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Shishav jain
3/10/2014
Indexing

Unit 1 : Introduction

* Object Oriented Features

* Java and C++, java and WWW and internet
1.1 Java Byte code power
1.2 Java features
1.3 Language Building Blocks (Tokens)
1.4 Comments
1.5 Data Types
1.6 Default values for primitive data types
1.7 Operators in java
1.8 Symbolic Constants
1.9 Selection Statement (Conditional Statements)
1.10 Iterative Statements (Loop Statements)
1.11 Transfer Statements

Unit 2: Objects and classes

2.1 Classes
2.2 Objects
2.3 Static and Non Static Members
2.4 Accessing Class members
2.5 Method Overloading
2.6 Constructors
2.7 Nested and Inner class
2.8 Inheritance
2.9 Method Overriding
2.10 Difference between Method overloading and overriding
2.11 Final with Inheritance
2.12 Abstract

Chapter 3 : Array , Packages and Interfaces , String handling

3.1 Array
3.2 Anonymous Array
3.3 Multidimensional Array
3.4 Packages
3.5 Concept of CLASSPATH
3.6 Access Modifier or Visibility control
3.7 Using other package in class
3.8 Interfaces
3.9 String Handling
3.10 Constructors defined in the String class
3.11 Special String Operations
3.12 String Buffer
3.13 Vector
3.14 Wrapper Classes

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Chapter 4 : Concurrency and Applet

4.1 Multitasking (process and thread)

4.2 Threads
4.3 Creating Threads
4.4 Synchronization
4.5 Thread States (Thread life cycle).
4.6 Thread Priorities
4.7 Applets
4.8 Difference between remote and local applet
4.9 Applet Life Cycle

Chapter 5 : Java and Database

6.1 Drivers
6.2 Steps for Connectivity between java program and database
6.3 Select Query Program
6.4 Insert Query Program
6.5 Delete Query Program
6.6 Update Query Program

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Chapter 1: language fundamental and operators

Java is product of Oracle Company, but initially it is developed by sun micro

system. Java is conceived by a team headed by James Gosling. Initially it is
called Ook, but after renamed to java. Java has a tag line : Write once and
run everywhere, means java program can run on different platforms
without recompiling it. Java follow the coding procedure of object oriented
programming, so it is called object oriented language. In Object Oriented
Programming, emphasis gives to object rather than the procedure. There are
four pillars of Object Oriented Programming

 Encapsulation
 Abstraction
 Inheritance
 Polymorphism

a. Encapsulation: Binding of data and the methods(functions) which works

on that data is called Encapsulation. Encapsulation also decides which
members of this binding are accessible from outside of it or which are
not. Using Class concept with visibility controls we can achieve
encapsulation in object oriented programming.
b. Abstraction: Hiding the implementation to the outside world is called
Abstraction. Abstraction makes our work easier to only concentrate on
the required features without knowing the background implementation of
it. Abstraction is key concept in object oriented programming.
c. Inheritance: Inheritance is a concept which supports reusability of
components in objects oriented programming. By Inheritance we can get
already compiled code reused without recompiling it. Using inheritance
we can also create relationship between two classes in Object Oriented
Programming.
d. Polymorphism: Polymorphism is a concept through which we can create
more than one forms of methods which have same name. Using same
name, programmer can create many functionality under one name, but
in separate function.

Difference between Java and C++

Java C++
Java is a true and complete object C++ is an extension of C with object
oriented language. oriented behaviour. C++ is not a
complete object oriented language as
that of Java.
Java does not provide template C++ offers Template classes.
classes.
Java supports multiple inheritance C++ achieves multiple inheritance by
using interface. permitting classes to inherit from
multiple classes.

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Java does not provide global Global variables can be declared in
variables. C++.
Java does not support pointers. Java C++ supports pointers.
used reference to point to some
object.
In Java, destruction of objects is In C++, destruction of objects is
performed in finalize method. performed by destructor function.
In Java, we create objects In C++, Object can be stored in stack
dynamically only. Objects are in or heap memory.
heap memory always
In Java Exception Handling, we can In C++, we can throw any thing.
throw only objects which are inhered
from Throwable Class.

Java doesn’t provide header files. C++ has header files.

Java and Internet: Java is strongly associated with the Internet. Internet
users can use Java to create applet programs and run them locally using a
"Java-enabled browser" such as HotJava. They can also use a Java-enabled
browser to download an applet located on a computer anywhere in the
Internet and run it on his local computer. In fact, Java applets have made
the Internet a true extension of the storage system of the local computer.

Internet users can also setup their websites containing java applets that
could be used by other remote users of Internet. This feature made Java
most popular programming language for Internet.

Java and World Wide Web: World Wide Web (WWW) is an open-ended
information retrieval system designed to be used in the Internet's distributed
environment. This system contains Web pages that provide both information
and controls. Web system is open-ended and we can navigate to a new
document in any direction. This is made possible with the help of a language
called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Web pages contain HTML tags
that enable us to find, retrieve, manipulate and display documents
worldwide.

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Java was meant to be used in distributed environments such as Internet.
Since, both the Web and Java share the same philosophy, Java could be
easily incorporated into the Web system. Before Java, the World Wide Web
was limited to the display of still images and texts. However, the
incorporation of Java into Web pages has made it capable of supporting
animation, graphics, games, and a wide range of special effects.

1.1 Java byte code power : As java compiler internally convert the java
source code into byte code , and this byte code is platform independent
means byte code generated by java compiler can be accessible in every
platform that install java virtual machine.

What we will do in java – Programmer writes java source file using note pad
or some java editors and save this source file with .java extension. This .java
file is compiled using javac compiler which removes all the syntax errors in
your code and if it satisfied , it creates a file with .class extension which
contains the byte code as shown in below diagram.

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This byte code is accessible on any platform , that’s why java is called
platform independent.

1.2 Java Features

1.Simple:

Java is easy to learn when compared to other languages, because it adapted

the syntax’s from c and c++. This makes java programmer to learn the
language syntax faster. All the features which is adapted from c have the
same syntax in java as in c.

2. OO (Object Orientedness) implementation

In java, if we don’t know Object Oriented concepts, we cannot even write a

hello world program also. Because in java , main is also kept in class , so
even to run the hello world program , we have to write the class . Java
implements code according to Object Oriented Paradigm. Each and every
thing is java is kept inside classes and to access the features that class
provides we require objects. Using classes and objects and access modifiers
of language we get encapsulation. Using Interface we can get abstraction.
Method Overloading and Method Overriding is an example of Polymorphism.
In java, Inheritance is also possible. So java implements all the four pillars
of Object Oriented Concepts.

3. Dynamic
In java, All the user defined things are stored on heap memory , and heap
memory is dynamic memory . In java , we can’t define user defined objects
on stack. All the user defined objects are created using the new operator,
which is used to allocate memory on heap.

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Dynamic, that means java has got pointers.

java has got pointers, but pointers cannot misbehave in a freak way and in
all java, Because they can’t ptr++ or ptr--. Internally java compiler controls
the pointer working.

4. Robust
Memory leaks cannot happen, pointer cannot freak around in the memory.
This happens because java itself have the responsibly of garbage collection ,
we can allocate memory using new operator in java , but java itself collected
back this memory when object are not reachable .And exception handling is
much more powerful in java as compared to previous languages , that make
the java robust.

5. java is platform independent

What is the meaning of platform independence ?

Platform independence technically means We don’t need to recompile our
application across platforms. For Example , it we write a c code and save it
as A.c , the after compiling this c code we get A.exe. A.c and A.exe both are
not portable across operating system .

now in java world.

If we write A.java and compiled it using javac compiler , then it creates
A.class , A.java and A.class both are same for windows and unix or for that
matter any platform. but windows and unix don’t understand A.class.to
make windows and unix understand A.class , we need to use something
called JVM. JVM is not same for windows and unix.jvm is platform
dependant we don’t need to think about it, because we don’t build jvm's.

JVM is compulsorily required to run java programs. JVM is like an

intermediary between Os and the java program. so we got a intermediary, so
we got slowness. So java is slow.

6. Type casting rules

Data type enforcement is very strict, and we don’t have this kind of a scrap
called sizeof. In java , if we try to convert one datatype to another data type
intentionally or mistakenly , then java don’t allowed us to do so .Refer the
type casting topic for further assistant.

7. Multithreaded enviouement :
Java supports multithreading , through which we can do multitasking in
our program , so that we can utilize our processor more effectively.

1.3 Language Building Blocks:

Like any other programming languages , java programming languages is
defined by grammar rules that specify how the syntactically legal constructs
can be formed using languages elements.

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1.3.1 Lexical tokens/ tokens

Java Tokens:- A java Program is made up of Classes and Methods and in

the Methods are the Container of the various Statements And a Statement is
made up of Variables, Constants, operators etc .

Tokens are the various Java program elements which are identified by the
compiler. A token is the smallest element of a program that is meaningful to
the compiler. Tokens supported in Java include keywords, variables,
constants, special characters, operations etc.

When you compile a program, the compiler scans the text in your source
code and extracts individual tokens. While tokenizing the source file, the
compiler recognizes and subsequently removes whitespaces (spaces, tabs,
newline and form feeds) and the text enclosed within comments. Now let us
consider a program

//Print Hello

Public class Hello

Public static void main(String args[])

{
System.out.println(―Hello Java‖);

The source code contains tokens such as public, class, Hello, {, public,
static, void, main, (, String, [], args, {, System, out, println, (, "Hello Java", },
}. The resulting tokens· are compiled into Java bytecodes that is capable of
being run from within an interpreted java environment. Token are useful for

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compiler to detect errors. When tokens are not arranged in a particular
sequence, the compiler generates an error message.

Tokens are the smallest unit of Program There is Five Types of Tokens
1) Reserve Word or Keywords
2) Identifier
3) Literals
4) Operators (Topic 1.7)
5) Separators

Identifiers

A name in a program is called identifiers . Identifiers can be used to denote

classes , methods and variables.

In java identifiers is composed as a sequence of characters where each letter

can be either a digit, a letter , a currency symbol like $ or can be underscore
(_).

Note:

• Java identifiers cannot start with the digit .

• Java is case sensitive languages e.g price and Price are different in
java

Keywords

Keywords are the reserved identifiers that are predefined in the languages
and cannot be used to denote other entities.

Keywords in Java

abstract default implements protected throw

assert Do import public throws

boolean double instanceof return transient

break else int short try

Byte extends interface static void

Case final long strictfp volatile

Catch finally native super while

Char float new switch

Class for package synchronized

continue If private this

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Reserved Literals in Java

Null true false

Reserved Keywords not Currently in Use

Const goto

 Separators

Separators help define the structure of a program. The separators used

in HelloWorld are parentheses, ( ), braces, { }, the period, ., and the
semicolon, ;. The table lists the six Java separators (nine if you count
opening and closing separators as two). Following are the some
characters which are generally used as the separators in Java.

Separator Name Use

. Period It is used to separate the package name from sub-

package name & class name. It is also used to separate
variable or method from its object or instance.

, Comma It is used to separate the consecutive parameters in the

method definition. It is also used to separate the
consecutive variables of same type while declaration.

; Semicolon It is used to terminate the statement in Java.

() Parenthesis This holds the list of parameters in method definition.

Also used in control statements & type casting.

{} Braces This is used to define the block/scope of code, class,

methods.

[] Brackets It is used in array declaration.

Separators in Java

1.4 Comments

A program can be documented by inserting comments at relevant places .

these comments are ignored by the compiler. It is not considered as a coding
part of a project .

Java provides three types of comments

• Single Line comment

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 • Multi line comments or Block Comment

• A documentation (or Javadoc) Comment

Single line comments

Single line Comments is used to comment a single line in a program . Single

line comment syntax is

// this comments ends at the end of this line.

MultiLine Comments

A multiline comments can span several lines . Such a comments starts with
/* and ends with */.Multiline comments are also called block comment.

/* A comment

On several lines

*/

Documentation Comment
A documentation comment is a special-purpose comment that when placed
before class or class member declarations can be extracted and used by the
javadoc tool to generate HTML documentation for the program.
Documentation comments are usually placed in front of classes, interfaces,
methods and field definitions. Groups of special tags can be used inside a
documentation comment to provide more specific information. Such a
comment starts with /** and ends with */:

1.5 Primitive Datatypes

Primitive data types in java is divided into three main categories

• Integral types consisting of integers and char.

• Floating Point types includes float and double.

• Boolean Type

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 • Integral datatypes : As shown in above diagram , integral datatypes
are divided in integers types and character types in java .

Integer types : in java integers types are divided in four sub types

Range of Integer Values

Data Width Minimum value Maximum value

Type (bits) MIN_VALUE MAX_VALUE

Byte 8 -27 (-128) 27-1 (+127)

Short 16 -215 (-32768) 215-1 (+32767)

Int 32 -231 (-2147483648) 231-1 (+2147483647)

Long 64 -263 (- 263-1

9223372036854775808L) (+9223372036854775807L)

Note:

• Range of datatype specifies the range of value that a variable can hold.
For Example range of byte is -128 to 127 . so we can represent
number between -128 to 127 by using byte datatype. If value is
greater then 127 or less then -128 , then it is not possible with byte.

• Primitive data values are atomic values and are not objects. Atomic
means they can’t be further divided.

• Each Primitive data type has a corresponding wrapper class that can
be used to represent a primitive data type as an object.

Character type

Character datatype is used to hold the character value , it is represented

using the char keyword in java.

Range of Character Values

Data Type Width (bits) Minimum Unicode Maximum Unicode value

value

Char 16 0x0 (\u0000) 0xffff (\uffff)

Note : java supports Unicode character set to represent the characters and
other special symbols .

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2.Floating Point Numbers

Floating points numbers are used to represents the numbers that have
fractional values like 10.10 .There are two ways to represent floating
number is java described in below table.

Range of Floating-point Values

Data Width Minimum Positive Value Maximum Positive Value

Type (bits) MIN_VALUE MAX_VALUE

Float 32 1.401298464324817E-45f 3.402823476638528860e+38f

Double 64 4.94065645841246544e-324 1.79769313486231570e+308

3.Booleans Datatypes

Boolean data types is used to represent logical values that can be either true
or false . Width is not applicable for Boolean types variables.

