Chapter 1 Introduction to

Computers, Programs, and Java

Basic computer skills such as using Windows,
Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Word

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programs,

and Java

Chapter 2 Primitive Data Types and Operations

Chapter 3 Selection Statements

Chapter 4 Loops

Chapter 5 Methods §§19.1-19.3 in Chapter 19 Recursion

Chapter 6 Arrays Chapter 23 Algorithm Efficiency and Sorting

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 Objectives
 To review computer basics, programs, and operating systems
(§1.2-1.4).
 To represent numbers in binary, decimal, and hexadecimal (§1.5
Optional).
 To understand the relationship between Java and the World Wide
Web (§1.6).
 To know Java’s advantages (§1.7).
 To distinguish the terms API, IDE, and JDK (§1.8).
 To write a simple Java program (§1.9).
 To create, compile, and run Java programs (§1.10).
 To understand the Java runtime environment (§1.10).
 To know the basic syntax of a Java program (§1.11).
 To display output on the console and on the dialog box (§1.12).
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 What is a Computer?
A computer consists of a CPU, memory, hard disk, floppy disk,
monitor, printer, and communication devices.

Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 CPU
The central processing unit (CPU) is the brain of a computer. It
retrieves instructions from memory and executes them. The CPU
speed is measured in megahertz (MHz), with 1 megahertz equaling 1
million pulses per second. The speed of the CPU has been improved
continuously. If you buy a PC now, you can get an Intel Pentium 4
Processor at 3 gigahertz (1 gigahertz is 1000 megahertz).

Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 Memory
Memory is to store data and program instructions for CPU to
execute. A memory unit is an ordered sequence of bytes, each holds
eight bits. A program and its data must be brought to memory before
they can be executed. A memory byte is never empty, but its initial
content may be meaningless to your program. The current content of
a memory byte is lost whenever new information is placed in it.
Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 How Data is Stored?
Data of various kinds, such as numbers,
characters, and strings, are encoded as a
series of bits (zeros and ones). Computers
use zeros and ones because digital devices Memory address Memory content
have two stable states, which are referred to
as zero and one by convention. The . .

programmers need not to be concerned about . .

the encoding and decoding of data, which is . .

2000 01001010 Encoding for character ‘J’
performed automatically by the system 2001 01100001 Encoding for character ‘a’
based on the encoding scheme. The 2002 01110110 Encoding for character ‘v’
encoding scheme varies. For example, 2003 01100001 Encoding for character ‘a’
character ‘J’ is represented by 01001010 in 2004 00000011 Encoding for number 3
one byte. A small number such as three can
be stored in a single byte. If computer needs
to store a large number that cannot fit into a
single byte, it uses a number of adjacent
bytes. No two data can share or split a same
byte. A byte is the minimum storage unit.

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 Storage Devices
Memory is volatile, because information is lost when the power is
off. Programs and data are permanently stored on storage devices
and are moved to memory when the computer actually uses them.
There are three main types of storage devices:Disk drives (hard
disks and floppy disks), CD drives (CD-R and CD-RW), and Tape
drives.

Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 Output Devices: Monitor
The monitor displays information (text and graphics). The resolution
and dot pitch determine the quality of the display.

Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 Monitor Resolution and Dot Pitch
resolution The resolution specifies the number of pixels per square
inch. Pixels (short for “picture elements”) are tiny dots that
form an image on the screen. The resolution can be set
manually. The higher the resolution, the sharper and
clearer the image is. However, the image may be very
small if you set high resolution on a small screen monitor.
PC monitors are usually 15-inch, 17-inch, 19-inch, or 21-
inch. For a 15-inch monitor, a comfortable resolution
setting would be 640480 (307,200 pixels).

dot pitch The dot pitch is the amount of space between pixels. The
smaller the dot pitch, the better the display.

