Syllabus - CS7 : Object Oriented Programming with Java

CS7 : Object Oriented Programming with Java

( 6 Hours – 4 Credits)

UNIT I

Java Evolution : Java Features – How Java differs from C and C++ - Java and Internet – Java and World Wide Web – Web Browsers – Hardware and Software Requirements – Java Environment.   Overview of Java Language: Simple Java Program – Java Program Structure – Java Tokens- Java Statements – Implementing a Java Program – Java Virtual Machine – Command Line Arguments.   Constants- Variables- Data types- Declaration of Variables- Giving Values to variables- Scope of Variables-Symbolic Constants-Type Casting. 

UNIT II

Operators and Expressions: Arithmetic Operators – Relational Operators- Logical Operators – Assignment Operators – Increment and Decrement Operators – Conditional Operators – Bitwise Operators – Special Operators – Arithmetic Expressions – Evaluation of Expressions – Precedence of Arithmetic Operators – Operator Precedence and Associativity- Mathematical Functions.   Decision Making and Branching: Decision Making with If statement – Simple If Statement-If else Statement-Nesting If Else Statement- the ElseIf Ladder-The switch Statement –  The ?: operator.   Decision Making and Looping: The while statement – The do statement – The for statement – Jumps in Loops.   Class,  Objects and Methods: Defining a Class – Fields Declaration – Methods Declaration – Creating Objects – Accessing class members – Constructors – Methods Overloading – Static Members –Nesting of Methods – Inheritance – Overriding Methods – Final Variables and Methods – Final Classes –Finalizer Methods- Abstract Methods and Classes – Visibility Control. 

UNIT III

Arrays,  Strings and Vectors: One-dimensional Arrays-creating an Array – Two dimensional Arrays –Strings – Vectors – Wrapper Classes – Enumerated Types.   Interfaces: Multiple Inheritance : Defining Interfaces – Extending Interfaces – Implementing Interfaces – Accessing Interface Variables.   Packages: Java API Packages – Using system Packages – Naming Conventions – Creating Packages – Accessing a Package – Using a Package – Adding a Class to a Package – Hiding Classes – Static Import. 

UNIT IV

 Multithreaded Programming: Creating Threads – Extending the Thread Class – Stopping and Blocking a Thread – Life Cycle of a Thread – Using Thread Methods – Thread Exceptions – Thread Priority – Synchronization-Implementing the Runnable Interface- Managing Errors and Exceptions: Types of Errors – Exceptions – Syntax of Exception Handling Code – Multiple Catch Statements – Using Finally Statement – Throwing our own Exceptions – Using Exceptions for debugging.   Applet Programming: How Applets differ from Applications – Preparing to write Applets – Building Applet Code – Applet Life Cycle – Creating an executable Applet – Designing a WebPage – Applet Tag – Adding Applet to HTML file – Running the Applet.   

UNIT V

Graphics Programming: The Graphics Class- Lines and Rectangles- Circles and Ellipses,  Drawing Arcs- Drawing Polygons- Line Graphs- Using Control Loops in Applets –Drawing Bar Charts.   Managing Input/Output Files in Java: Concept of Streams-Stream Classes-Byte Stream Classes- Character Stream Classes- Using Streams- Other Useful I/O Classes-Using the file Class- I/O Exceptions- Creation of Files-Reading / Writing Characters- Reading / Writing Bytes- Handling Primitive Data Types- Concatenating and Buffering Files-Random Access Files – Interactive Input and Output. 

Text Book

1. Programming with Java,  A primer,  3e,  E.  Balagurusamy,  TATA McGraw-Hill Company,  2008.      (Chapters : 1 to 16 )

UNIT I     :  Chapters : 1, 2, 3, 4

UNIT II    :  Chapters : 5, 6, 7, 8

UNIT III   :  Chapters : 9, 10, 11

UNIT IV   :  Chapters : 12,  13,  14)

UNIT V    :  Chapters  15, 16

Reference Books

1.      Java and Object-Oriented Programming Paradigm,  Debasish Jana,  Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited,  New Delhi,  2008.