Note :

• In java , all the relational , conditional and Boolean logical operators

returns Boolean values. All the control statements in java depends on
the Boolean value.

• In java , Booleans values cannot be converted to other primitive data

types and vice versa is also true.

Summary of Primitive Data Types

Data Width Minimum Value, Maximum Value Wrapper

Type (bits) Class

boolean not true, false (no ordering implied) Boolean

applicable

Byte 8 -27, 27-1 Byte

Short 16 -215, 215-1 Short

Char 16 0x0, 0xffff Character

Int 32 -231, 231-1 Integer

Long 64 -263, 263-1 Long

Float 32 ±1.40129846432481707e-45f, Float

±3.402823476638528860e+38f

Double 64 \'b14.94065645841246544e-324, Double

\'b11.79769313486231570e+308

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1.6 Default values for primitive data types

Default values of primitive data types are used when we are not initialize the
non local variables in java . Non local variables in java are initialized by its
default values. For Example , if we initialize the non local int variable , it its
initializes with 0. Variables for a function/methods are called local variables
, all other variables are called non local variables.

Default Values

Data Type Default Value

Boolean false

Char '\u0000'

Integer (byte, short, int, long) 0L for long, 0 for others

Floating-point (float, double) 0.0F or 0.0D

Reference types null

1.7 Operators in java

A symbol that represents a specific action is called operators . For Example

plus sign (+) is an operator that represents the addition of two numbers.

Precedence and Associativity Rules for operators : Precedence and

Associativity rules are necessary for the deterministic evaluation of the
expression . For example if we have the below expression

int a = 5+4*5;

it can be understand as (5+4) * 5 or 5 + (4*5). In both cases the value for the
variable a is different , so to avoid such type of undeterministic result , java
provides the Associativity and precedence (priority) rules on operators.

Precedence rules are used to determine which operator should be applied

first if there are two operators with difference precedence. Operator with the
highest precedence is applied first . Precedence for each operators is study
during the explanation of operator in this chapter later.

Associativity rules are used to determine which operator should be applied

first if there are two operators with the same precedence.

Left Associativity implies grouping from left to right.

e.g. 1+2-3 if it applies left Associativity then it is considered as

((1+2)-3)
Right Associativity implies grouping from right to left.

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e.g. 1+2-3 if it applies right Associativity then it is considered as

(1+(2-3))

1.7.1 Simple Assignment Operator (=)

Assignment operators assign the right hand side value(expression) of = to

the left hand side of variable. Assignment operator has the following syntax

<variable>=<expression>

Note:

• Expression value is calculated first, then the result of expression is

assign to variable.

• Assignment operators = writes over the previous value of the

destination variable

For Ex: suppose if we have int i=5;

In the next line ,Let we write i=5+4;

Then i becomes 9 , overwrites the 5.

• The destination variable and source expression must be type

compatible.

For Ex :

int i=5; //fine

int j=5.5;//not fine because 5.5 is a flaot value, integer datatye

is not able to take float values , so we need type casting.

• Precedence of Assignment operator is minimum in all operators.

• Associativity of Assignment operator is right to left.

Ex : int i,j;

i=j=10; //(i=(j=10))

so Associtivity is right to left , so first 10 is assign to j , then j value is

assign to i .

i=j=10; //Mutiple Assignment in same line.

1.7.2 Arithmetic operators

Arithmetic operators are used to constructs the mathematical expression as

in algebra.

Ex: int a =5;

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 int b =10;

int c = a+b;

In above Example + operator is used to add two operand . if any one of

two is of string type then it concatenates the two operands.

Arithmetic Operators

Binary * Multiplication / Division % Remainder

+ Addition - Subtraction

Note:

• All arithmetic operators are binary operators. They require two

operands as shown in diagram.

• All arithmetic operators have left to right associativity.

• Precedence of arithmetic operators are shown in operators diagram

above. Multiplication, division and Remainder ( modulus) operator
have higher precedence then addition and subtraction. Operators in
the same row have equal precedence in above diagram.

• If there are different precedence operators in an expression, then we

applied the precedence rules for avoiding ambiguous behaviour .

• If there are same precedence operators in an expression , then we

applied the associativity rules for avoiding ambiguous behaviour.

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Multiplication Operator: *
Multiplication operator (*) multiplies two numbers.
int sameSigns = -4 * -8; // result: 32
double oppositeSigns = 4.0 * -8.0; // result: -32.0
int zero = 0 * -0; // result: 0

Division Operator: /
The division operator / is overloaded. If its operands are integral, the
operation results in integer division.
int i1 = 4 / 5; // result: 0
int i2 = 8 / 8; // result: 1
double d1 = 12 / 8; // result: 1 by integer division. d1 gets the value 1.0.
Integer division always returns the quotient as an integer value, i.e. the
result is truncated toward zero. Note that the division performed is integer
division if the operands have integral values, even if the result will be stored
in a floating-point type.
If any of the operands is a floating-point type, the operation performs
floating-point division.
double d2 = 4.0 / 8; // result: 0.5
double d3 = 8 / 8.0; // result: 1.0
double d4 = 12.0F / 8; // result: 1.5F

double result1 = 12.0 / 4.0 * 3.0; // ((12.0 / 4.0) * 3.0) which is 9

double result2 = 12.0 * 3.0 / 4.0; // ((12.0 * 3.0) / 4.0) which is 9
Remainder Operator: %
In mathematics, when we divide a number (the dividend) by a another
number (the divisor), the result can be expressed in terms of a quotient and
a remainder. For example, dividing 7 by 5, the quotient is 1 and the
remainder is 2. The remainder operator % returns the remainder of the
division performed on the operands.
int quotient = 7 / 5; // Integer division operation: 1
int remainder = 7 % 5; // Integer remainder operation: 2

1.7.3 Relational operators

Relational Operators

a<b a less than b?

a <= b a less than or equal to b?

a>b a greater than b?

a >= b a greater than or equal to b?

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 • Relational operators are used to compare(relate) the two operands, All
the relational operators returns Boolean value in java.

• Relational operators are binary operators means they require two

operands . and there operands are numeric expressions.

• Relational operators are non associative.

• Relational operators have precedence lower then the arithmetic

operators but higher than assignment operator.

1.7.4 Equality Operator(==)

Equality Operators

a == b a and b are equal? That is, have the same primitive value?
(Equality)

a != b a and b are not equal? That is, do not have the same primitive
value? (Inequality)

The equality operator == and the inequality operator != can be used to

compare primitive data values, including boolean values.
Note:

1.Equality operators have precedence less then the relational operators but
greater then the assignment operator.

2. Associativity for equality operators are left to right.

Ex:

double hours = 45.5;

boolean overtime = hours >= 35.0; // true.

boolean order = 'A' < 'a'; // true. It compares the integer value for A
and a . A = 65 and a=97 , so condition is true.

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1.7.5 Boolean Logical Operators: !, ^, &, |
Boolean logical operators include the unary operator ! (logical complement)
and the binary operators & (logical AND), | (logical inclusive OR), and ^
(logical exclusive OR, a.k.a. logical XOR). Boolean logical operators can be
applied to boolean operands, returning a boolean value. The operators &, |,
and ^ can also be applied to integral operands to perform bitwise logical
operations

Boolean Logical Operators

Logical !x Returns the complement of the truth-value of x.

complement

Logical AND x & y true if both operands are true; otherwise, false.

Logical OR x | y true if either or both operands are true; otherwise,

false.

Logical XOR x ^ y true if and only if one operand is true; otherwise,

false.

Truth-values for Boolean Logical Operators

x Y !x x&y x|y x^y

True True False true true false

True False False false true true

False True True false true true

False False True false false false

Note:

• Boolean logical operators have precedence less then arithmetic and

relational operator but greater then assignment and Conditional AND
and OR operator.

• In evaluation of boolean expressions involving boolean logical AND,

XOR, and OR operators, both the operands are evaluated. The order of
operand evaluation is always from left to right.

1.7.6 Conditional Operators: &&, ||

Conditional operators && and || are similar to their counterpart logical
operators & and |, except that their evaluation is short-circuited. Given that
x and y represent values of boolean expressions, the conditional operators
are defined in below table. In the table, the operators are listed in decreasing
precedence order.

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Conditional Operators

Conditional AND x && y true if both operands are true; otherwise, false.

Conditional OR x || y true if either or both operands are true; otherwise,

false.

Unlike their logical counterparts & and |, which can also be applied to
integral operands for bitwise operations, the conditional operators && and
|| can only be applied to boolean operands. Their evaluation results in a
boolean value. Truth-values for conditional operators are shown in Table.
Not surprisingly, they have the same truth-values as their counterpart
logical operators.

Truth-values for Conditional Operators

x Y x && y x || y

True True True true

True False False true

False True False true

False False False false

Short-circuit Evaluation
In evaluation of boolean expressions involving conditional AND and OR, the
left-hand operand is evaluated before the right one, and the evaluation is
short-circuited (i.e., if the result of the boolean expression can be
determined from the left-hand operand, the right-hand operand is not
evaluated). In other words, the right-hand operand is evaluated
conditionally.
The binary conditional operators have precedence lower than either
arithmetic, relational, or logical operators, but higher than assignment
operators. The following examples illustrate usage of conditional operators:
boolean b1 = 4 == 2 && 1 < 4; // false, short-circuit evaluated as
// (b1 = ((4 == 2) && (1 < 4)))
boolean b2 = !b1 || 2.5 > 8; // true, short-circuit evaluated as
// (b2 = ((!b1) || (2.5 > 8)))
boolean b3 = !(b1 && b2); // true
boolean b4 = b1 || !b3 && b2; // false, short-circuit evaluated as
// (b4 = (b1 || ((!b3) && b2)))

1.7.7 Increment(++) and decrement(--) operators

Increment operators and decrement operators are used to increment and

decrement the value by 1.Increment and decrement operators comes in two
flavours: postfix and prefix.
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Postfix increment operator: post increment operator have the below syntax

i++ uses the current value of i as the value of expression first , then it is
incremented by 1.
Below diagram explains the post Increment operator.

PreIncrement operator : pre increment operator have the below syntax

++i add 1 to i first , then uses the new value of i as the value for the
expression .

Same story is applicable for the postdecrement and predecrement except it

decrements the value by 1.
1.7.8 Bitwise operator

Bitwise operators operates on binary equivalent of operands.

& ( and ) : Do not confuse this with the && operator. This operator is used
to AND two integers. The ANDing is done bitwise, that is the i-th bit of the
left operand and i-th bit of the right operand are ANDed to give the i-th bit of
the result.
For e.g.

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13 & 14 = 12
1101 // 13 in form of 0 and 1
& 1110 // 14 in form of 0 and 1
------
1100 // 12 in form of 0 and 1
| ( or ) : Do not confuse this with the || operator. This operator is used to
OR two integers. The XORing is done similar to that of the previous two
operators.
For e.g.
13 | 14 = 15

1101
| 1110
------
1111
^ ( xor ) : This operator is used to XOR two integers. The XORing is done
similar to that of the previous two operators.
For e.g.
13 ^ 14 = 3

1101
^ 1110
------
0011
~ (not): This unary operator returns the bitwise NOT of an integer. This is
not to be confused with the logical not (!) operator.
For example, (!1) returns 0 (false), but (~1) returns 0xfffffffe; the logical value
of both being true.
>> ( right-shift ) : The operator shifts the integer n, k-bits to the right and
returns that if it's used as
n >> k. New ones are appended at the end.
Right-shifting is equivalent to dividing the number by 2k.
<< ( left-shift ) : The operator shifts the integer n, k-bits to the right and
returns that if it's used as
n << k. New zeros are appened at the end.
Left-shifting is equivalent to multiplying the number by 2k. Thus the
expression 1<<n represents 2n.

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There is one more bit-shift operator for Java Programmers, that is the
unsigned right-shift operator
>>> ( unsigned right-shift ) : While the signed right-shift operator ( >> )
shifts the bits to the right and the left most bits depends on sign extension,
the unsigned right-shift operator ( >>> ) shifts zeros to the left most bits.
Note that this operator is not in C/C++, as there are unsigned data types in
C/C++ and not in Java.

1.8 Symbolic Constants

Final variables serve as symbolic constants. A final variable declaration is

qualified with the reserved word final. The variable is set to a value in the
declaration and cannot be reset. Any such attempt is caught at compile
time.

Example:

public class Student{

public static final int NUM_GRADES = 5;

private String name;

private int[] grades;

public Student(String name){

this.name = name;
this.grades = new int[NUM_GRADES];
}
}

1.9 Selection Statements

Java provides selection statements that allow the program to choose

between alternative actions during execution. The choice is based on criteria
specified in the selection statement. These selection statements are

 simple if Statement
 if-else Statement
 switch Statement

Simple if Statement
The simple if statement has the following syntax:

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if(<conditional expression>)
<statement>

It is used to decide whether an action is to be performed or not, based on a

condition. The condition is specified by <conditional expression> and the
action to be performed is specified by <statement>.

The semantics of the simple if statement are straightforward. The

<conditional expression> is evaluated first. If its value is true, then
<statement> (called the if block) is executed and execution continues with
the rest of the program. If the value is false, then the if block is skipped and
execution continues with the rest of the program.

In the following examples of the if statement, it is assumed that the

variables and the methods have been defined appropriately:

if (emergency) // emergency is a boolean variable

operate(); // single statement in if , no need to mention curley braces

if (temperature > critical)

soundAlarm();

if (isLeapYear() && endOfCentury())

celebrate();

if (catIsAway()) { // Block , we have to mention curley braces

getFishingRod();
goFishing();
}

Note that <statement> can be a block, and the block notation is necessary if
more that one statement is to be executed when the <conditional
expression> is true.

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Since the <conditional expression> must be a boolean expression, it avoids
a common programming error: using an expression of the form (a=b) as the
condition, where inadvertently an assignment operator is used instead of a
relational operator. The compiler will flag this as an error, unless both a and
b are boolean.