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 Communication Devices
A regular modem uses a phone line and can transfer data in a speed up to
56,000 bps (bits per second). A DSL (digital subscriber line) also uses a
phone line and can transfer data in a speed 20 times faster than a regular
modem. A cable modem uses the TV cable line maintained by the cable
company. A cable modem is as fast as a DSL. Network interface card
(NIC) is a device to connect a computer to a local area network (LAN).
The LAN is commonly used in business, universities, and government
organizations. A typical type of NIC, called 10BaseT, can transfer data at
10 mbps (million bits per second).
Bus

Storage Communication Input Output

Memory CPU Devices Devices Devices
Devices
e.g., Disk, CD, e.g., Modem, e.g., Keyboard, e.g., Monitor,
and Tape and NIC Mouse Printer

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 Programs
Computer programs, known as software, are instructions to
the computer.

You tell a computer what to do through programs. Without

programs, a computer is an empty machine. Computers do
not understand human languages, so you need to use
computer languages to communicate with them.

Programs are written using programming languages.

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 Programming Languages
Machine Language Assembly Language High-Level Language

Machine language is a set of primitive instructions

built into every computer. The instructions are in the
form of binary code, so you have to enter binary
codes for various instructions. Program with native
machine language is a tedious process. Moreover
the programs are highly difficult to read and modify.
For example, to add two numbers, you might write
an instruction in binary like this:
 
1101101010011010
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 Programming Languages
Machine Language Assembly Language High-Level Language

Assembly languages were developed to make

programming easy. Since the computer cannot understand
assembly language, however, a program called assembler is
used to convert assembly language programs into machine
code. For example, to add two numbers, you might write an
instruction in assembly code like this:
ADDF3 R1, R2, R3
Assembly Source File
Machine Code File

…
ADDF3 R1, R2, R3
Assembler …
1101101010011010
…
…

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 Programming Languages
Machine Language Assembly Language High-Level Language

The high-level languages are English-like and easy to learn

and program. For example, the following is a high-level
language statement that computes the area of a circle with
radius 5:
area = 5 * 5 * 3.1415;

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 Popular High-Level Languages
COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language)
FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation)
BASIC (Beginner All-purpose Symbolic Instructional Code)
Pascal (named for Blaise Pascal)
Ada (named for Ada Lovelace)
C (whose developer designed B first)
Visual Basic (Basic-like visual language developed by Microsoft)
Delphi (Pascal-like visual language developed by Borland)
C++ (an object-oriented language, based on C)
Java (We use it in the book)

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 Compiling Source Code
A program written in a high-level language is called a
source program. Since a computer cannot understand a
source program. Program called a compiler is used to
translate the source program into a machine language
program called an object program. The object program is
often then linked with other supporting library code before
the object can be executed on the machine.

Source File Compiler Object File Excutable File

Linker

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 Compiling Java Source Code
You can port a source program to any machine with appropriate
compilers. The source program must be recompiled, however, because
the object program can only run on a specific machine. Nowadays
computers are networked to work together. Java was designed to run
object programs on any platform. With Java, you write the program
once, and compile the source program into a special type of object
code, known as bytecode. The bytecode can then run on any computer
with a Java Virtual Machine, as shown in Figure 1.5. Java Virtual
Machine is a software that interprets Java bytecode.
Java Bytecode

Java Virtual
Machine

Any
Computer

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 Operating Systems
The operating system (OS) is
a program that manages and User
controls a computer’s
activities. You are probably Application Programs
using Windows 98, NT, 2000,
XP, or ME. Windows is Operating System
currently the most popular PC
operating system. Application
Hardware
programs such as an Internet
browser and a word processor
cannot run without an
operating system.
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 Number Systems
NOTE: You can skip this section and use it as reference when you
have questions regarding binary and hexadecimal numbers.
binary

0, 1

octal 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

decimal 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

hexdecimal 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F

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 Number Systems
Computers use binary numbers internally because storage devices
like memory and disk are made to store 0s and 1s. A number or a
text inside a computer is stored as a sequence of 0s and 1s. Each 0
and 1 is called a bit, short for binary digit. The binary number
system has two digits, 0 and 1.

Binary numbers are not intuitive, since we use decimal numbers in

our daily life. When you write a number like 20 in a program, it is
assumed to be a decimal number. Internally, computer software is
used to convert decimal numbers into binary numbers, and vice
versa.

