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Module – 1 : OOP and Introduction to Java 01
1.1 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
1.1.1 Fundamentals of object oriented programming:Procedure Oriented Programming Vs. Object
Oriented Programming (OOP)
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1.1.2 Concept of Classes and Object
1.1.3 Object reference, Abstraction,Encapsulation
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1.1.4 Inheritance, Polymorphism
1.2 Introduction to Java
1.2.1 History of Java, Java vs C++.
1.2.2 JDK, JVM and Other tools for Java Application
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1.2.3 IDE for developing Java Application
1.2.4 “Constructs used in JAVA :
1.2.5 Variables, types and type declarations”
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1.2.6 Data types, Functions
1.3 Statements & Operators in Java
1.3.1 Increment and Decrement Operators r
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1.3.2 Relational and Logical operators
1.3.3 Conditional Expressions, if then else clause
1.3.4 Input using scanner class and output statement
1.3.5 Loops,Switch case
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1.3.6 Arrays, Methods

1.4 Inheritance in Java
1.4.1 Type of Inherirtance with code snippets
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1.4.2 Concept of method overriding with code snippet,, Final classes

1.4.3 Concept of Abstract classes with code snippet
1.4.4 Concept of Final classes with code snippet
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Module - 2 : Package and Exception in Java 206

2.1 Introduction to Packages
2.1.1 Packages : Defining Package, CLASSPATH
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2.1.2 Type of Packages

2.1.3 Importing Packages
2.1.4 Access Specifiers
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2.1.5 Interfaces: Implementing Interfaces

2.1.6 Interfaces vs Abstract Class
2.2 Exception Handing
2.2.1 Introduction to Exceptions
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2.2.2 Exception Handling by using Try-Catch

2.2.3 Catching Multiple Exceptions
2.2.4 Types of Exceptions
2.2.5 final vs finally clause ,throw vs throws
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2.3 Throwing Exceptions
2.3.1 Implementation of finally, throw & throws
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2.3.2 Fundamentals of throwing exceptions
2.3.3 Java’s buit-in Exceptions
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2.3.4 Writing Exception Subclasses
2.3.5 Implementation of Exception Handling Mechanism.
Module - 3: Package and Exception in Java 171
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3.1.1 Constructors
3.1.2 Object & Object Reference
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3.1.3 Types of Constructors
3.1.4 Implementation of Constructors in Inheritance
3.1.5 order of invocation of constructors
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3.2 Wrapper classes and String class
3.2.1 Introduction to Wrapper Classes
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3.2.2 Strings and Characters : Fundamentals of Characters and Strings
3.2.3 The String Class , String Operations
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3.2.4 Data Conversion using Value Of ( ) Methods
3.3 StringBuffer class
3.3.1 Fundamental Concept of StringBUffer Class
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3.3.2 Properties of StringBuffer Class

3.3.3 Methods of StringBuffer class
3.3.4 Code snippet showing the difference between String and StringBuffer Class
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Module - 4 : Interface and Threads in Java 241

4.1 Introduction to Interface
4.1.1 Introduction to Interface
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4.1.2 Code snippet showing implementation of Interface

4.1.3 Reference variable in interface
4.1.4 Extending Interface
4.2 Interfcae Methods
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4.2.1 Type of Methods in interface

4.2.2 Default method in interface
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4.2.3 Static methods in interface

4.2.4 Constant variables in interface
4.3 Multithreading
4.3.1 Introduction to Multithreading
4.3.2 Concept of Thread in Multithreading
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4.3.3 Lifecycle of Thread