Note that the if block can be any valid statement. In particular, it can be the
empty statement (;) or the empty block ({}). A common programming error is
an inadvertent use of the empty statement.

if (emergency); // Empty if block

operate(); // Executed regardless of whether it was an emergency or
not.

if-else Statement

The if-else statement has the following syntax:

if (<conditional expression>)
<statement1>
else
<statement2>

It is used to decide between two actions, based on a condition.

The <conditional expression> is evaluated first. If its value is true, then

<statement1> (the if block) is executed and execution continues with the rest
of the program. If the value is false, then <statement2> (the else block) is
executed and execution continues with the rest of the program. In other
words, one of two mutually exclusive actions is performed. The else clause is
optional; if omitted, the construct reduces to the simple if statement.

In the following examples of the if-else statement, it is assumed that all

variables and methods have been defined appropriately:

Ex 1: if (emergency)
operate();
else
joinQueue();

Ex 2 if (temperature > critical)

soundAlarm();
else
businessAsUsual();

The rule for matching an else clause is that an else clause always refers to
the nearest if that is not already associated with another else clause. Block
notation and proper indentation can be used to make the meaning obvious.

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switch Statement

Conceptually the switch statement can be used to choose one among many
alternative actions, based on the value of an expression. Its general form is
as follows:

switch(<non-long integral expression>)

{
case label1: <statement1>
case label2: <statement2>
...
case labeln: <statementn>
default: <statement>
} // end switch

The syntax of the switch statement comprises a switch expression followed

by the switch body, which is a block of statements. The type of the switch
expression is non-long integral (i.e., char, byte, short, or int). The
statements in the switch body can be labeled, defining entry points in the
switch body where control can be transferred depending on the value of the
switch expression. The semantics of the switch statement are as follows:

 The switch expression is evaluated first.

 The value of the switch expression is compared with the case labels.
Control is transferred to the <statementi> associated with the case
label that is equal to the value of the switch expression. After
execution of the associated statement, control falls through to the
next statement unless appropriate action is taken.
 If no case label is equal to the value of the switch expression, the
statement associated with the default label is executed.

All labels (including the default label) are optional and can be defined in any
order in the switch body. There can be at most one default label in a switch
statement. If it is left out and no valid case labels are found, the whole
switch statement is skipped.

The case labels are constant expressions whose values must be unique,
meaning no duplicate values are allowed. The case label values must be
assignable to the type of the switch expression . In particular, the case label
values must be in the range of the type of the switch expression. Note that
the type of the case label cannot be boolean, long, or floating-point.

Example 5.2 Using break in switch Statement

public class Digits {

public static void main(String[] args) {

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 System.out.println(digitToString('7') + " " + digitToString('8') + " "
+digitToString('6'));
}

public static String digitToString(char digit) {

String str = "";
switch(digit) {
case '1': str = "one"; break;
case '2': str = "two"; break;
case '3': str = "three"; break;
case '4': str = "four"; break;
case '5': str = "five"; break;
case '6': str = "six"; break;
case '7': str = "seven"; break;
case '8': str = "eight"; break;
case '9': str = "nine"; break;
case '0': str = "zero"; break;
default: System.out.println(digit + " is not a digit!");
}
return str;
}
}

Output from the program:

seven eight six

1.10 Iteration Statements (Loop Statements)

Loops allow a block of statements to be executed repeatedly (i.e., iterated). A

boolean condition (called the loop condition) is commonly used to determine
when to terminate the loop. The statements executed in the loop constitute
the loop body. The loop body can be a single statement or a block.

Java provides three language constructs for constructing loops:

 while statement
 do-while statement
 for statement

These loops differ in the order in which they execute the loop body and test
the loop condition. The while and the for loops test the loop condition before
executing the loop body, while the do-while loop tests the loop condition
after execution of the loop body.

while Statement
The syntax of the while loop is

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while(<loop condition>)
<loop body>

The loop condition is evaluated before executing the loop body. The while
statement executes the loop body as long as the loop condition is true. When
the loop condition becomes false, the loop is terminated and execution
continues with the statement immediately following the loop. If the loop
condition is false to begin with, the loop body is not executed at all. In other
words, a while loop can execute zero or more times. The loop condition must
be a boolean expression.

The while statement is normally used when the number of iterations is not
known a priori.

while (noSignOfLife())
keepLooking();

Since the loop body can be any valid statement, inadvertently terminating
each line with the empty statement (;) can give unintended results.

while (noSignOfLife()); // Empty statement as loop body!

keepLooking(); // Statement not in the loop body.

do-while Statement

The syntax of the do-while loop is

do
<loop body>
while (<loop condition>);

The loop condition is evaluated after executing the loop body. The do-while
statement executes the loop body until the loop condition becomes false.
When the loop condition becomes false, the loop is terminated and execution
continues with the statement immediately following the loop. Note that the
loop body is executed at least once.

The loop body in a do-while loop is invariably a statement block. It is

instructive to compare the while and the do-while loops. In the examples
below, the mice might never get to play if the cat is not away, as in the loop
at (1). The mice do get to play at least once (at the peril of losing their life) in
the loop at (2).

while (cat.isAway()) { // (1)

mice.play();
}

do { // (2)
mice.play();

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} while (cat.isAway());
for Statement

The for loop is the most general of all the loops. It is mostly used for
counter-controlled loops, that is, when the number of iterations is known
beforehand.

The syntax of the loop is as follows:

for(<initialization>; <loop condition>; <increment expression>)

<loop body>

The <initialization> usually declares and initializes a loop variable that

controls the execution of the <loop body>. The <loop condition> is a boolean
expression, usually involving the loop variable, such that if the loop
condition is true, the loop body is executed; otherwise, execution continues
with the statement following the for loop. After each iteration (i.e., execution
of the loop body), the <increment expression> is executed. This usually
modifies the value of the loop variable to ensure eventual loop termination.
The loop condition is then tested to determine if the loop body should be
executed again. Note that the <initialization> is only executed once on entry
to the loop.

<initialization>
while (<loop condition>) {
<loop body>
<increment expression>
}

The following code creates an int array and sums the elements in the array.

int sum = 0;
int[] array = {12, 23, 5, 7, 19};
for (int index = 0; index < array.length; index++) // (1)
sum += array[index];

The loop variable index is declared and initialized in the <initialization>

section of the loop. It is incremented in the <increment expression> section.
The for loop defines a local block such that the scope of this declaration is
the for block, which comprises the <initialization>, the <loop condition>, the
<loop body> and the <increment expression> sections.

The loop at (1) showed how a declaration statement can be specified in the
<initialization> section. Such a declaration statement can also specify a
comma-separated list of variables.

for (int i = 0, j = 1, k = 2; ... ; ...) ...; // (2)

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The variables i, j, and k in the declaration statement all have type int. All
variables declared in the <initialization> section are local variables in the for
block and obey the scope rules for local blocks.

For Each Statement

For each statement is an alternative to for loop which is generally used to

iterate over collections and array. Suppose if we have a linear array which is
initialized using initialize list as

int a[]={2,5,6,,8,4,9,10};

then to sum all the elements in this array , we require to traverse each
element of the array and add it, so for this, we can used loops. Check the
below diagram

1.11 Transfer Statements

Java provides six language constructs for transferring control in a program:

 break
 continue
 return
 try-catch-finally
 throw
 assert.

Note that Java does not have a goto statement, although goto is a reserved
word.

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break Statement

The break statement comes in two forms: the unlabeled and the labeled
form.

break; // the unlabeled form

break <label>; // the labeled form

The unlabeled break statement terminates loops (for, while, do-while) and
switch statements which contain the break statement, and transfers control
out of the current context (i.e., the closest enclosing block). The rest of the
statement body is skipped, terminating the enclosing statement, with
execution continuing after this statement.

In Below Example , the break statement at (1) is used to terminate a for

loop. Control is transferred to (2) when the value of i is equal to 4 at (1),
skipping the rest of the loop body and terminating the loop.

Example also shows that the unlabeled break statement only terminates
the innermost loop or switch statement that contains the break statement.
The break statement at (3) terminates the inner for loop when j is equal to 2,
and execution continues in the outer switch statement at (4) after the for
loop.

Example break Statement

class BreakOut {

public static void main(String[] args) {

for (int i = 1; i <= 5; ++i) {

if (i == 4) break; // (1) Terminate loop. Control to (2).
// Rest of loop body skipped when i gets the value 4.
System.out.println(i + "\t" + Math.sqrt(i));
} // end for
// (2) Continue here.

int n = 2;
switch (n) {
case 1: System.out.println(n); break;
case 2: System.out.println("Inner for loop: ");
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
if (j == 2)
break; // (3) Terminate loop. Control to (4).
else
System.out.println(j);
default: System.out.println("default: " + n); // (4) Continue here.
}

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 }
}

Output from the program:

1 1.0
2 1.4142135623730951
3 1.7320508075688772
Inner for loop:
0
1
default: 2

A labeled break statement can be used to terminate any labeled statement

that contains the break statement. Control is then transferred to the
statement following the enclosing labeled statement. In the case of a labeled
block, the rest of the block is skipped and execution continues with the
statement following the block:

out:
{ // (1) Labeled block
// ...
if (j == 10) break out; // (2) Terminate block. Control to (3).
System.out.println(j); // Rest of the block not executed if j == 10.
// ...
}
// (3) Continue here.
continue Statement

Like the break statement, the continue statement also comes in two forms:
the unlabeled and the labeled form.

continue; // the unlabeled form

continue <label>; // the labeled form

The continue statement can only be used in a for, while, or do-while loop to
prematurely stop the current iteration of the loop body and proceed with the
next iteration, if possible. In the case of the while and do-while loops, the
rest of the loop body is skipped, that is, stopping the current iteration, with
execution continuing with the <loop condition>. In the case of the for loop,
the rest of the loop body is skipped, with execution continuing with the
<increment expression>.

In Example , an unlabeled continue statement is used to skip an iteration in

a for loop. Control is transferred to (2) when the value of i is equal to 4 at (1),
skipping the rest of the loop body and continuing with the <increment
expression> in the for statement.

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Example : continue Statement
class Skip {
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; ++i) {
if (i == 4) continue; // (1) Control to (2).
// Rest of loop body skipped when i has the value 4.
System.out.println(i + "\t" + Math.sqrt(i));
// (2). Continue with increment expression.
} // end for
}
}

Output from the program:

1 1.0
2 1.4142135623730951
3 1.7320508075688772
5 2.23606797749979
return Statement

The return statement is used to stop execution of a method and transfer

control back to the calling code (a.k.a. the caller). The usage of the two
forms of the return statement is dictated by whether it is used in a void or a
non-void method. The first form does not return any value to the calling
code, but the second form does. Note that the keyword void does not
represent any type.

The <expression> must evaluate to a primitive value or a reference value,

and its type must be assignable to the return type in the method prototype.
A void method need not have a return statement —in which case control
normally returns to the caller after the last statement in the method's body
has been executed.

return Statement

Form of return Statement In void Method In Non-void Method

return; optional not allowed
return <expression>; not allowed mandatory

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Chapter 2 : Control Statements , Objects and classes

2.1 Classes

• Classes is a concept through which we can represent real world entity,

Suppose if we want to represent house then class is used to describe
the features of house

• Classes acts like a blueprint of the object. Through classes , we can

define properties and behaviours of the object which is used to
differentiate one object from other object .

In java, properties of an object of a class, also called attributes, are

defined using variables in java. Behaviours of an object of the class
also known as operations are defined using methods /functions in
java.

• Class made the distinction between the contract and implementation

provides for its object.

Contract defines what services, and implementation defines how these

services are provided by the classes.

• Through classes, we can achieve the abstraction in java. Abstraction

is one of the fundamental ways to handle the complexity. Abstraction
denotes the essential properties and behaviours of an object.

Class syntax:

class [className]
{

//Propeties of class by defining the variables in class , also called class

//variables or instance variables ;

//Behaviours of class by defining the methods in class , also called class

//methods

Ex: Suppose we want to implement the student, so we create a student

class having student_id and student_name as properties of the class and
methods that set the student_id and student_name and methods that
return the student_id and student_name on request.

class student
{
private int std_id;
private String std_name;

void setStdid(int stdid)

{

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 std_id=stdid;
}
int getStdid()
{
return std_id;
}
void setStdname(String stdname)
{
std_name=stdname;
}
String getStdid()
{
return std_name;
}

}
• Both class variables and methods constitute the class Members.

• UML Notation

2.2 Objects

• An objects is an instance of the class .

• Objects are something that have real existence . Classes without

objects are not worth creating . Objects are the handler for accessing
the class data members and member functions.

• An object must be explicitly created before it can be used in a program

• In java , objects are manipulated through object references.

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 • Process of creating object in java involves

1. Declaration of reference variable

[Class name] [reference variable name];

For Ex: Student st;

Here Student is a class that is used to denote the student entity and
st is the references of the student class .

2. Creating an Object:

Object creation in java involves the new operator.

Syntax: [Reference variable of class] = new [ClassName];

Ex: st=new Student();

new returns a reference to a new instance of the student class . which is

assigned to the st reference variable. Now using the st reference variable ,
we can access the student class.

Note: In general , Object provides a handlers for the class , handler is used
to access the variables and methods in a class .

We can also combine the a and b step.

For Ex: Student st = new Student();

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2.3 Static and Non Static Members:

Static Members :

1. Static members are specific for the class .

2. Static members calls either using object name or class name.
3. Static members are initializes when the class is loaded in the memory.
4. Class Static variables are initialized with their default values when
class loads in memory.
5. ―this‖ keyword is not available .

Non Static Members :

1. Non static members are specific for the object , means its number of
copies is dependent on the number of objects .
2. Non static member is called(used) by using the object of the class
3. Non static members are initialize when the constructor of the class is
called.(when object is created)
4. ―this‖ is available.

2.4 Accessing Class members :

Class members are access by using the object of the class with the dot
operator (.), followed by the variable or method name . Static variables and
methods can also be called without using object name . Static member can

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access either object name or class name followed by the variable name and
method name , concatenated using dot operator .