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 Number Systems, cont.
The digits in the decimal number system are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9. A decimal number is represented using a sequence of one or
more of these digits. The value that each digit in the sequence
represents depends on its position. A position in a sequence has a
value that is an integral power of 10. For example, the digits 7, 4, 2,
and 3 in decimal number 7423 represent 7000, 400, 20, and 3,
respectively, as shown below: 7 4 2 3  7  10  4  10  2  10  3  10 3 2 1 0

103 102 101 100  7000  400  20  3  7423

The decimal number system has ten digits and the position values
are integral powers of 10. We say that 10 is the base or radix of the
decimal number system. Similarly, the base of the binary number
system is 2 since the binary number system has two digits and the
base of the hex number system is 16 since the hex number system
has sixteen digits.
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 Number Systems, cont.
Binary numbers tend to be very long and cumbersome. Hexadecimal
numbers are often used to abbreviate binary numbers. The
hexadecimal number system has 16 digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
A, B, C, D, E, and F. The letters A, B, C, D, E, and F correspond to
the decimal numbers 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

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 Binary Numbers => Decimals
Given a binary number bnbn  1bn  2...b 2b1b 0
the equivalent decimal value is

bn  2 n  bn  1  2 n1  bn  2  2 n2  ...  b 2  2 2  b1  21  b0  2 0

10 in binary 1  21  0 = 2 in decimal

1000 in binary 1  23  0  2 2  0  2  0 = 8 in decimal

10101011
1  27  0  2 6  1  25  0  2 4  1  23  0  2 2  1  2  1 = 171 in
in binary
decimal

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 Decimals => Binary
To convert a decimal number d to a binary number is to find the
binary digits.. bn, bn  1, bn  2,..., b 2, b1, b 0 such that

d  bn  2 n  bn  1  2 n1  bn  2  2 n2  ...  b2  2 2  b1  21  b0  20

These numbers can be found by successively dividing d by 2 until the quotient
is 0. The remainders are bn, bn  1, bn  2,..., b 2, b1, b 0

For example, the decimal number 123 is 1111011 in binary. The conversion is
conducted as follows:

0 1 3 7 15 30 61 Quotient
2 1 2 3 2 7 2 15 2 30 2 61 2 123
0 2 6 14 30 60 122
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 Remainder

b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

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 Windows Calculator
The Windows Calculator is a useful tool for performing number
conversions. To run it, choose Programs, Accessories, and
Calculator from the Start button.

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 Hexadecimals => Decimals
The hexadecimal number system has sixteen digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F. The letters A, B, C, D, E, and F
correspond to the decimal numbers 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Given a hexadecimal number hnhn  1hn  2...h 2 h1h 0
The equivalent decimal value is

hn 16 n  hn  1 16 n 1  hn  2 16 n  2  ...  h 2 16 2  h1  161  h 0 160

7F in hex 7  161  15 = 127 in decimal

FFFF in hex 15  16  15  16  15  16  15 = 65535 in decimal

3 2

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 Decimals => Hexadecimal
To convert a decimal number d to a hexadecimal number is to find
the hexadecimal digits hn,
hn, hhn-1,
n  1, hn hn-2, ...2, h1, h 0 such that
 2,..., h

d  hn  16n  hn  1  16n 1  hn  2  16 n  2  ...  h 2  16 2  h1  161  h 0  160

These numbers can be found by

successively dividing d by 16 until the 0 7 Quotient
quotient is 0. The remainders are 16 7 16 123
0
h 0, h1, h 2,..., hn  2, hn  1, hn 112
7 11 Remainder
For example, the decimal number 123 is
7B in hexadecimal. The conversion is h1 h0

conducted as follows:

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 Hexadecimal  Binary
Binary Hex Decimal
To convert a hexadecimal number to a binary
0000 0 0 number, simply convert each digit in the
0001 1 1 hexadecimal number into a four-digit binary
0010 2 2 number.
0011 3 3
0100 4 4
To convert a binary number to a hexadecimal,
0101 5 5
convert every four binary digits from right to
0110 6 6
left in the binary number into a hexadecimal
0111 7 7
number. For example,
1000 8 8
1001 9 9
1010 A 10
1011 B 11 1110001101
1100 C 12
1101 D 13
1110 E 14 3 8 D
1111 F 15
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 Why Java?
The answer is that Java enables users to develop and
deploy applications on the Internet for servers, desktop
computers, and small hand-held devices. The future of
computing is being profoundly influenced by the Internet,
and Java promises to remain a big part of that future. Java
is the Internet programming language.

