Course Title: Object Oriented Programming in Java (3 Cr.)
Course Code: CACS2O4
Year/Semester: II/III
Class Load: 6 Hrs. / Week (Theory: 3 Hrs, Tutorial: 1, Practical: 2 Hrs.)
Course Description
This course covers preliminary concepts of object-oriented approach in programming with basic skills using Java. Control structures, Classes, methods and argument passing and iteration; graphical user interface basics Programming and documentation style.
Course Objectives
The general objectives of this course are to provide fundamental concepts of Object Oriented Programming and make students familiar with the Java environment and its applications.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction to Java [2 Hrs.]
Definition, History of Java, The Internet and Java’s Place in IT, Applications and Applets, Java Virtual Machine, Byte Code- not an Executable code, Procedure-Oriented vs. Object-Oriented Programming, Compiling and Running a Simple Program, Setting up your Computer for Java Environment, Writing a Program, Compiling, Interpreting and Running the Program, Handling Common Errors
Unit 2: Tokens, Expressions and Control Structures [5 Hrs.]
Primitive Data Types: Integers, Floating-Point types, Characters, Booleans; User-Defined Data Types, Declarations, Constants, Identifiers, Literals, Type Conversion and Casting, Variables: Variable Definition and Assignment, Default Variable Initializations; Command-Line Arguments, Arrays of Primitive Data Types, Comment Syntax, Garbage Collection, Expressions, Using Operators: Arithmetic, Bitwise, Relational, Logical, Assignment, Conditional, Shift, Ternary, Auto-increment and Auto-decrement; Using Control Statements(Branching: if, switch; Looping: while, do-while, for; Jumping statements: break, continue and return)
Unit 3: Object Oriented Programming Concepts [9 Hrs.]
Fundamentals of Classes: A Simple Class, Creating Class Instances, Adding methods to a class, Calling Functions/Methods; Abstraction. Encapsulation. Using ‘this’ keyword, ConstrucCors -115efault constructors, Parameterized constructors, More on methods: Passing by’ Value, by Reference, Access Control. Methods that Return Values, Polymorphism and Method Overloading, Recursion; Nested and Inner Classes
Unit 4: Inheritance & Packaging [3 Hrs.]
inheritance: Using ‘extends’ keyword, Subclasses and Superclasses, ‘super’ keyword usage, Overriding Methods, Dynamic Method Dispatch; The Object class, Abstract and Final Classes, Packages: Defining a Package, Importing a Package: Access Control; Interfaces: Defining an Interface, Implementing and applying interfaces.
Unit 5: Handling Error/Exception [2 Hrs.]
Basic Exceptions, Proper use of exceptions, User defined Exceptions, Catching Exception: try, catch; Throwing and rethrowing: throw, throws; Cleaning up using the finally clause.
Unit 6: Handling Strings [2 Hrs.]
Creation, Concatenation and Conversion of a String, Changing Case, Character Extraction, String Comparison, Searching Strings, Modifying Strings, String Buffer.
Unit 7: Threads [3 Hrs.]
Create/Instantiate/Start New Threads: Extending java.lang.Thread, Implementing java.lang.Runnable Interface; Understand Thread Execution, Thread Priorities, Synchronization, Inter-Thread Communication, Deadlock
Unit 8: I/O and Streams [2 Hrs.]
java.io package, Files and directories, Streams: Byte Streams and Character Streams; Reading/Writing Console Input/Output, Reading and Writing files, The Serialization Interface, Serialization & Deserialization.
Unit 9: Understanding Core Packages [3 Hrs.]
Using java.lang Package: java.lang.Math, Wrapper classes and associated methods (Number, Double, Float; Integer, Byte; Short, Long; Character, Boolean); Using java.util package: Core classes (Vector, Stack, Dictionary, Hashtable, Enumerations, Random Number Generation).
Unit 10: Holding Collection of Data [3 Hrs.]
Arrays And Collection Classes/Interfaces, Map/List/Set Implementations: Map Interface. ‘List Interface, Set Interface, Collection Classes: Array List. Linked List, Hash Set and Tree Set; Accessing Collections/Use of An Iterator. Comparator.
Unit 11: Java Applications [8 Hrs.]
About AWT & Swing. About ,TFrame (top level window in Swing.). Swing components (JLabel, About text component like JTextField, JBttott, Event Handling in Swing Applications. Layout Management using Flow Layout.1Border Layout, Grid Layout, Using JPRel. Choice components ‘ke .TCheck Box; JRadio Button, Borders components, JCombo Box & its events, JList & its events with MVC patterns, Key & Mouse Event Handling, Menus in swing, JText Area, Dialog boxes in swing, iTable for Displaying Data in Tabular form, MDI using JDesktop Pane & Enternal Frame, Using IDE like Netbeans, JBuildcr for building java applications using Drag & Drop), Adapter classes
Unit 12: Introduction to Java Applets [1 Hr.]
Definition, Applet lifecycle methods, Build a simple applet, Using Applet Viewer, Adding Controls: Animation Concepts.
Unit 13: Database Programming using JDBC [2 Hrs.]
Using Connection, Statement & Result Set Interfaces for Manipulating Data with the Databases
Laboratory Works
Laboratory works should be done covering all the topics listed above and a small project work should be carried out using the concept learnt in this course. Project should be assigned on Individual Basis.
Teaching Methods
The general teaching pedagogy includes class lectures, group discussions, case studies, guest lectures, research work, project work, assignments (theoretical and practical), and examinations (written and verbal), depending upon the nature of the topics. The teaching faculty will determine the choice of teaching pedagogy as per the need of the topics.
Evaluation
Text Books
Deitel & Dietel. “Java: How to program”. 9th Edition. Pearson Education. 2011, ISBN: 9780273754768 – McGraw-Hill 2006. ISn:; 0072263857
Reference Books
– Bruce Eckel, “Thinking in Java”, 4 Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN: 013-187248-6
– Cay Horstmann and Grazy Cornell, “Core Java Volume 1-Fundamentals”, Ninth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2012, ISBN: 978-0137081899
– E. Balagurusamy, “Programming with Java: A Primer”, Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publication, India,
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