Non static variable and functions can be access by object of the class
followed by the variable and method name concatenate with the dot
operator.

2.5 Method Overloading :

Each method has a signature , which is comprised of the name of the

method and return type and number of the parameters in the argument list.
Method overloading allows a method with the same name with different
parameters , thus with different signature.

Method Overloading is a concept through which we can define more

then one method with the same name in a class, but these methods
must have different types of input arguments. Input arguments of methods
can be differ according to

1. Order of input arguments : Order of input arguments means that the

method should have argument that differ according to the order, in
which it appears in the function . Suppose if we create two methods
with the same name called max in a class, first method takes float as
first argument and integer as second argument, and the second
function takes integer as first argument and float as second
argument.
2. Type of input arguments : Type of input arguments means that
methods should have different type of input arguments as shown in
the diagram.

3. Number of input arguments

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Note: Methods with same name and same argument ,but different return
type in a class are not overloaded methods.

2.6 Constructors

The main purpose of constructor is to set the initial state of an object when
the object is created using the new operator

1. Constructor is a special function , special means , we never calls it ,

system calls it when we create an object of the class
2. Constructor name must be same as class name with no return
type .For Example , if our class name is student , then constructor
name is also student.

class Student
{
int studid;
Student() // constructor of student class
{
System.out.print(―This is constructor of student class‖);
}
}

3. Constructor is used to set the initial value of object with their defaults
values .
4. There are two types of constructor , default constructor and
parameterized constructor , constructor with no input arguments are
called default constructor , constructor with the input arguments are
called parameterized constructor.
5. By default , if we don’t write any constructor , then java provides us a
default constructor with empty body which initialize the state of object
with default vales.

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 6. If we write any constructor, either default or parameterized then java
don’t provide us a default constructor.
7. Modifiers other than Access modifiers are not permitted .
8. Constructor can used not to create an object of the class
9. Constructor can used to create an object conditionally.
10. Constructor overloading is possible.

2.7 Nested and Inner class :

A class that is declared within another class or interface, is called a nested

class. Similarly, an interface that is declared within another class or
interface, is called a nested interface. A top-level class or a top-level interface
is one that is not nested.

In addition to the top-level classes and interfaces, there are four categories
of nested classes and one of nested interfaces, defined by the context these
classes and interfaces are declared in:

 static member classes and interfaces

 non-static member classes
 local classes
 anonymous classes

The last three categories are collectively known as inner classes. They differ
from non-inner classes in one important aspect: that an instance of an inner
class may be associated with an instance of the enclosing class. The
instance of the enclosing class is called the immediately enclosing instance.
An instance of an inner class can access the members of its immediately
enclosing instance by their simple name.

A static member class or interface is defined as a static member in a class or

an interface. Such a nested class can be instantiated like any ordinary top-
level class, using its full name. No enclosing instance is required to
instantiate a static member class. Note that there are no non-static member,
local, or anonymous interfaces. Interfaces are always defined either at the
top level or as static members.

Non-static member classes are defined as instance members of other

classes, just like fields and instance methods are defined in a class. An
instance of a non-static member class always has an enclosing instance
associated with it.

Local classes can be defined in the context of a block as in a method body or

a local block, just as local variables can be defined in a method body or a
local block.

Anonymous classes can be defined as expressions and instantiated on the

fly. An instance of a local (or an anonymous) class has an enclosing instance

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associated with it, if the local (or anonymous) class is declared in a non-
static context.

A nested class or interface cannot have the same name as any of its
enclosing classes or interfaces

2.8 Inheritance:

Inheritance is required because we need two things.

1 Extensibility
2 Substitutability.
3 Reusability.

Inheritance.

1. Inheritance in English means you should get something from the other
person.
2 . In terms of Programming , It is not about only getting something from the
other person but also getting something exclusive to you. Meaning of you in
object oriented terminology is sub class object.

in inheritance, we should never talk about parent and child, because then
there is never ending story.

class A
class B extends A // we tell B is inheriting from A
class C extends B // C is inheriting from B
class D extends C // D is inheriting from C

A is a parent (stupid word)

B is a child class ( stupid word)
why stupid, what is relationship between C and A.

A is the base class for B, C and D. and not only for B.

A is the super class for B, C and D. and not only for B.

is D a subclass of C, B and A, answer is Yes

is D a derived of C, B and A, answer is Yes

What is Extensibility

1. when we add a new feature into the super class, without making any
changes in the Sub class ,the sub class object is able to access
the new feature added in the super class.

Example
One day, customer comes tells in Employee class you need to add deptid, we
will add deptid into employee class, provide the necessary functions. Then
without making any changes in the SE class, SE object, will access the
deptid feature of Employee this is called extensibility. we can access feature

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of the super class directly by the subclass object.

when we talk about inheritance the day we forget subclass object, we are
dead in inheritance.

Substitutability
Substitute means you don’t get what you were actually told you will get.
in real life, we like generalizing things. about we have always deal with
specializations.

Generalization - super class

Specialization - subclass.

Subclasses can always be generalized through a super class. coding addicts

what is substitutability
Base class pointer can be assigned with either a base class object or a
derived class object. this is called substitutability, get it without using
Inheritance, no you won’t get it.

2.9 Method Overriding

if we want to add some functionality in the super class method or if we want

that the functionality provided by super class is not what we want in sub
class , then we override the method prototype in the sub class and add the
additional functionality in that method in the subclass .

So method overriding is a concept through which we can hide the

functionality of the super class from the sub class object .

Function calling is dependent on the type of object , not on the type of

references. So we create an object of the sub class , and through this object
, if we call the overrided method, then its sub class method that is called ,
not super class method.

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In the diagram , arrow 1 shows that the display function of the sub class is
called when we access it by declaring object as :

Sub s = new Sub();

In above object creation , object of Sub class is created and this object are
handled by the Sub class reference . Class left to the = sign , shows the type
of reference and class afer the = shows the type of the object.

Arrow 2 in the diagram shows that display function of super class will call if
we create object as :

Super s1 = new Super();

As object is of type super class it calls the super class display function .

Arrow 3 shows that display function of the sub class is called , because the
object is of type sub , which is handled by super class reference , thanks to
substitutability feature of inheritance , because a sub class object can be
assigned either super class reference or sub class reference.

Super s2= new Sub();

2.10 Difference between Method overloading and overriding

Method Overloading Method Overriding

1 If we create more than one function If we create a function in sub
with the same name in a class then class that is similar in the super
this concept is called method class , then this concept is
overloading , but compiler can called method overriding.
differentiate through these functions Compiler is not able to
according to differentiate these functions
a. Number of input arguments while calling
b. Type of inputs arguments
c. Order of input arguments
2 Method overloading is done within Method overriding is done in
the single class , means if we create inheritance scenario only
two functions with the same name in .means there should be super –
different class , then it is not method sub relationship between
overloading classes.
3 There is no dependency on the return Dependency on the return value
value of the function also , means return value also
same in super and sub class
methods.
4. Function overloading is a concept Function overriding is a concept
through which we avoid different through which we can change
names for functions that works or add the functionality in the
similarly , but operate on different super class method
type of data
5. It is also called compile time It is also called run time
polymorphism polymorphism

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2.11 Final with Inheritance :

A final variable is a constant, despite being called a variable. Its value

cannot be changed once it has been initialized. This applies to instance,
static and local variables, including parameters that are declared final.

 A final variable of a primitive data type cannot change its value once it
has been initialized.
 A final variable of a reference type cannot change its reference value
once it has been initialized, but the state of the object it denotes can
still be changed.

These variables are also known as blank final variables. Final static
variables are commonly used to define manifest constants (also called
named constants), for example Integer.MAX_VALUE, which is the maximum
int value. Variables defined in an interface are implicitly final . Note that a
final variable need not be initialized at its declaration, but it must be
initialized once before it is used.

A final method in a class is complete (i.e., has an implementation) and

cannot be overridden in any subclass. Subclasses are then restricted in
changing the behavior of the method.

Final variables ensure that values cannot be changed, and final methods
ensure that behavior cannot be changed.

A Final class is a complete class and connot be inherited in other class. So

by making a class final , we can restrict the inheritance of that class . For
Ex: String class in java.lang package is final class , in our class we can’t
inherit String class .

Final Variable : Initialized only once before its use

Final Method : cannot be overrided in the subclasses

Final Class : cannot be inherited in other class

2.12 Abstract :

Abstract method in a class means that it is not provided what the function
do in class , but the body of method is implemented in the sub class , so
declaring a method abstract means that overriding of such method is
compulsory.

Abstract Class means that it is necessary to inherit such class , if we forget

it , then it is compile time error. Abstract keyword have reverse functionality
from final keyword.

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Chapter 3 : Array, Packages and Interfaces , String handling

3.1 Arrays:

An array is a data structure that defines an indexed collection of a fixed

number of homogeneous data elements. This means that all elements in the
array have the same data type. A position in the array is indicated by a non-
negative integer value called the index. An element at a given position in the
array is accessed using the index. The size of an array is fixed and cannot
increase to accommodate more elements.

In Java, arrays are objects. Arrays can be of primitive data types or

reference types. In the former case, all elements in the array are of a specific
primitive data type. In the latter case, all elements are references of a
specific reference type. References in the array can then denote objects of
this reference type or its subtypes. Each array object has a final field called
length, which specifies the array size, that is, the number of elements the
array can accommodate. The first element is always at index 0 and the last
element at index n-1, where n is the value of the length field in the array.

Simple arrays are one-dimensional arrays, that is, a simple sequence of

values. Since arrays can store object references, the objects referenced can
also be array objects. This allows implementation of array of arrays.

Declaring Array Variables

An array variable declaration has either the following syntax:

<element type>[] <array name>;

Or

<element type> <array name>[];

where <element type> can be a primitive data type or a reference type. The
array variable <array name> has the type <element type>[]. Note that the
array size is not specified. This means that the array variable <array name>
can be assigned an array of any length, as long as its elements have
<element type>.

It is important to understand that the declaration does not actually create

an array. It only declares a reference that can denote an array object.

int anIntArray[], oneInteger;

Pizza[] mediumPizzas, largePizzas;

These two declarations declare anIntArray and mediumPizzas to be reference

variables that can denote arrays of int values and arrays of Pizza objects,
respectively. The variable largePizzas can denote an array of pizzas, but the

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variable oneInteger cannot denote an array of int values—it is simply an int
variable.

When the [] notation follows the type, all variables in the declaration are
arrays. Otherwise the [] notation must follow each individual array name in
the declaration.

An array variable that is declared as a member of a class, but is not

initialized to denote an array, will be initialized to the default reference value
null. This default initialization does not apply to local reference variables
and, therefore, does not apply to local array variables .

Constructing an Array

An array can be constructed for a specific number of elements of the

element type, using the new operator. The resulting array reference can be
assigned to an array variable of the corresponding type.

<array name> = new <element type> [<array size>];

The minimum value of <array size> is 0 (i.e., arrays with zero elements can
be constructed in Java). If the array size is negative, a
NegativeArraySizeException is thrown.

Given the following array declarations:

int anIntArray[], oneInteger;

Pizza[] mediumPizzas, largePizzas;

the arrays can be constructed as follows:

anIntArray = new int[10]; // array for 10 integers

mediumPizzas = new Pizza[5]; // array of 5 pizzas
largePizzas = new Pizza[3]; // array of 3 pizzas

The array declaration and construction can be combined.

<element type1>[] <array name> = new <element type2>[<array size>];

However, here array type <element type2>[] must be assignable to array type
<element type1>[] .When the array is constructed, all its elements are
initialized to the default value for <element type2>. This is true for both
member and local arrays when they are constructed.

In all the examples below, the code constructs the array and the array
elements are implicitly initialized to their default value. For example, the
element at index 2 in array anIntArray gets the value 0, and the element at
index 3 in array mediumPizzas gets the value null when the arrays are
constructed.

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int[] anIntArray = new int[10]; // Default element value: 0.

Pizza[] mediumPizzas = new Pizza[5]; // Default element value: null.

// Pizza class extends Object class

Object objArray = new Pizza[3]; // Default element value: null.

// Pizza class implements Eatable interface

Eatable[] eatables = new Pizza[2]; // Default element value: null.

The value of the field length in each array is set to the number of elements
specified during the construction of the array; for example, medium
Pizzas.length has the value 5.

Once an array has been constructed, its elements can also be explicitly
initialized individually; for example, in a loop. Examples in the rest of this
section make heavy use of a loop to traverse through the elements of an
array for various purposes.

Initializing an Array

Java provides the means of declaring, constructing, and explicitly initializing

an array in one declaration statement:

<element type>[] <array name> = { <array initialize list> };

This form of initialization applies to member as well as local arrays. The

<array initialize list> is a comma-separated list of zero or more expressions.
Such an array initialization block results in the construction and
initialization of the array.

int[] anIntArray = {1, 3, 49, 2, 6, 7, 15, 2, 1, 5};

The array anIntArray is declared as an array of ints. It is constructed to hold

10 elements (equal to the length of the list of expressions in the block),
where the first element is initialized to the value of the first expression (1),
the second element to the value of the second expression (3), and so on.

// Pizza class extends Object class

Object[] objArray = { new Pizza(), new Pizza(), null };

The array objArray is declared as an array of the Object class, constructed

to hold three elements. The initialization code sets the first two elements of
the array to refer to two Pizza objects, while the last element is initialized to
the null reference. Note that the number of objects created in the above
declaration statement is actually three: the array object with three
references and the two Pizza objects.

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The expressions in the <array initialize list> are evaluated from left to right,
and the array name obviously cannot occur in any of the expressions in the
list. In the examples above, the <array initialize list> is terminated by the
right curly bracket , }, of the block. The list can also be legally terminated by
a comma. The following array has length two, not three:

Topping[] pizzaToppings = { new Topping("cheese"), new Topping("tomato"), };

Using an Array

The whole array is referenced by the array name, but individual array
elements are accessed by specifying an index with the [] operator. The array
element access expression has the following syntax:

<array name> [<index expression>]

Each individual element is treated as a simple variable of the element type.