Java is a general purpose programming language.

Java is the Internet programming language.

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 Java, Web, and Beyond
 Java can be used to develop Web
applications.
 Java Applets
 Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages
 Java can also be used to develop applications
for hand-held devices such as Palm and cell
phones

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 Examples of Java’s Versatility
Standalone Application: TicTacToe
Applet: TicTacToe
Servlets: SelfTest Web site
Mobile Computing: Cell phones

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 TicTacToe Standalone

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 TicTacToe Applet

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SelfTest Website (using Java Servlets)

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 PDA and Cell Phone

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 Java’s History
 James Gosling and Sun Microsystems
 Oak
 Java, May 20, 1995, Sun World
 HotJava
– The first Java-enabled Web browser
 Early History Website:
http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic
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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple Java is partially modeled on C++, but greatly
simplified and improved. Some people refer to
 Java Is Object-Oriented Java as "C++--" because it is like C++ but
 Java Is Distributed with more functionality and fewer negative
aspects.
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple Java is inherently object-oriented.
Although many object-oriented languages
 Java Is Object-Oriented began strictly as procedural languages,
 Java Is Distributed Java was designed from the start to be
object-oriented. Object-oriented
 Java Is Interpreted programming (OOP) is a popular
 Java Is Robust programming approach that is replacing
 Java Is Secure traditional procedural programming
techniques.
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable One of the central issues in software
development is how to reuse code. Object-
 Java's Performance oriented programming provides great
 Java Is Multithreaded flexibility, modularity, clarity, and
reusability through encapsulation,
 Java Is Dynamic inheritance, and polymorphism.

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple Distributed computing involves several
computers working together on a network.
 Java Is Object-Oriented Java is designed to make distributed
 Java Is Distributed computing easy. Since networking
capability is inherently integrated into
 Java Is Interpreted Java, writing network programs is like
 Java Is Robust sending and receiving data to and from a
 Java Is Secure file.
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple You need an interpreter to run Java
programs. The programs are compiled into
 Java Is Object-Oriented the Java Virtual Machine code called
 Java Is Distributed bytecode. The bytecode is machine-
independent and can run on any machine
 Java Is Interpreted that has a Java interpreter, which is part of
 Java Is Robust the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple Java compilers can detect many problems
that would first show up at execution time
 Java Is Object-Oriented in other languages.
 Java Is Distributed
Java has eliminated certain types of error-
 Java Is Interpreted prone programming constructs found in
 Java Is Robust other languages.
 Java Is Secure
Java has a runtime exception-handling
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral feature to provide programming support
 Java Is Portable for robustness.
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
Java implements several security
 Java Is Robust mechanisms to protect your system against
 Java Is Secure harm caused by stray programs.
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral Write once, run anywhere
 Java Is Portable With a Java Virtual Machine (JVM),
 Java's Performance you can write one program that will
run on any platform.
 Java Is Multithreaded
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable Because Java is architecture neutral,
Java programs are portable. They can
 Java's Performance be run on any platform without being
 Java Is Multithreaded recompiled.
 Java Is Dynamic

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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable Java’s performance Because Java is
architecture neutral, Java programs
 Java's Performance are portable. They can be run on any
 Java Is Multithreaded platform without being recompiled.
 Java Is Dynamic

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Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance Multithread programming is smoothly
 Java Is Multithreaded integrated in Java, whereas in other
 Java Is Dynamic languages you have to call procedures
specific to the operating system to enable
multithreading.
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Optional
Characteristics of Java
 Java Is Simple
 Java Is Object-Oriented
 Java Is Distributed
 Java Is Interpreted
 Java Is Robust
 Java Is Secure
 Java Is Architecture-Neutral
 Java Is Portable
 Java's Performance Java was designed to adapt to an evolving
environment. New code can be loaded on the
 Java Is Multithreaded fly without recompilation. There is no need for
developers to create, and for users to install,
 Java Is Dynamic major new software versions. New features can
be incorporated transparently as needed.
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 JDK Versions
 JDK 1.02 (1995)
 JDK 1.1 (1996)
 JDK 1.2 (1998)
 JDK 1.3 (2000)
 JDK 1.4 (2002)
 JDK 1.5 (2004) a. k. a. JDK 5 or Java 5

