Aname of a file, and fileObj is a File object that describes the file.

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program, Pearson Education, 2000. e
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McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006.
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Publishers, 2000. i
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media, 2006. e
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Edition, Pearson Education, 2003. a
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t Most of the real-life applications require a large amount of input and
. output data, which is difficult to manage using the commonly used console
Input/Output (I/O) devices like keyboard and screen. Java supports input
and output of data through the classes included in the java.io package. This
A unit will take you through the various aspects of input/output handling in
Java.
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 Learn about various Input / output Exceptions
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 Write programs for Reading writing bytes
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Class Description e
BufferedInputStream It used for creating an internal
buffer array. It supports the
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BufferedReader This class provides read text b
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ByteArrayInputStream It contains the internal buffer n
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ByteArrayOutputStream This class used for data is .
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DataOutputStream This class writes the primitive
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FileDescriptor This class uses for create a a
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character stream.
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InputStreamReader
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n LineNumberReader This class has a line numbers
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ObjectInputStream.GetField This class access to president
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c you need to work with data that is not represented as bytes or characters
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Read Write
readBoolean() writeBoolean()
A readByte() writeByte()
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s ReadFloat() writeFloat()
i ReadLong() writeLong()
d ReadShort() writeShort()
e readInt() writeInt()
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methods to read and write bytes from and to a file. However, Java allows
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a if the file cannot be created, then FileNotFoundException is thrown. To
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encountered. The following program demonstrates read( ) by reading b
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. Reading bytes

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efficient method of writing data since the operating systems may write an
A array of bytes in a single operation and invoking write operation for each
byte may be inefficient
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representations of data values. It never throws IOException and there is an
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. In Java, console input is accomplished by reading from System.in. To
obtain a character-based stream that is attached to the console, you wrap
A System.in in a BufferedReader object, to create a character stream.
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b BufferedReader that is being created. Reader is an abstract class. One of
a its concrete subclasses is InputStreamReader, which converts bytes to
r characters. To obtain an InputStreamReader object that is linked to
System.in, use the following constructor:
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14.12 Answers to Check Your Progress Questions

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t A stream is an abstraction that either produces or consumes

h information.The File class allows you to obtain and manipulate the
e information about a file such as permissions, size, time and so on. Unlike
the other classes of java.io package, this class does not operate on the
s streams; it deals directly with the files and file system.Java provides a
i number of classes and methods that allow you to read and write (create)
d files. In Java, all files are byte-oriented, and Java provides methods to read
and write bytes from and to a file.The RandomAccesFile class is used for
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14.15 Self-Assessment Questions and Exercises
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1) Write short note on PrintWriter class.
s 2) Briefly explain about File streams.
i 3) What is the use of Data streams? Explain about DataStream classes.
4) Explain in detail about RandomAccessFile class? What are its
d constructors and methods?
e 5) Discuss in detail about interactive input / output operations in Java.
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14.16 Further Readings
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i 1. R. Krishnamoorthy and S. Prabhu, Internet and Java Programming,

s New Age International Publishers, 2004
2. Programming with Java, 4e, E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill,
a 2010.
3. Deitel, Deitel and Nieto, Internet and World Wide Web – How to
s program, Pearson Education, 2000.
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McGraw-Hill, Fourth edition, 2006. [
5. Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming, O’Reilly T
Publishers, 2000. y
6. B.Mohamal Ibrahim , Java : J2SE – A Practical Approach, Firewall p
media, 2006.
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7. Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java, Volume I and II, 5th
Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
8. Topley, J2ME in A Nutshell, O’Reilly Publishers, 2002. t
9. Hunt, Guide to J2EE Enterprise Java, Springer Publications, 2004. h
10. Ed Roman, Enterprise Java Beans, Wiley Publishers, 1998 e

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DISTANCE EDUCATION

B.SC (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) EXAMINATION

INTERNET AND JAVA PROGRAMMING

Second Year - Third Semester
(CBCS – 2018-19 Academic Year Onwards)

Time : 3 hours Max Marks :75

PART - A (10 x 2=20 Marks)
Answer all questions.

1. List the names of Internet Service Providers (ISP) in India.

2. Name any two search engines.
3. What is meant by virtual machine?
4. Define Data abstraction.
5. Write short note on : Java Support System
6. What is the use of ‘final’ keyword?
7. Define Applet.
8. What are the types of errors?
9. What is the purpose of data stream classes?
10. State the importance of synchronization.

PART - B (5 x 5 Marks = 25 Marks)

Answer all questions choosing either (a) or (b)
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11. (a)Briefly explain about Domain Name system.
Or
(b) Write short note on : Connecting internet.

12. (a) How java differs from C++? Explain.

Or
(b)Briefly explain about the applications of Java.

13. (a) Summarize the use of Wrapper classes and its methods.
Or
(b) Write a java program to illustrate method overriding.

14. (a) Write an applet program to draw a car.

Or
(b) Discuss about the life cycle of a thread with neat sketch.

15. (a) Explain about handling Random Access files in Java.

Or
(b) Write short note on : Input / Output Exception

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 Part – C (3 x 10 = 30 Marks)
Answer any three questions.

16. Discuss in detail about e-mail communication with its features

17. Elucidate about any two types of inheritances with neat diagram
and example.
18. How will you handle multiple catch clauses? Explain with example.
19. Describe about basic concepts of object oriented programming?
What are its advantages? Explain.
20. Explain in detail about reading / writing bytes in Java. Give
Example.

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