The index is specified by the <index expression>, which can be any
expression that evaluates to an non-negative int value. Since the lower
bound of an array is always 0, the upper bound is one less than the array
size, that is, (<array name>.length-1). The ith element in the array has index
(i-1). At runtime, the index value is automatically checked to ensure that it
is within the array index bounds. If the index value is less than 0 or greater
than or equal to <array name>.length in an array element access expression,
an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown.

3.2 Anonymous Arrays

As shown earlier in this section, the following declaration statement

<element type1>[] <array name> = new <element type2>[<array size>]; // (1)

int[] intArray = new int[5];

can be used to construct arrays using an array creation expression. The size
of the array is specified in the array creation expression, which creates the
array and initializes the array elements to their default values. On the other
hand, the following declaration statement

<element type>[] <array name> = { <array initialize list> }; // (2)

int[] intArray = {3, 5, 2, 8, 6};

both creates the array and initializes the array elements to specific values
given in the array initializer block. However, the array initialization block is
not an expression.

Java has another array creation expression, called anonymous array, which
allows the concept of the array creation expression from (1) and the array
initializer block from (2) to be combined, to create and initialize an array
object:

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new <element type>[] { <array initialize list> }
new int[] {3, 5, 2, 8, 6}

The construct has enough information to create a nameless array of a

specific type. Neither the name of the array nor the size of the array is
specified. The construct returns an array reference that can be assigned and
passed as parameter. In particular, the following two examples of
declaration statements are equivalent.

int[] intArray = {3, 5, 2, 8, 6}; // (1)

int[] intArray = new int[] {3, 5, 2, 8, 6}; // (2)

In (1), an array initializer block is used to create and initialize the elements.
In (2), an anonymous array expression is used. It is tempting to use the
array initialization block as an expression; for example, in an assignment
statement as a short cut for assigning values to array elements in one go.
However, this is illegal—instead, an anonymous array expression should be
used.

int[] daysInMonth;

daysInMonth = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}; // Not ok.
daysInMonth = new int[] {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}; //
ok.

3.3 Multidimensional Arrays

Since an array element can be an object reference and arrays are objects,
array elements can themselves reference other arrays. In Java, an array of
arrays can be defined as follows:

<element type>[][]...[] <array name>;or

<element type> <array name>[][]...[];

In fact, the sequence of square bracket pairs, [], indicating the number of
dimensions, can be distributed as a postfix to both the element type and the
array name. Arrays of arrays are also sometimes called multidimensional
arrays.

The following declarations are all equivalent:

int[][] mXnArray; // 2-dimensional array

int[] mXnArray[]; // 2-dimensional array
int mXnArray[][]; // 2-dimensional array

It is customary to combine the declaration with the construction of the

multidimensional array.

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int[][] mXnArray = new int[4][5]; // 4 x 5 matrix of ints

The previous declaration constructs an array mXnArray of four elements,

where each element is an array (row) of 5 int values. The concept of rows
and columns is often used to describe the dimensions of a 2-dimensional
array, which is often called a matrix. However, such an interpretation is not
dictated by the Java language.

Multidimensional arrays can also be constructed and explicitly initialized

using array initializer blocks discussed for simple arrays. Note that each row
is an array which uses an array initializer block to specify its values:

double[][] identityMatrix = {
{1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 }, // 1. row
{0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 }, // 2. row
{0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 }, // 3. row
{0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 } // 4. row
}; // 4 x 4 Floating-point matrix

3.4 Packages

1. Packages are used to group related classes, interfaces and sub

packages.
2. Packages are used to avoid naming collision.
3. Defining package

package [package name ];

4. Dot operator is used to uniquely identify packages members .

Suppose if we declare package as

package com.practice.demoprograms ;

then it creates a folder demoprograms which is inside the practice

folder , which is inside com folder.

5. If we want to use functions from others packages then we have two

ways for using it

a. Import that package in our class using import keyword .

import [package name which we want to import];

b. Use full qualified name for the class

Suppose we want to acces Date class from java.util package ,
then we have to write java.util.Date d = new java.util.Date();
It will create the object of date class and by this object , we
access the Date class functions.

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 6. All java inbuild packages names start with either java or javax.
So it is advisable not to start a package name with the java or
javax.

7. Access modifiers plays an important role while importing a

function\class from package , means if our class/ function is
declared private in other class , then it is not possible to use it .
Refer to access modifiers topic for more discussion.

3.5 Concept of CLASSPATH

Where to look? The Java runtime system needs to know where to find
programs that you want to run and libraries that are needed. It knows
where the predefined Java packages are, but if you are using additional
packages, you must tell specify where they are located.

Classpath is environment variable which is used to specify the path where

from the java interpreter searches for the file whose name is specified with
java keyword.
For example
C:/>set classpath=d:
After writing it press ―ENTER‖. Now if we write following command.

C:/>java Hello
Now the interpreter will search this file ―Hello‖ in directory D:/
Advantages of Classpath:-
1. Using classpath variable largest path can be written once but can be
used multiple times.
2. Using classpath we can clearly specify where from to search the
required file in computer.
3. Classpath is much useful in Packages.

Setting classpath in windows

The CLASSPATH variable can be set on Windows XP with the following
steps.
 Click the Start button in the lower left of the screen.
 Select Control Panel from the pop-up menu.
 Choose System from the submenu.
 Click the Advanced tab.

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  Click the Environment Variables button near the bottom and you will
see two lists of variables.
 Look in the System variables list for a variable named CLASSPATH. If
you find it, click Edit. If you don't find it, click New and
enter CLASSPATH in the Variable name field.
 The Variable value field is a list of file paths of directories or jar files.
The first thing in this list should be the current directory, which is
represented in windows just as it is in Unix, as a single period. If
there's more than one thing in this list, separate items with a
semicolon. For example, my CLASSPATH variable starts with these
three items (there are a couple more, but this should be enough to
give you the idea). The only part you need is the first "dot".

3.6 Access Modifier or Visibility control :

Java has four access levels and three access modifiers. There are only three
modifiers because the default (what you get when you don't use any access
modifier) is one of the four access levels.

Access Levels (in order of how restrictive they are, from least to most
restrictive)

public
Use public for classes, constants (static final variables) , and methods that
you're exposing to other code (for example getters and setters) and most
constructors.

private
Use private for virtually all instance variables, and for methods that you
don't want outside code to call (in other words, methods used by the public
methods of your class). But although you might not use the other two
(protected and default), you still need to know what they do because you'll
see them in other code.

default

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Both protected and default access levels are tied to packages. Default access
is simple-it means that only code within the samepackage can access code
with default access. So a default class, for example can be accessed by only
classes within the same package as the default class.

protected
Protected access is almost identical to default access, with one exception: it
allows subclasses to inherit the protected thing, even if those subclasses are
outside the package of the super-class they extend: That's it. That's all
protected buys you-the ability to let your subclasses be outside your
superclass package, yet still inherit pieces of the class, including methods
and constructors.

3.7 Using other package in class :

There are two ways to used different classes from different package in our
class .

a. By using the fully qualified name : Using fully qualified name is a

tedious thing to do if we want to used a class from different package
many times . In fully qualified name , before using the class from
different package , we have to mention the name of the package before
the class and each subfolder is differentiate through dot(.) operator .
For Example , if we want to use JOptionPane class in our class , then
we have to write like :

String s = javax.swing.JOptionPane.showInputDialog(“enter the

string value”);

this is tedious activity to used package because writing such a big

package name always makes our code more errorous and more typing
effort we have to put while coding .

b. Import the required package : class from different Package which we

want to used in our class , requires to import the package in our
class . By importing a required class , we can used such class without
its fully qualified name . There are two formats for importing classes

 for importing whole package

import javax.swing.*;
 for importing specific class

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

Note : import statements should be the after package declaration

statement , or if there is no package declaration statements then it
should comes before class declaration .

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3.8 Interfaces

Extending classes using single implementation inheritance creates new

class types. A super class reference can denote objects of its own type and
its subclasses strictly according to the inheritance hierarchy. Because this
relationship is linear, it rules out multiple implementation inheritance, that
is, a subclass inheriting from more than one super class. Instead Java
provides interfaces, which not only allow new named reference types to be
introduced, but also permit multiple interface inheritance.

Defining Interfaces
A top-level interface has the following general syntax:

<accessibility modifier> interface <interface name>

<extends interface clause> // Interface header
{ // Interface body
<constant declarations>
<method prototype declarations>
<nested class declarations>
<nested interface declarations>
}

In the interface header, the name of the interface is preceded by the keyword
interface. In addition, the interface header can specify the following
information:

 scope or accessibility modifier

 any interfaces it extends

The interface body can contain member declarations which comprise

 constant declarations
 method prototype declarations

An interface does not provide any implementation and is, therefore, abstract
by definition. This means that it cannot be instantiated, but classes can
implement it by providing implementations for its method prototypes.
Declaring an interface abstract is superfluous and seldom done.

The member declarations can appear in any order in the interface body.
Since interfaces are meant to be implemented by classes, interface members
implicitly have public accessibility and the public modifier is omitted.

Interfaces with empty bodies are often used as markers to tag classes as
having a certain property or behavior. Such interfaces are also called ability
interfaces. Java APIs provide several examples of such marker interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable, java.util.EventListener.

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Method Prototype Declarations
An interface defines a contract by specifying a set of method prototypes, but
no implementation. The methods in an interface are all implicitly abstract
and public by virtue of their definition. A method prototype has the same
syntax as an abstract method . However, only the modifiers abstract and
public are allowed, but these are invariably omitted.

<return type> <method name> (<parameter list>) <throws clause>;

Implementing Interfaces

Any class can elect to implement, wholly or partially, zero or more

interfaces. A class specifies the interfaces it implements as a comma-
separated list of unique interface names in an implements clause in the
class header. The interface methods must all have public accessibility
when implemented in the class (or its subclasses). A class can neither
narrow the accessibility of an interface method nor specify new exceptions in
the method's throws clause, as attempting to do so would amount to altering
the interface's contract, which is illegal. The criteria for overriding methods
also apply when implementing interface methods.

A class can provide implementations of methods declared in an interface,

but it does not reap the benefits of interfaces unless the interface name is
explicitly specified in its implements clause.

Extending Interfaces

An interface can extend other interfaces, using the extends clause. Unlike
extending classes, an interface can extend several interfaces. The interfaces
extended by an interface (directly or indirectly), are called superinterfaces.
Conversely, the interface is a subinterface of its superinterfaces. Since
interfaces define new reference types, superinterfaces and subinterfaces are
also supertypes and subtypes, respectively.

A subinterface inherits all methods from its superinterfaces, as their method

declarations are all implicitly public. A subinterface can override method
prototype declarations from its superinterfaces. Overridden methods are not
inherited. Method prototype declarations can also be overloaded, analogous
to method overloading in classes.

Constants in Interfaces

An interface can also define named constants. Such constants are defined
by field declarations and are considered to be public, static and final. These
modifiers are usually omitted from the declaration. Such a constant must be
initialized with an initializer expression .

An interface constant can be accessed by any client (a class or interface)

using its fully qualified name, regardless of whether the client extends or

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implements its interface. However, if a client is a class that implements this
interface or an interface that extends this interface, then the client can also
access such constants directly without using the fully qualified name. Such
a client inherits the interface constants.

Extending an interface that has constants is analogous to extending a class

having static variables. In particular, these constants can be hidden by the
subinterfaces. In the case of multiple inheritance of interface constants, any
name conflicts can be resolved using fully qualified names for the constants
involved.

Example 6.10 Variables in Interfaces

interface Constants {

double PI_APPROXIMATION = 3.14;

String AREA_UNITS = " sq.cm.";
String LENGTH_UNITS = " cm.";
}

public class Client implements Constants {

public static void main(String[] args) {
double radius = 1.5;
System.out.println("Area of circle is " +
(PI_APPROXIMATION*radius*radius) +
AREA_UNITS); // (1) Direct access.
System.out.println("Circumference of circle is " +
(2*Constants.PI_APPROXIMATION*radius) +
Constants.LENGTH_UNITS); // (2) Fully qualified name.
}
}

Output from the program:

Area of circle is 7.0649999999999995 sq.cm.

Circumference of circle is 9.42 cm.

3.9 String Handling

The String class is defined in the java.lang package and hence is implicitly
available to all the programs in Java. The String class is declared as final,
which means that it cannot be subclassed. It extends the Object class and
implements the Serializable, Comparable, and CharSequence interfaces.

Java implements strings as objects of type String. A string is a sequence of

characters. Unlike most of the other languages, Java treats a string as a
single value rather than as an array of characters.

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The String objects are immutable, i.e., once an object of the String class is
created, the string it contains cannot be changed. In other words, once a
String object is created, the characters that comprise the string cannot be
changed. Whenever any operation is performed on a String object, a new
String object will be created while the original contents of the object will
remain unchanged. However, at any time, a variable declared as a String
reference can be changed to point to some other String object.

3.10 Constructors defined in the String class

The String class defines several constructors. The most common constructor
of the String class is the one given below:

public String(String value)

This constructor constructs a new String object initialized with the same
sequence of the characters passed as the argument. In other words, the
newly created String object is the copy of the string passed as an argument
to the constructor.

Other constructors defined in the String class are as follows:

public String()

This constructor creates an empty String object. However, the use of this
constructor is unnecessary because String objects are immutable.

public String(char[] value)

This constructor creates a new String object initialized with the same
sequence of characters currently contained in the array that is passed as
the argument to it.

public String(char[] value, int startindex, int len)

This constructor creates a new String object initialized with the same
sequence of characters currently contained in the subarray. This subarray is
derived from the character array and the two integer values that are passed
as arguments to the constructor. The int variable startindex represents the
index value of the starting character of the subarray, and the int variable len
represents the number of characters to be used to form the new String
object.

public String(StringBuffer sbf)

This constructor creates a new String object that contains the same
sequence of characters currently contained in the string buffer argument.

public String(byte[] asciichars)

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The array of bytes that is passed as an argument to the constructor
contains the ASCII character set. Therefore, this array of bytes is first
decoded using the default charset of the platform. Then the constructor
creates a new String object initialized with same sequence of characters
obtained after decoding the array.

public String(byte[] asciiChars, int startindex, int len)

This constructor creates the String object after decoding the array of bytes
and by using the subarray of bytes.