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 JDK Editions
 Java Standard Edition (J2SE)
– J2SE can be used to develop client-side standalone
applications or applets.
 Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
– J2EE can be used to develop server-side applications
such as Java servlets and Java ServerPages.
 Java Micro Edition (J2ME).
– J2ME can be used to develop applications for mobile
devices such as cell phones.
This book uses J2SE to introduce Java
programming.
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 Java IDE Tools
 Borland JBuilder
 NetBeans Open Source by Sun
 Sun ONE Studio by Sun MicroSystems
 Eclipse Open Source by IBM

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 A Simple Java Program
Listing 1.1
//This program prints Welcome to Java!
public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}

Source
IMPORTANT NOTE: To run the program from the Run
button, (1) set c:\Program Files\java\jdk1.5.0\bin for
Run path, and (2) install slides from the Instructor Resource
Website to a directory (e.g., c:\LiangIR) .

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Creating and Editing Using NotePad
To use NotePad, type
notepad Welcome.java
from the DOS prompt.

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Creating and Editing Using WordPad
To use WordPad, type
write Welcome.java
from the DOS prompt.

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 Creating, Compiling, and
Running Programs
Create/Modify Source Code

Source code (developed by the programmer)

Saved on the disk
public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!"); Source Code
}
}

Compile Source Code

Byte code (generated by the compiler for JVM i.e., javac Welcome.java
to read and interpret, not for you to understand)
…
Method Welcome() If compilation errors
0 aload_0 stored on the disk
…
Bytecode
Method void main(java.lang.String[])
0 getstatic #2 …
3 ldc #3 <String "Welcome to
Java!">
5 invokevirtual #4 …
8 return Run Byteode
i.e., java Welcome

Result

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animation

Trace a Program Execution

Enter main method

//This program prints Welcome to Java!

public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}

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animation

Trace a Program Execution

Execute statement

//This program prints Welcome to Java!

public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}

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animation

Trace a Program Execution

//This program prints Welcome to Java!

public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}

print a message to the

console

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 Supplements on the Companion
Website
 See Supplement A for installing and
configuring JDK 1.5
 See Supplement B for compiling and running
Java from the command window for details

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Direct link at
www.cs.armstrong.edu/liang/intro5e.html
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 Compiling and Running Java
from the Command Window
 Set path to JDK bin directory
– set path=c:\Program Files\java\jdk1.5.0\bin
 Set classpath to include the current directory
– set classpath=.
 Compile
– javac Welcome.java
 Run
– java Welcome
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TextPad
Optional Compiling and Running Java
from TextPad
 See Supplement B on the Website for details

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JBuilder
Optional Compiling and Running Java
from JBuilder
 See Supplement H on the Website for details

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NetBeans
Optional Compiling and Running Java
from NetBeans
 See Supplement I on the Website for details

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 Anatomy of a Java Program
 Comments
 Package
 Reserved words
 Modifiers
 Statements
 Blocks
 Classes
 Methods
 The main method
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 Comments
In Java, comments are preceded by two slashes (//) in a
line, or enclosed between /* and */ in one or multiple
lines. When the compiler sees //, it ignores all text after //
in the same line. When it sees /*, it scans for the next */
and ignores any text between /* and */.

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 Package
The second line in the program (package chapter1;)
specifies a package name, chapter1, for the class
Welcome. Forte compiles the source code in
Welcome.java, generates Welcome.class, and stores
Welcome.class in the chapter1 folder.

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 Reserved Words
Reserved words or keywords are words that have a
specific meaning to the compiler and cannot be used for
other purposes in the program. For example, when the
compiler sees the word class, it understands that the word
after class is the name for the class. Other reserved words
in Listing 1.1 are public, static, and void. Their use will
be introduced later in the book.

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 Modifiers
Java uses certain reserved words called modifiers that
specify the properties of the data, methods, and
classes and how they can be used. Examples of
modifiers are public and static. Other modifiers are
private, final, abstract, and protected. A public datum,
method, or class can be accessed by other programs. A
private datum or method cannot be accessed by other
programs. Modifiers are discussed in Chapter 6,
“Objects and Classes.”