4.3.4 Implementing a Thread
4.3.5 Thread vs Runnable method of creating thread
4.3.6 Methods of Thread class
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4.3.7 Thread Priorities
4.4 Thread Synchronization
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4.4.1 Introduction to Synchronization
4.4.2 Implementing Synchronization in Thread
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4.4.3 Benefits and Loopholes of Synchronization
4.4.4 Resuming and stopping Threads
4.4.5 A code snippet to demonstrate thread with and without synchronization
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Module - 5 : Applet and Graphics Programming 320
5.1 Introduction to Applet Class
5.1.1 Introduction to applets
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5.1.2 Lifecycle of Applet
5.1.3 Methods of Applet class
5.1.4 Applet vs Application
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5.1.5 Embedding Applet in HTML Page
5.1.6 A code snippet to implement Applet
5.2 Introduction to Graphic class
5.2.1 Introduction to Graphic class
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5.2.2 Methods in Graphic class
5.2.3 A code snippet to create different shapes.
5.2.4 Using loops in applet
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5.3 Introduction to AWT

5.3.1 Introduction to AWT package
5.3.2 Classes in AWT package
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5.3.3 Role of Layout manager in applet

5.3.4 A code snippet to implement applet with layout manager
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Object Oriented Programming Using Java 1
Module – 1 : OOP and Introduction to Java

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Structure:
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1.1 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
1.1.1 Fundamentals of object oriented programming:Procedure Oriented
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Programming Vs. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
1.1.3 Object reference, Abstraction,Encapsulation
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1.2 Introduction to Java
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1.2.1 History of Java, Java vs C++.
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1.2.4 “Constructs used in JAVA :
1.2.5 Variables, types and type declarations”
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1.3 Statements & Operators in Java
1.3.1 Increment and Decrement Operators
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1.4 Inheritance in Java
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1.4.1 Type of Inherirtance with code snippets

1.4.2 Concept of method overriding with code snippet,, Final classes
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2 Object Oriented Programming Using Java
Unit - 1.1 : Introduction to Object Oriented

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Programming
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Objectives
At the end of this unit, you will be able to understand:
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●● Basics of Object Oriented programming Difference between OOP and procedure
oriented programming
●● Classes and object and their concept
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●● Understanding concept of Object reference, Abstraction, Encapsulation
●● Understanding concept of Inheritance, Polymorphism
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Introduction
In order to unravel a problem, you would like to understand the “method/procedure”
otherwise you got to have the “know-how”. In computer parlance, we call this an
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algorithm. An algorithm or a program may be a sequence of steps to be followed, which
results in a desired output. The sequence of steps is often called a procedure, and,
in turn, a gaggle of procedures are often termed as a program. For solving an easy
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problem, a sequence of steps is sufficient, but if the matter is complex, a programming
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environment that has well-integrated and cohesive programming elements, constructs
and data structures is required.
A paradigm is often thought of as a method of programming, which involves

elements like functions, data and data structures. Several programming paradigms
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are used successfully. The structured programming paradigm with C as implementing

language, during which the programmer breaks down the task to be accomplished into
subtasks and specifies a step-by-step procedure or algorithm to realize this task, has
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been very successful and popular amongst programmers, owing largely to its reusable
components within the sort of procedural calls and its ability to control memory and thus
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The object-oriented programming may be a different approach to programming.

It has been created with a view to extend programmer’s productivity by overcoming
the weaknesses found in procedural programming approach. Over the years many
object-oriented programming languages like C++, Java have come up and are getting
quite popular within the market. The main need for developing such languages was to
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manage the ever-increasing size and complexity of programs.
Object-oriented programming (OOP) promises wide reusability features through

inheritance, library functions in the structure of standard template library (STL), etc. C++
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is one of the most powerful OOP languages that supports together structured as well as
OOP paradigms.
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1.1.1 Fundamentals of object oriented programming: Procedure
Oriented Programming Vs. Object Oriented Programming
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Building Blocks of Programs