3.11 Special String Operations

Finding the length of string

The String class defines the length() method that determines the length of a
string. The length of a string is the number of characters contained in the
string. The signature of the length() method is given below:

public int length()

String Concatenation using the + operator

The + operator is used to concatenate two strings, producing a new String

object as the result. For example,

String sale = "500";

String s = "Our daily sale is" + sale + "dollars";

System.out.println(s);

This code will display the string "Our daily sale is 500 dollars".

The + operator may also be used to concatenate a string with other data
types. For example,

int sale = 500;

String s = "Our daily sale is" + sale + "dollars";

System.out.println(s);

This code will display the string "Our daily sale is 500 dollars". In this case,
the variable sale is declared as int rather than String, but the output
produced is the same. This is because the int value

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contained in the variable sale is automatically converted to String type, and
then the + operator concatenates the two strings.

Character Extraction Functions

The String class provides a number of ways in which characters can be

extracted from a String object. Each is examined here. Although the
characters that comprise a string within a String object cannot be indexed
as if they were a character array, many of the String methods employ an
index (or offset) into the string for their operation. Like arrays, the string
indexes begin at zero.

charAt( )

To extract a single character from a String, you can refer directly to an

individual character via the charAt( ) method. It has this general form:

char charAt(int where)

Here, where is the index of the character that you want to obtain. The value
of where must be nonnegative and specify a location within the string.
charAt( ) returns the character at the specified location. For example,

char ch;
String s=”java solutions”;
ch= s.charAt(3);
assigns the value "a" to ch.

getChars( )

If you need to extract more than one character at a time, you can use the
getChars( ) method. It has this general form:

void getChars(int sourceStart, int sourceEnd, char target[ ], int targetStart)

Here, sourceStart specifies the index of the beginning of the substring, and
sourceEnd specifies an index that is one past the end of the desired
substring. Thus, the substring contains the characters from sourceStart
through sourceEnd–1. The array that will receive the characters is specified
by target. The index within target at which the substring will be copied is
passed in targetStart. Care must be taken to assure that the target array is
large enough to hold the number of characters in the specified substring.
The following program demonstrates getChars( ):

class getCharsDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String s = "This is a demo of the getChars method.";
int start = 10;
int end = 14;

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char buf[] = new char[end - start];
s.getChars(start, end, buf, 0);
System.out.println(buf);
}
}

Here is the output of this program:

demo

getBytes( )

There is an alternative to getChars( ) that stores the characters in an array

of bytes. This method is called getBytes( ), and it uses the default character-
to-byte conversions provided by the platform. Here is its simplest form:

byte[ ] getBytes( )

Other forms of getBytes( ) are also available. getBytes( ) is most useful when
you are exporting a String value into an environment that does not support
16-bit Unicode characters. For example, most Internet protocols and text file
formats use 8-bit ASCII for all text interchange.

toCharArray( )

If you want to convert all the characters in a String object into a character
array, the easiest way is to call toCharArray( ). It returns an array of
characters for the entire string. It has this general form:

char[ ] toCharArray( )

This function is provided as a convenience, since it is possible to use

getChars( ) to achieve the same result.

String Comparison

The String class defines various methods that are used to compare strings
or substrings within strings. Each of them is discussed in the following
sections:

equals() :
public boolean equals(Object str)

The equals() method is used to check whether the Object that is passed as
the argument to the method is equal to the String object that invokes the
method. It returns true if and only if the argument is a String object that
represents the same sequence of characters as represented by the invoking
object. The signature of the equals() method is as follows:

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equalsIgnoreCase()

The equalsIgnoreCase() method is used to check the equality of the two

String objects without taking into consideration the case of the characters
contained in the two strings. It returns true if the two strings are of the
same length and if the corresponding characters in the two strings are the
same ignoring case. The signature of the equalsIgnoreCase() method is:

public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(Object str)

compareTo()

The compareTo() method is used in conditions where a Programmer wants to

sort a list of strings in a predetermined order. The compareTo() method
checks whether the string passed as an argument to the method is less
than, greater than, or equal to the invoking string. A string is considered
less than another string if it comes before it in alphabetical order. The
signature of the compareTo() method is as follows:

public int compareTo(String str)

where, str is the String being compared to the invoking String. The
compareTo() method returns an int value as the result of String comparison.
The meaning of these values are given in the following table:

Value Meaning

Less than zero The invoking string is less than the argument string.

Zero The invoking string and the argument string are same.

Greater than zero The invoking string is greater than the argument string.

The String class also has the compareToIgnoreCase() method that compares
two strings without taking into consideration their case difference. The
signature of the method is given below:

public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) : Case Ignored

regionMatches()

The regionMatches() method is used to check the equality of two string

regions where the two string regions belong to two different strings. The
signature of the method is given below:

public boolean regionMatches(int startindex, String str2, int startindex2, int

len)

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There is also an overloaded version of the method that tests the equality of
the substring ignoring the case of characters in the substring. Its signature
is given below:

public boolean regionMatches(boolean ignoreCase, int startindex,

String str2, int startindex2, int len)

In both signatures of the method, startindex specifies the starting index of

the substring within the invoking string. The str2 argument specifies the
string to be compared. The startindex2 specifies the starting index of the
substring within the string to be compared. The len argument specifies the
length of the substring being compared. However, in the latter signature of
the method, the comparison is done ignoring the case of the characters in
the substring only if the ignoreCase argument is true.

startsWith()

The startsWith() method is used to check whether the invoking string starts
with the same sequence of characters as the substring passed as an
argument to the method. The signature of the method is given below:

public boolean startsWith(String prefix)

There is also an overloaded version of the startsWith() method with the

following signature:

public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int startindex)

In both signatures of the method given above, the prefix denotes the
substring to be matched within the invoking string. However, in the second
version, the startindex denotes the starting index into the invoking string at
which the search operation will commence.

endsWith()

The endsWith() method is used to check whether the invoking string ends
with the same sequence of characters as the substring passed as an
argument to the method. The signature of the method is given below:

public boolean endsWith(String prefix)

Modifying a String

The String objects are immutable. Therefore, it is not possible to change the
original contents of a string. However, the following String methods can be
used to create a new copy of the string with the required modification:

substring() : The substring() method creates a new string that is the

substring of the string that invokes the method. The method has two forms:

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public String substring(int startindex)

public String substring(int startindex, int endindex)

where, startindex specifies the index at which the substring will begin and
endindex specifies the index at which the substring will end. In the first
form where the endindex is not present, the substring begins at startindex
and runs till the end of the invoking string.

Concat()

The concat() method creates a new string after concatenating the argument
string to the end of the invoking string. The signature of the method is given
below:

public String concat(String str)

replace()

The replace() method creates a new string after replacing all the occurrences
of a particular character in the string with another character. The string
that invokes this method remains unchanged. The general form of the
method is given below:

public String replace(char old_char, char new_char)

trim()

The trim() method creates a new copy of the string after removing any
leading and trailing whitespace. The signature of the method is given below:

public String trim(String str)

toUpperCase()

The toUpperCase() method creates a new copy of a string after converting all
the lowercase letters in the invoking string to uppercase. The signature of
the method is given below:

public String toUpperCase()

toLowerCase()

The toLowerCase() method creates a new copy of a string after converting all
the uppercase letters in the invoking string to lowercase. The signature of
the method is given below:

public String toLowerCase()

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split()
this method can split the string into the given format and will return the
string in the form of string array. Actually, it is based on regex expression
with some characters which have a special meaning in a regex expression.

Searching Strings

The String class defines two methods that facilitate in searching a particular
character or sequence of characters in a string. They are as follows:

IndexOf()

The indexOf() method searches for the first occurrence of a character or a

substring in the invoking string. If a match is found, then the method
returns the index at which the character or the substring first appears.
Otherwise, it returns -1. The indexOf() method has the following signatures:
public int indexOf(int ch)

public int indexOf(int ch, int startindex)

public int indexOf(String str)

public int indexOf(String str, int startindex)

lastIndexOf()

3.12 String Buffer

A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters. A string buffer

is like a String, but can be modified. At any point in time it contains some
particular sequence of characters, but the length and content of the
sequence can be changed through certain method calls.

String buffers are safe for use by multiple threads. The methods are
synchronized where necessary so that all the operations on any particular
instance behave as if they occur in some serial order that is consistent with
the order of the method calls made by each of the individual threads
involved.

String buffers are used by the compiler to implement the binary string
concatenation operator +. For example, the code:

x = "a" + 4 + "c"

is compiled to the equivalent of:

x = new StringBuffer().append("a").append(4).append("c")
.toString()

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which creates a new string buffer (initially empty), appends the string
representation of each operand to the string buffer in turn, and then
converts the contents of the string buffer to a string. Overall, this avoids
creating many temporary strings.

The principal operations on a StringBuffer are

the append and insert methods, which are overloaded so as to accept data
of any type. Each effectively converts a given datum to a string and then
appends or inserts the characters of that string to the string buffer.
The append method always adds these characters at the end of the buffer;
the insert method adds the characters at a specified point.

For example, if z refers to a string buffer object whose current contents are
"start", then the method call z.append("le") would cause the string buffer to
contain "startle", whereas z.insert(4, "le") would alter the string buffer to
contain "starlet".

In general, if sb refers to an instance of a StringBuffer,

then sb.append(x) has the same effect as sb.insert(sb.length(), x).

Every string buffer has a capacity. As long as the length of the character
sequence contained in the string buffer does not exceed the capacity, it is
not necessary to allocate a new internal buffer array. If the internal buffer
overflows, it is automatically made larger.

3.13 Vector
Vectors are dynamic arrays which can extend or shrink when objects are
added in the vector. Vector class is part of java.util package. Vector proves
to be very useful if you don't know the size of the array in advance or you
just need one that can change sizes over the lifetime of a program. Vector
comes under the collection of java. Vectors are synchronized objects.
The Vector class supports four constructors. The first form creates a default
vector, which has an initial size of 10:

Vector( )

The second form creates a vector whose initial capacity is specified by size:

Vector(int size)

The third form creates a vector whose initial capacity is specified by size and
whose increment is specified by incr. The increment specifies the number of
elements to allocate each time that a vector is resized upward:

Vector(int size, int incr)

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The fourth form creates a vector that contains the elements of collection c:

Vector(Collection c)

Adding element in vector :

void add(int index, Object element)

Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this Vector. If Index
value is not in the range of already added objects then it throws
IndexOutOfBoundException.

boolean add(Object o)

Appends the specified element to the end of this Vector.

boolean addAll(Collection c)

Appends all of the elements in the specified Collection to the end of this
Vector, in the order that they are returned by the specified Collection's
Iterator.

boolean addAll(int index, Collection c)

Inserts all of the elements in in the specified Collection into this Vector at
the specified position.

void addElement(Object obj)

Adds the specified component to the end of this vector, increasing its size by
one.

Removing element from vector

boolean removeAll(Collection c)

Removes from this Vector all of its elements that are contained in the specified
Collection.
void removeAllElements()

Removes all components from this vector and sets its size to zero.

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boolean removeElement(Object obj)

Removes the first (lowest-indexed) occurrence of the argument from this vector.
void removeElementAt(int index)

removeElementAt(int index)
protected void removeRange(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Removes from this List all of the elements whose index is between fromIndex,
inclusive and toIndex, exclusive.
boolean remove(Object o)

Removes the first occurrence of the specified element in this Vector If the
Vector does not contain the element, it is unchanged.

Get Object from vector

Object get(int index)

Returns the element at the specified position in this Vector.

int indexOf(Object elem)

Searches for the first occurence of the given argument, testing for equality
using the equals method.
int indexOf(Object elem, int index)

Searches for the first occurence of the given argument, beginning the search at
index, and testing for equality using the equals method.

3.14 Wrapper Classes

Java is an object-oriented language and as said everything in java is an

object. But what about the primitives? They are sort of left out in the world
of objects, that is, they cannot participate in the object activities, such as
being returned from a method as an object, and being added to a Collection
of objects, etc. . As a solution to this problem, Java allows you to include the
primitives in the family of objects by using what are called wrapper classes.

There is a wrapper class for every primitive date type in Java. This class
encapsulates a single value for the primitive data type. For instance the
wrapper class for int is Integer, for float is Float, and so on. Remember that
the primitive name is simply the lowercase name of the wrapper except for
char, which maps to Character, and int, which maps to Integer.

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 The wrapper classes in the Java API serve two primary purposes:
 To provide a mechanism to ―wrap‖ primitive values in an object so that the
primitives can be included in activities reserved for objects, like as being
added to Collections, or returned from a method with an object return value.
 To provide an assortment of utility functions for primitives. Most of these
functions are related to various conversions: converting primitives to and
from String objects, and converting primitives and String objects to and
from different bases (or radix), such as binary, octal, and hexadecimal.

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Chapter 4 : Concurrency and Applet

4.1 Multitasking :

Multitasking allows us to perform more than one activities concurrently.

We can acheive multitasking by using

 Multiprocessing
 Multithreading

At the coarse grain , there is Multiprocessing (process based multitasking)

which allows process to run concurrently on the computer , where each
process has its own memory , and in a single processor enviournment,
switching between processes requires the current running process to save
its state in its process table , this switching is called context switching . So
Multi processing exists between two application .

At the fine grain level , there is multithreading which allows part of the same
program to run concurrently on the computer , a separate path of execution
is used to run different parts of the same application , these separate path
of execution in process is called threads which are independent of each
others . For Example , in a word processor , during printing of some pages ,
printing and formatting are done simuntenouly.

Java supports multithreading .

4.2 Threads :

Threads is a path of execution within a program that shares code and data
among other threads , that’s why threads are called light weighted process
.In java , there are two types of threads

 Daemon threads or system defined threads

 User defined threads

Threads which is created by the system is called daemon threads which are
used to create user defined threads means all the user defined threads are
spawned from Daemon threads . Whenever all the user defined threads are
executing in a program, your program didn’t terminate .