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 Statements
A statement represents an action or a sequence of actions.
The statement System.out.println("Welcome to Java!") in
the program in Listing 1.1 is a statement to display the
greeting "Welcome to Java!" Every statement in Java
ends with a semicolon (;).

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 Blocks
A pair of braces in a program forms a block that groups
components of a program.

public class Test {

Class block
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!"); Method block
}
}

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 Classes
The class is the essential Java construct. A class is a
template or blueprint for objects. To program in Java,
you must understand classes and be able to write and use
them. The mystery of the class will continue to be
unveiled throughout this book. For now, though,
understand that a program is defined by using one or
more classes.

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 Methods
What is System.out.println? It is a method: a collection
of statements that performs a sequence of operations to
display a message on the console. It can be used even
without fully understanding the details of how it works. It
is used by invoking a statement with a string argument.
The string argument is enclosed within parentheses. In
this case, the argument is "Welcome to Java!" You can
call the same println method with a different argument to
print a different message.

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 main Method
The main method provides the control of program flow.
The Java interpreter executes the application by invoking
the main method.
 
The main method looks like this:
 
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Statements;
}
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 Displaying Text in a Message
Dialog Box
you can use the showMessageDialog method in the
JOptionPane class. JOptionPane is one of the many
predefined classes in the Java system, which can be
reused rather than “reinventing the wheel.”

Source
IMPORTANT NOTE: To run the program from the Run
button, (1) set c:\jdk1.5.0\bin for path, and (2) install
Run slides from the Instructor Resource Website to a
directory (e.g., c:\LiangIR) .

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 The showMessageDialog Method
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
"Welcome to Java!",
“Display Message",
JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE));

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 Two Ways to Invoke the Method
There are several ways to use the showMessageDialog
method. For the time being, all you need to know are
two ways to invoke it.
One is to use a statement as shown in the example:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, x,
y, JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE));
where x is a string for the text to be displayed, and y is
a string for the title of the message dialog box.
The other is to use a statement like this:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, x);
where x is a string for the text to be displayed.
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 The exit Method
Prior to JDK 1.5, you have to invoke
System.exit() to terminate the program if the
program uses JOptionPane dialog boxes. Since
JDK 1.5, it is not necessary.

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JBuilder
Optional JBuilder IDE Interface
file tab content pane (showing the editor)

main menu

main toolbar

project toolbar

project pane

structure pane

message pane

execution status bar

status bar

file viewer tab Resize editor font

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JBuilder
Optional Creating a JBuilder project
Choose File, New Project to display the project wizard

Enter a project name -- any

descriptive of your choice

Enter a directory name

where your project will
be stored. If the directory
book
does not exist, the wizard
can create it
C:\book automatically. All the
C:\book
files in the book are
stored in c:\book.

You may optionally

check this box to let You may optionally
the wizard generate a choose an existing
project description file. project as template.
This is an HTML file,
which is nonessential
for the project.

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 JBuilder
Optional Creating a JBuilder project, cont.
Set output path, backup path, working directory, and source path. There are many ways to
set paths. I recommend you to follow the instructions from your instructor to set these
paths. Creating projects incorrectly is a common problem for new JBuilder users, and
can lead to frustrating mistakes.
You can choose any
directory as output path.
The working directory is the However, I recommend
starting directory that new JBuilder users to
JBuilder gives a program choose the project path
when it is launched. Any as the output path.
directory may be configured
as the working directory. By The backup path is where
default, it has the same name the backup files are
as the project file. stored. I recommend you
to enter outpath/bak.
The source directory is
where the source files
created using JBuilder’s
wizards are stored. I
recommend new JBuilder
users to choose the project
path as the output path.

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JBuilder
Optional Creating a JBuilder project, cont.
Optional project description

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JBuilder
Optional Creating a Java Program
Choose File, New Class to display the class wizard

Enter the class name,

e.g., Welcome.

All the examples in

Introduction to Java
Programming, 5E do
not use the package
statement. So leave this This is the default.
blank. Leave it as it is.

Leave these boxes

Check these two boxes unchecked.

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