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There are two basic aspects of programming: data and instructions. To figure with
data, you would like to know variables and types; to figure with instructions, you would
like to know control structures and subroutines. You’ll spend an outsized a part of the
course becoming conversant in these concepts
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A variable is simply a memory location (or several locations treated as a unit) that
has been given a reputation in order that it are often easily mentioned and utilized in
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a program. The programmer only has got to worry about the name; it’s the compiler’s
responsibility to stay track of the memory location. The programmer does got to confine
mind that the name refers to a sort of “box” in memory which will hold data, albeit the
programmer doesn’t need to know where in memory that box is found.
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In Java and most other languages, a variable features a type that indicates what
kind of data it can hold. One sort of variable might hold integer numbers like 5, -14,
and 0— while another holds floating point numbers with decimal points like 2.14, -2.7,
or 17.0. There could even be types for individual characters (’Z’, ’;’, etc.), strings (“Hi”,
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“A string can include many characters”, etc.), and fewer common types like dates, time,
sounds, or the other sort of data that a program might got to store.
Programming languages always have commands for getting data into and
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out of variables and for doing computations with data. for instance , the subsequent
“assignment statement,” which could appear during a Java program, tells the pc to
require the amount stored within the variable named “principal”, multiply that number by
0.012, then store the end in the variable named “interest”:
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There also are “input commands” for getting data from the user or from files on the
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computer’s disks and “output commands” for sending data within the other direction.
These basic commands—for moving data from place to put and for performing
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computations—are the building blocks for all programs. These building blocks are
combined into complex programs using control structures and subroutines.
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Objects and Object-oriented Programming
Programs must be designed. Nobody can just sit down at the pc and compose a
program of any complexity. The discipline called software engineering cares with the
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development of correct, working, well-written programs. The programmer tends to use
accepted and proven methods for analyzing the matter to be solved and for designing a
program to unravel that problem.
The procedural approach to programming was the de facto approach within the
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youth of programming. Here, code is modularized supported a system’s processes.
as an example , in developing a Hotel application system, we might have considered
processes like the checking-in and Check-out of rooms, making reservations of rooms,
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cataloging of hotels room, and so on. Problem solving would involve the analysis of
those processes in terms of the procedural tasks administered and therefore the
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Object-oriented programming, on the opposite hand, models objects and therefore
the interactions within the problem space and the production of a system supported
these objects and their interactions.
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interactions, a software application developed using the object-oriented programming

approach will end in the assembly of a computing system that features a closer
representation of the real-world problem domain than would be the case if the
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procedural programming approach is employed.
During the 1970s and into the 80s, the first software engineering methodology was
structured programming. The structured programming approach to program design was
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supported the subsequent advice: to unravel an outsized problem, break the matter
into several pieces and work on each bit separately; to unravel each bit, treat it as a
replacement problem which may itself be weakened into smaller problems; eventually,
you’ll work your way right down to problems which will be solved directly, without further
decomposition. This approach is named top-down programming.
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There is nothing wrong with top-down programming. It’s a valuable and often-
used approach to problem-solving. However, it’s incomplete. For one thing, it deals
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almost entirely with producing the instructions necessary to unravel aissue. But as
time went on, people realized that the planning of the info structures for a program was
as least as important because the design of subroutines and control structures. Top-
down programming doesn’t give adequate consideration to the info that the program
manipulates.
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Another problem with strict top-down programming is that it makes it difficult to

reuse work finished other projects.

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bottom-up design, the approach is to start out “at rock bottom ,” with problems that
you simply already skills to unravel (and that you would possibly have already got a
reusable software component at hand). From there, you’ll work upwards towards an
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answer to the general problem
The reusable components should be as “modular” as possible. A module may be
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a component of a bigger system that interacts with the remainder of the system during
a simple, well-defined, straightforward manner. The thought is that a module are often
“plugged into” a system. The small print of what goes on inside the module aren’t
important to the system as an entire, as long because the module fulfills its assigned
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role correctly. This is often called information hiding, and it’s one among the foremost
important principles of software engineering.
Modules that would support this type of information-hiding became common in
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programming languages within the early 1980s. Since then, a more advanced sort of
an equivalent idea has more or less appropriated software engineering. This latest
approach is named object-oriented programming, often abbreviated as OOP.
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The central concept of object-oriented programming is that the object, which may
be a quite module containing data and subroutines. The point-of-view in OOP is that an
object may be a quite independent entity that has an indoor state (the data it contains)
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which can answer messages (calls to its subroutines). A list object, for instance,
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features a state consisting of an inventory of names and numbers. If you send it a
message telling it to feature a reputation, it’ll respond by modifying its state to reflect the
change. If you send it a message telling it to print itself, it’ll respond by printing out its
list of names and numbers.
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Objects and Their Interactions in the Real World