We can set the state of threads by defining it as daemon or user defined

threads, setDaemon(Boolean value) is used to change the status of the
thread.

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4.3 Creating Threads

Threads can be created using

 Implements the java.lang.Runnable interface

 Extending the java.lang.Thread class

Implementing the Runnable interface :

Runable interface have the following specification.

public interface Runable

{
public void run();
}

Procedure for creating threads based on the runnable interface is as follows:

1. A class implements the Runnable interface provides the run() method

which will be executed by the threads.
2. An Object of the thread class is created. An object of a class
implementing the Runnable interface is passed as an argument to a
constructor of the thread class.
3. The start() method is invoked on the thread object created in the previous
step. And write the functionality which thread do inside run method.

Creation of thread using Runnable interface

The following is a summary of important constructors and methods from the

java.lang.Thread class:

Thread(Runnable threadTarget)
Thread(Runnable threadTarget, String threadName)

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The argument threadTarget is the object whose run() method will be
executed when the thread is started. The argument threadName can be
specified to give an explicit name for the thread, rather than an
automatically generated one. A thread's name can be retrieved by using the
getName() method.

static Thread currentThread()

This method returns a reference to the Thread object of the currently

executing thread.

final String getName()

final void setName(String name)

The first method returns the name of the thread. The second one sets the
thread's name to the argument.

Implementing the Runnable Interface Example

class Counter implements Runnable {

// variables declaration
private int currentValue;

private Thread worker;

// constructor of the counter class

public Counter(String threadName) {

currentValue = 0;
worker = new Thread(this, threadName); // (1) Create a new thread.
System.out.println(worker);
worker.start(); // (2) Start the thread.
}

public int getValue()

{
return currentValue;
}

public void run() { // (3) Thread entry point

try {
while (currentValue < 5) {
System.out.println(worker.getName() + ": " + (currentValue++));
Thread.sleep(250); // (4) Current thread sleeps.
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println(worker.getName() + " interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("Exit from thread: " + worker.getName());

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 }
}

public class Client {

public static void main(String[] args) {
Counter counterA = new Counter("Counter A"); // (5) Create a thread.

try {
int val;
do {
val = counterA.getValue(); // (6) Access the counter value.
System.out.println("Counter value read by main thread: " + val);
Thread.sleep(1000); // (7) Current thread sleeps.
} while (val < 5);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("main thread interrupted.");
}

System.out.println("Exit from main() method.");

}
}

Possible output from the program:

Thread[Counter A,5,main]
Counter value read by main thread: 0
Counter A: 0
Counter A: 1
Counter A: 2
Counter A: 3
Counter value read by main thread: 4
Counter A: 4
Exit from thread: Counter A
Counter value read by main thread: 5
Exit from main() method.

The Client class uses the Counter class. It creates an object of class Counter
at (5) and retrieves its value in a loop at (6). After each retrieval, it sleeps for
1,000 milliseconds at (7), allowing other threads to run.

Extending the Thread Class

A class can also extend the Thread class to create a thread. A typical
procedure for doing this is as follows :

1. A class extending the Thread class overrides the run() method from
the Thread class to define the code executed by the thread.

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 2. This subclass may call a Thread constructor explicitly in its
constructors to initialize the thread, using the super() call.
3. The start() method inherited from the Thread class is invoked on the
object of the class to make the thread eligible for running.

the Counter class from Example has been modified to illustrate extending
the Thread class. Note the call to the constructor of the superclass Thread at
(1) and the invocation of the inherited start() method at (2) in the
constructor of the Counter class. The program output shows that the Client
class creates two threads and exits, but the program continues running
until the child threads have completed. The two child threads are
independent, each having its own counter and executing its own run()
method.

Extending the Thread Class

class Counter extends Thread {

private int currentValue;

public Counter(String threadName) {

super(threadName); // (1) Initialize thread.
currentValue = 0;
System.out.println(this);
start(); // (2) Start this thread.
}

public int getValue() { return currentValue; }

public void run() { // (3) Override from superclass.

try {
while (currentValue < 5)

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 System.out.println(getName() + ": " + (currentValue++));
Thread.sleep(250); // (4) Current thread sleeps.
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println(getName() + " interrupted.");
}
System.out.println("Exit from thread: " + getName());
}
}

public class Client {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Method main() runs in thread " +

Thread.currentThread().getName()); // (5) Current thread

Counter counterA = new Counter("Counter A"); // (6) Create a

thread.
Counter counterB = new Counter("Counter B"); // (7) Create a
thread.

System.out.println("Exit from main() method.");

}
}

Possible output from the program:

Method main() runs in thread main

Thread[Counter A,5,main]
Thread[Counter B,5,main]
Exit from main() method.
Counter A: 0
Counter B: 0
Counter A: 1
Counter B: 1
Counter A: 2
Counter B: 2
Counter A: 3
Counter B: 3
Counter A: 4
Counter B: 4
Exit from thread: Counter A
Exit from thread: Counter B

When creating threads, there are two reasons why implementing the
Runnable interface may be preferable to extending the Thread class:

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  Extending the Thread class means that the subclass cannot extend
any other class, whereas a class implementing the Runnable interface
has this option.
 A class might only be interested in being runnable, and therefore,
inheriting the full overhead of the Thread class would be excessive.

4.4 Synchronization :

Threads shares the same memory and resources . However, there are
situations where it is desirable that only one thread at a time to access the
shared resources. Foe Example, creditng and debiting a shared bank
account concurrently amongst several users without proper discipline will
endanger the integrity of data , so in that scenario , we are forcing that only
one thread have access the shared resources . This synchronization can be
achieved by using

1. Synchronized Methods
2. Synchronized Blocks

Synchronized Methods:

If the method of an object should be executed by one thread at a time , then

the definitions of such methods should be modified with the keyword
synchronized.

While a thread is in the synchronized method of an object, all other threads

that wish to execute this synchronized method or any other synchronized
method of the object will have to wait. This restriction doesn’t apply to the
thread that already in the synchronized method of the object and such a
method can invoke other synchronized methods of the object without being
blocked.

Synchronized blocks

Whereas synchronized Methods of a class are synchronized on the monitor

of an object of the class , the synchronized blocks allows the arbitrary code
to be synchronizes on the monitor of an arbitrary objects. The general form
of synchronized blocks are

Synchronized (<Object reference>)

{
// code block
}

4.5 Thread States

Understanding the life cycle of a thread is valuable when programming with

threads. Threads can exist in different states. Just because a thread's start()

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method has been called, it does not mean that the thread has access to the
CPU and can start executing straight away. Several factors determine how it
will proceed.

Figure shows the states and the transitions in the life cycle of a thread.

 Ready-to-run state : A thread starts life in the Ready-to-run state

 Running state : If a thread is in the Running state, it means that the
thread is currently executing
 Dead state : Once in this state, the thread cannot ever run again
 Non-runnable states : A running thread can transit to one of the non-
runnable states, depending on the circumstances. A thread remains
in a non-runnable state until a special transition occurs. A thread
does not go directly to the Running state from a non-runnable state,
but transits first to the Ready-to-run state.

The non-runnable states can be characterized as follows:

o Sleeping: The thread sleeps for a specified amount of time .

o Blocked for I/O: The thread waits for a blocking operation to
complete.
o Blocked for join completion: The thread awaits completion of
another thread Waiting for notification: The thread awaits
notification from another thread).
o Blocked for lock acquisition: The thread waits to acquire the
lock of an object

Various methods from the Thread class are presented next. Examples of
their usage are presented in subsequent sections.

final boolean isAlive()

This method can be used to find out if a thread is alive or dead. A thread is
alive if it has been started but not yet terminated, that is, it is not in the
Dead state.

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final int getPriority()
final void setPriority(int newPriority)

The first method returns the priority of the current thread. The second
method changes its priority. The priority set will be the minimum of the two
values: the specified newPriority and the maximum priority permitted for
this thread.

static void yield()

This method causes the current thread to temporarily pause its execution
and, thereby, allow other threads to execute.

static void sleep (long millisec) throws InterruptedException

The current thread sleeps for the specified time before it takes its turn at
running again.

final void join() throws InterruptedException

final void join(long millisec) throws InterruptedException

A call to any of these two methods invoked on a thread will wait and not
return until either the thread has completed or it is timed out after the
specified time, respectively.

void interrupt()

The method interrupts the thread on which it is invoked. In the Waiting-for-

notification, Sleeping, or Blocked-for-join-completion states, the thread will
receive an InterruptedException.

4.6 Thread Priorities

Threads are assigned priorities that the thread scheduler can use to
determine how the threads will be scheduled. The thread scheduler can use
thread priorities to determine which thread gets to run. The thread
scheduler favors giving CPU time to the thread with the highest priority in
the Ready-to-run state. This is not necessarily the thread that has been the
longest time in the Ready-to-run state. Heavy reliance on thread priorities
for the behavior of a program can make the program unportable across
platforms, as thread scheduling is host platform–dependent.

Priorities are integer values from 1 (lowest priority given by the constant
Thread. MIN_PRIORITY) to 10 (highest priority given by the constant
Thread.MAX_PRIORITY). The default priority is 5 (Thread.NORM_PRIORITY).

A thread inherits the priority of its parent thread. Priority of a thread can be
set using the setPriority() method and read using the getPriority() method,
both of which are defined in the Thread class. The following code sets the

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priority of the thread myThread to the minimum of two values: maximum
priority and current priority incremented to the next level:

myThread.setPriority(Math.min(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY,
myThread.getPriority()+1));
Thread Scheduler

Schedulers in JVM implementations usually employ one of the two following

strategies:

 Preemptive scheduling.

If a thread with a higher priority than the current running thread

moves to the Ready-to-run state, then the current running thread can
be preempted (moved to the Ready-to-run state) to let the higher
priority thread execute.

 Time-Sliced or Round-Robin scheduling.

A running thread is allowed to execute for a fixed length of time, after

which it moves to the Ready-to-run state to await its turn to run
again.

It should be pointed out that thread schedulers are implementation- and

platform-dependent; therefore, how threads will be scheduled is
unpredictable, at least from platform to platform.

Running and Yielding

After its start() method has been called, the thread starts life in the Ready-
to-run state. Once in the Ready-to-run state, the thread is eligible for
running, that is, it waits for its turn to get CPU time. The thread scheduler
decides which thread gets to run and for how long. Figure illustrates the
transitions between the Ready-to-Run and Running states. A call to the
static method yield(), defined in the Thread class, will cause the current
thread in the Running state to transit to the Ready-to-run state, this
relinquishing the CPU. The thread is

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then at the mercy of the thread scheduler as to when it will run again. If
there are no threads waiting in the Ready-to-run state, this thread
continues execution. If there are other threads in the Ready-to-run state,
their priorities determine which thread gets to execute.

By calling the static method yield(), the running thread gives other threads
in the Ready-to-run state a chance to run. A typical example where this can
be useful is when a user has given some command to start a CPU-intensive
computation, and has the option of canceling it by clicking on a Cancel
button. If the computation thread hogs the CPU and the user clicks the
Cancel button, chances are that it might take a while before the thread
monitoring the user input gets a chance to run and take appropriate action
to stop the computation. A thread running such a computation should do
the computation in increments, yielding between increments to allow other
threads to run. This is illustrated by the following run() method:

public void run() {

try {
while (!done()) {
doLittleBitMore();
Thread.yield(); // Current thread yields
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
doCleaningUp();
}
}

Sleeping and Waking up

A call to the static method sleep() in the Thread class will cause the
currently running thread to pause its execution and transit to the Sleeping
state. The method does not relinquish any lock that the thread might have.
The thread will sleep for at least the time specified in its argument, before
transitioning to the Ready-to-run state where it takes its turn to run again.
If a thread is interrupted while sleeping, it will throw an
InterruptedException when it awakes and gets to execute.

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There are serveral overloaded versions of the sleep() method in the Thread
class.

Waiting and Notifying

Waiting and notifying provide means of communication between threads

that synchronize on the same object. The threads execute wait() and notify()
(or notifyAll()) methods on the shared object for this purpose. These final
methods are defined in the Object class, and therefore, inherited by all
objects.

These methods can only be executed on an object whose lock the thread
holds, otherwise, the call will result in an IllegalMonitorStateException.

final void wait(long timeout) throws InterruptedException

final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) throws InterruptedException
final void wait() throws InterruptedException

A thread invokes the wait() method on the object whose lock it holds. The
thread is added to the wait set of the object.

final void notify()

final void notifyAll()

A thread invokes a notification method on the object whose lock it holds to

notify thread(s) that are in the wait set of the object

4.7 Applets : An Applet is a program written in the Java programming

language that can be included in an HTML page, much in the same way an
image is included in a page. When you use a Java technology-enabled
browser to view a page that contains an Applet, the applet's code is
transferred to your system and executed by the browser's Java Virtual
Machine (JVM). In java , there are two types of applet.

 The first are those based directly on the applet class , use the Abstract
window toolkit components for graphical user interface
 The second type of applets care based on the swing class called
JApplet . Swing applets uses the swing components for graphic user
interface .

JApplets inherits from Applets , All the features of Applet are also available
in JApplet.

4.8 Difference between remote and local applet:

Local Applet are written in local system and stored in the file structure of
the local system , when this applets are included in the java enabled

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browser , there is no requirement for the internet connectivity . Browser
search for the Applet in the local system path as defined in the HTML page
code.

Remote Applets are stored on remote system , whenever browser is

requested for Remote Applets , then it queries for the applet from remote
system , so internet connectivity is an essential while executing the remote
Applets. For Remote Applets , web page should have an address of the
remote system , and to run this remote applet , these are downloaded in
local system from the remote path.

4.9 Applet Life Cycle

Applet runs in the browser and its lifecycle method are called by JVM when
it is loaded and destroyed. Here are the lifecycle methods of an Applet:

init(): This method is called to initialized an applet

start(): This method is called after the initialization of the applet.

stop(): This method can be called multiple times in the life cycle of an
Applet.

destroy(): This method is called only once in the life cycle of the applet
when applet is destroyed.

init () method: The life cycle of an applet is begin on that time when the
applet is first loaded into the browser and called the init() method. The init()
method is called only one time in the life cycle on an applet. The init()
method is basically called to read the PARAM tag in the html file. The init ()
method retrieve the passed parameter through the PARAM tag of html file
using get Parameter() method All the initialization such as initialization of
variables and the objects like image, sound file are loaded in the init ()
method .After the initialization of the init() method user can interact with
the Applet and mostly applet contains the init() method.

Start () method: The start method of an applet is called after the

initialization method init(). This method may be called multiples time when
the Applet needs to be started or restarted.

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For Example if the user wants to return to the Applet, in this situation the
start Method() of an Applet will be called by the web browser and the user
will be back on the applet. In the start method user can interact within the
applet.

Stop () method: The stop() method can be called multiple times in the life
cycle of applet like the start () method. Or should be called at least one time.
There is only miner difference between the start() method and stop ()
method. For example the stop() method is called by the web browser on that
time When the user leaves one applet to go another applet and the start()
method is called on that time when the user wants to go back into the first
program or Applet.

destroy() method: The destroy() method is called only one time in the life
cycle of Applet like init() method. This method is called only on that time
when the browser needs to Shut down.

Demo Applet Program

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class AppletProgram extends Applet{

String s = "Applet example" + "\n";

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 public void destroy() {

s= s+ "I am in destroy() function"+ "\n";

}

public void init() {

s= s+ "I am in init() function \n";

public void start() {

s= s+ "I am in start() function \n ";

}

public void stop() {

s= s+ "I am in stop() function \n";

}

public void paint(Graphics g) {

g.drawString(s, 50, 50);
}

HTML and Applet

When you put an applet on your page you will need to save the applet on your
server as well as the HTML page the applet is embedded in. When the page is
loaded by a visitor the applet will be loaded and inserted on the page where you
embedded it.

Applets have the file extension "class". An example would be "myapplet.class".

Some applets consist of more than just one class file, and often other files need to
be present for the applet to run (such as JPG or GIF images used by the applet).
Make sure to check the documentation for the applet to see if you have all files for
it to run.
Before embedding an applet on your page you need to upload the required files to
your server.

Below is a short example showing how simple it is to embed an applet on a page.

<Html>
<Head>
<Title>Java Example</Title>

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 </Head>

<Body>
This is my page<br>
Below you see an applet<br>
<br>
<Applet Code="MyApplet.class" width=200 Height=100>
</Applet>
</Body>
</Html>

Two HTML tags are relevant according to applets: <Applet> and <Param>.

The <Applet> tag embeds the applet in your HTML page.

The <Param> tag is used to enter parameters for the applet.

The following attributes can be set for the <Applet> tag:

Attribute Explanation Example

Code Name of class file Code="myapplet.class"
Width=n n=Width of applet Width=200
Height=n n=Height of applet Height=100
Library where the applet is
stored.
If the applet is in same
Codebase Codebase="applets/"
directory as
your page this can be
omitted.
Text that will be shown in
browsers where the ability to
Alt="Text" alt="Menu Applet"
show applets has been
turned off.
Assigning a name to an
applet can
Name=Name be used when applets should Name="starter"
communicate with each
other.
Align=
Left
Justifies the applet
Right
according to the
Top
text and images surrounding
Texttop
it. Align=Right
Middle
A full explanation of the
Absmiddle
individual
Baseline
parameters is given here.
Bottom
Absbottom
Space over and under the
Vspace=n Vspace=20
applet.

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 Space to the left and right of
Hspace=n Hspace=40
applet.

The <Param> tag has the general syntax:

<Param Name=NameOfParameter
Value="ValueOfParameter">

Each applet has different parameters that should be set.

Typical parameters for an applet would be:

 color used by the applet

 font and font size to be used on text in the applet

 name of an image file to be inserted in the applet

Chapter 6 : Java and Database

6.1 Drivers : Drivers are used to connect database and the java application.

Request generated by any language is not DBMS specific calls , so it is

required to convert these calls according to specific database and vice versa
is applicable to process the result. So there are different types of Driver like:

Type 1 JDBC Driver : JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver

The Type 1 driver translates all JDBC calls into ODBC calls and sends them
to the ODBC driver. ODBC is a generic API. The JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver

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is recommended only for experimental use or when no other alternative is
available.

Type 1: JDBC-ODBC Bridge

Advantage

The JDBC-ODBC Bridge allows access to almost any database, since the
database's ODBC drivers are already available.

Disadvantages

1. Since the Bridge driver is not written fully in Java, Type 1 drivers are not
portable.
2. A performance issue is seen as a JDBC call goes through the bridge to the
ODBC driver, then to the database, and this applies even in the reverse
process. They are the slowest of all driver types.
3. The client system requires the ODBC Installation to use the driver.
4. Not good for the Web.

Type 2 JDBC Driver : Native-API/partly Java driver

The distinctive characteristic of type 2 jdbc drivers are that Type 2 drivers
convert JDBC calls into database-specific calls i.e. this driver is specific to a
particular database. Some distinctive characteristic of type 2 jdbc drivers
are shown below. Example: Oracle will have oracle native api.

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Type 2: Native api/ Partly Java Driver

Advantage

The distinctive characteristic of type 2 jdbc drivers are that they are typically
offer better performance than the JDBC-ODBC Bridge as the layers of
communication (tiers) are less than that of Type
1 and also it uses Native api which is Database specific.

Disadvantage

1. Native API must be installed in the Client System and hence type 2
drivers cannot be used for the Internet.
2. Like Type 1 drivers, it’s not written in Java Language which forms a
portability issue.
3. If we change the Database we have to change the native api as it is
specific to a database
4. Mostly obsolete now
5. Usually not thread safe.

Type 3 JDBC Driver : All Java/Net-protocol driver

Type 3 database requests are passed through the network to the middle-tier
server. The middle-tier then translates the request to the database. If the

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middle-tier server can in turn use Type1, Type 2 or Type 4 drivers.

Type 3: All Java/ Net-Protocol Driver

Advantage

1. This driver is server-based, so there is no need for any vendor database

library to be present on client machines.
2. This driver is fully written in Java and hence Portable. It is suitable for
the web.
3. There are many opportunities to optimize portability, performance, and
scalability.
4. The net protocol can be designed to make the client JDBC driver very
small and fast to load.
5. The type 3 driver typically provides support for features such as caching
(connections, query results, and so on), load balancing, and advanced
system administration such as logging and auditing.
6. This driver is very flexible allows access to multiple databases using one
driver.
7. They are the most efficient amongst all driver types.

Disadvantage

It requires another server application to install and maintain. Traversing the

recordset may take longer, since the data comes through the backend
server.

Type 4 JDBC Driver : Native-protocol/all-Java driver

The Type 4 uses java networking libraries to communicate directly with the
database server.

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Type 4: Native-protocol/all-Java driver

Advantage

1. The major benefit of using a type 4 jdbc drivers are that they are
completely written in Java to achieve platform independence and eliminate
deployment administration issues. It is most suitable for the web.
2. Number of translation layers is very less i.e. type 4 JDBC drivers don't
have to translate database requests to ODBC or a native connectivity
interface or to pass the request on to another server, performance is
typically quite good.
3. You don’t need to install special software on the client or server. Further,
these drivers can be downloaded dynamically.

Disadvantage

With type 4 drivers, the user needs a different driver for each database.

6.2 Steps for Connectivity between java program and database

There are seven standard steps in querying databases:

1. Import the required classes

2. Load the JDBC driver.
3. Establish the connection.
4. Create a statement object.
5. Execute a query or update.
6. Process the results.
7. Close the connection.

1. Importing required classes : The very first step that is required while
connecting java code to database is that we have to import the required
class for connection . As an example , for connection mysql , the required
classes are present inside java.sql package .

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Import the java.sql package

Ex: import java.sql.* ;

* indicates all classes of sql package are imported.

2. Load the JDBC driver: Once you import the required classes , next step
is to load the driver for connectivity to database. Java provides a class with
the name ―Class‖ which is used to load the driver by using its static method
forName . So we load the driver by calling Class.forName() method.

try {
Class.forName( "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" );
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println( “Unable to establish the connection” );
}

• A client can connect to Database server by JDBC driver. Connector/j

driver is commonly used driver for mysql database.

• The newInstance() method is used to create new instance of driver class.

3. Establish the connection

• Driver Manager Class defines object which is used to create connection

between database and application.

• The getConnection() method uses user name, password and URL to

establish connection.

• With this connection we can execute SQL, PL/SQL statement.

Java provides Connection interface which hold the connection reference for
executing different queries .

Connection ref= DriverManger.getConnection(―url‖,‖username‖,‖password‖);

4. Create a statement object.

• Once establish the connection with database server we can interact with
database using statement object.

• Statement object is instantiated from connection object by calling

createStatement() method.

• Statement object is to send and execute sql statements to database.

Three kinds of statements objects are available

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• Statement – create simple SQL statement without parameters.

Interface provides basic functionality for executing and retrieving results.

• Prepared statement – which inherits from Statement, Object used to

executes precompiled sql statements with or without parameter. This
interface adds method to deal with IN parameter.

5. Executing statement object

Statement interface defines method to interact with database by executing

sql quires.

• Statement has three method

 executeQuery() is used for SELECT statement.

 executeUpdate() is used for create, alter or drop table.
 execute() is used when sql statement written as string object.

String query = "SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM sometable";

ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(query);

6. Process the result :

The simplest way to handle the results is to process them one row at a time,
using the ResultSet’s next method to move through the table a row at a
time. Within a row, ResultSet provides various getXxx methods that take a
column index or column name as an argument and return the result as a
variety of different Java types. For instance, use getInt if the value should be
an integer, getString for a String, and so on for most other data types. If you
just want to display the results, you can use getString regardless of the
actual column type. However, if you use the version that takes a column
index, note that columns are indexed starting at 1 (following the SQL
convention), not at 0 as with arrays, vectors, and most other data structures
in the Java programming language.

Note that the first column in a ResultSet row has index 1, not 0. Here is an
example that prints the values of the first three columns in all rows of a
ResultSet.

while(resultSet.next()) {
System.out.println(results.getString(1) + " " +
results.getString(2) + " " +
results.getString(3));
}

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7.Close the Connection

To close the connection explicitly, you should do:

connection.close();

6.3 Select Query Program

This session is used to for selection the particular rows according to DBMS
select query .

// Import the required Drivers

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class SelectQuery {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create the reference of Connection Interface
Connection con =null;
try {

// load the drivers, com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is DriverClass name

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

// jdbc:mysql://ip of database machine:port number/databasename

String url= "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/shopping";

// Establish the connection

con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root","shishav");
String query="select * from login_table where username=?";

// Pass the query

PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(query);
ps.setString(1, "adi");

//Execute the select query using ExecuteQuery() method

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ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();

// Process the result

if(rs.next())
{
// fetch the rows until the empty row , rs.next() returns false if row
//don’t have any data , else it returns true

do
{
// USERNAME and PASS are the column names in table of Database
// we can also used the number of column starting from 1.

String username= rs.getString("USERNAME");

String pass= rs.getString("PASS");

// print the username and password in console window

System.out.println("username is :" + username + ": password

is :" + pass + "\n");

}while(rs.next());
}
else
{
System.out.println("no row selected");
}

} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally
{
try {
//Close the connection
con.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

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}

6.4 Insert Query Program

This session is used for learning the insertion of data from java program to
dbms table.

// Import the required Drivers

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class SelectQuery {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create the reference of Connection Interface
Connection con =null;
try {
// load the drivers, com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is DriverClass name

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

// jdbc:mysql://ip of database machine:port number/databasename

String url= "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/shopping";

// Establish the connection

con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root","shishav");
String query="insert into [table name] [columns name comma separated]
values (values for the columns in comma separated ) ";

// Pass the query

PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(query);
// if we want to insert the values according to some class attributes or some
//variable , then we can add ? in the query and fill the ? like this , 1st ? in
// the query have 1 number as shown below
// insert into emp(empid) values(?);
// above query have single ? . so its value is filled by adi as shown in below
//line

ps.setString(1, "adi");

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//Execute the select query using ExecuteUpdate() method

int rs = ps.executeUpdate();
if(rs >0)
{
System.out.println(―rows successfully inserted‖);

}
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally
{
try {
//Close the connection
con.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

6.5 Delete Query Program

This session is used for learning the deletion of data from Database table
using java program .
// Import the required Drivers

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class SelectQuery {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Create the reference of Connection Interface
Connection con =null;
try {
// load the drivers, com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is DriverClass name

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

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 // jdbc:mysql://ip of database machine:port number/databasename

String url= "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/shopping";

// Establish the connection

con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root","shishav");
String query="delete from [tablename] where [condition] ";

// Pass the query

PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(query);
// if we want to insert the values according to some class attributes or some
//variable , then we can add ? in the query and fill the ? like this , 1st ? in
// the query have 1 number as shown below
// delete from emp where empid=?
// above query have single ? . so its value is filled by adi as shown in below
//line

ps.setString(1, "adi");

//Execute the select query using ExecuteUpdate() method

int rs = ps.executeUpdate();
if(rs >0)
{
// in case of deletion , number of rows deleted is returned by
//executeUpdate(),if value is less then 0, then no deletion
System.out.println(―rows successfullydeleted‖);

}
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally
{
try {
//Close the connection
con.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

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6.6 Update Query Program :

Updation in the database table is similar like insertion and deletion , only
the query syntax is changed according to requirement . In case of updation ,
query will be

Update [tablename] set columnname=[value which we want] where

[condition];

Summary :

1. We require Drivers to convert the Java specific calls to DBMS

specific calls .
2. Class.forName() ,static method of the class Class is used to load
the driver class. Each database has specific Drivers Class
3. We have to pass the username ,password and ip and port while
establishing a connection with database.
4. We used executeUpdate() method for insertion,deletion and
updation query . This method returns the int value which is the
number of rows that are affected from query.
5. We used executeQuery() method for select query , which returns
the table accoding to our condition in the query and this result
is hold by the ResultSet Interface.

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