Let us consider a real-world situation. There are two persons, Ashok and his wife,
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Naina. They are customers of Pepperfry, a company dealing in luxurious furniture.

Pepperfry sells a variety of Double bed sets. Each Double bed set is labeled with an
identification number and a price tag. After viewing the Double bed sets for an hour,
Ashok and Naina decide to purchase a White leather Double bed set. They approach
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Mukesh, a salesperson, to place their order.
In making his request known to Ashok, Ashok sends a message to Mukesh, “I

would like to purchase this White leather, Double bed set. Can you please have it sent
to me by next Friday?”
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The message that Ashok has sent to Mukesh is a takeOrder message. It contains
information such as the type of sofa set (a White leather, Double bed set) and the date
of delivery (next Friday). This information is known as the parameters of the takeOrder
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message.
In response to Ashok’s message, Mukesh replies to Ashok by returning the result

of his request. We can represent the interaction between Ashok and Mukesh graphically
using Figure below. takeOrder result Ashok Mukesh Figure below:
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Interaction between Ashok and Mukesh. Mukesh was able to respond to Ashok’s
takeOrder message because he understood it and had the means to handle Ashok’s
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request. Although Mukesh knew how to satisfy Ashok’s request, Ashok did not. In fact,
most of the time, customers do not know how a salesperson has satisfied their orders.
All they get from salespersons are replies such as, “I am sorry, madam, we are unable
to satisfy your request because the sofa you wanted has been sold,” or “Sir, your
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request has been satisfied. We will deliver the goods on Friday between 10 am to 11
am to the address indicated. Thank you for your order.”
Mukesh, as a salesperson at Pepperfry, has a responsibility towards Ashok. He
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maintains his responsibility by applying a set of operations:
1. He determines if there is sufficient stock to satisfy Ashok’s request.

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He determines if the requested date for delivery is a suitable date.
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3. He instructs the warehouse staff to deliver the goods to Ashok’s address on the
requested date, if the above conditions are satisfied.
4. Finally, he informs Ashok the result of his request.
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Objects and Their Interactions in Programming

The interactions between Ashok and Mukesh in the above real-world situation can
be represented in object-oriented programming terms. For instance, Ashok and Mukesh
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are objects that interact by sending messages. Ashok is thus a message-sending

object, while Mukesh is a message-receiving object. Alternatively, we can label Ashok
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The takeOrder request from Ashok to Mukesh is an example of a message. It

may have additional, accompanying information known as parameters (or arguments)
of the message. The fact that Mukesh responded to Ashok’s message indicates that
the message is a valid message. Each valid message corresponds to a method that
Mukesh uses to fulfill his responsibility to Ashok.
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An invalid message, on the other hand, is one that the receiver does not have the
capability to respond to, that is, the receiver does not have a corresponding method to
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match the message. For example, if Ashok had requested a discount on the price, his
request would have been rejected because Mukesh, being a salesperson, would not
have the capability (or a corresponding method) to respond to the message.
A method contains a number of operations detailing how Mukesh is to satisfy the

demand Ashok put on Mukesh through the request.
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Figure below summarizes the relationships of these terms:

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While Ashok may know what Mukesh can do through his methods, he may
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not know how Mukesh does them. This is an important principle of object-oriented
programming known as information hiding: the sender of a message does not recognize
how a receiver is going to satisfy the request in the message.
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Procedural Programming:
“Procedural Programming is a, programming model which is a derivative from
structured programming, based upon the concept of calling procedure. Procedures,
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also known as routines, subroutines or functions, simply consist of a chain of
computational steps to be carried out. During a program’s execution, any given
procedure might be called at some point, as well as by other procedures or itself.
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Procedural Programming languages examples are C, ALGOL, COBOL.”
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Object Oriented Programming:
Object oriented programming is a programming model which is based on the
concept of objects. Objects contain data in the type of attributes and code in the type
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of methods. In object oriented programming, computer programs are planned using

the concept of objects that cooperate with real world. Object oriented programming
languages are a variety of but the most popular ones are class-based, significance
that objects are instances of classes, which also determine their types. Object Oriented
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Programming languages examples are JAVA, C++, PYTHON.
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Programming:
Procedure Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming

Program is divided into small parts Program is divided into parts called objects.
called functions
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Importance is not given to data but Importance is given to the data rather than
to functions as well as sequence of procedures or functions because it works as a
actions to be done real world.
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follows Top Down approach OOP follows Bottom Up approach.

It does not have any access OOP has access specifiers named Public,
specifier Private, Protected, etc
Data can move freely from function To add new data and function in POP is not so
to function in the system easy
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Most function uses Global data for objects can move and communicate with each
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sharing that can be accessed freely other through member functions
from function to function in the
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It does not have any proper way for OOP provides an easy way to add new data
hiding data so it is less secure and function.
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It does not have any proper way for OOP provides Data Hiding so provides more
hiding data so it is less secure securely
Overloading is not possible In OOP, data cannot move easily from function
to function, it can be kept public or private so
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Class
A class is a user defined design or sample from which objects are created. It
represents the set of properties or methods that are similar to all objects of one type. In
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general, class declarations can comprise of these components, in order:
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It is an essential unit of Object-Oriented Programming and represents the actual

life entities. A typical Java program creates many objects, which as you know, interact
by calling methods. An object consists of:
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Any entity that has state and behavior is understood as an object. For instance , a
chair, pen, table, keyboard, bike, etc. It is often physical or logical.
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An Object is often defined as an instance of a category. An object contains an

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address and takes up some space in memory. Objects can communicate without
knowing the small print of every other’s data or code. The sole necessary thing is
that the sort of message accepted and therefore the sort of response returned by the
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objects.
Example: A cat is an object because its states like color, name, moustache, breed,
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etc. also as behaviors like wagging the tail, playing, eating, etc.
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Lets understand class and object this way: In Chapter 1, we introduced Ashok.
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Now, meet Ravi, another customer at Pepperfry. As customers of Pepperfry, Ashok and
Ravi share some similar information. For example, both have a name, phone number,
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and a budget—information that is relevant when describing customers. This information
is recognized as object attributes.
An object attribute definition permits objects to have independent attribute values.

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For example, Ashok may have a larger budget and thus a larger budget value (say
Rs.20000) than Ravi whose budget may be Rs.10000. together; the values of an
object’s attributes represent the state of the object.
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Besides attributes, Ashok and Ravi also exhibit some behavior typical of a
customer. For instance, Ashok and Ravi execute a method when making a purchase.
Let us call this method buy(). The method buy() is made up of a set of operations that
Ashok and Ravi would use to send a purchase request to a salesperson.
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Structurally, Ashok and Ravi can be represented as follows:
Ashokas an Object
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name = Ashok
phone number = 1234567890

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budget = 20000
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buy() {send a purchase request to a salesperson}

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getBudget() {return budget}
Ravi as an Object

Attributes:
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name = Ravi
phone number = 2134567890
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budget = 10000
Methods:
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Name, phone number and budget are attributes while buy() and getBudget()
are methods of the two objects. Note that both objects share a common definition
of attributes and methods. In fact, all customers of Pepperfry share the same set of
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attribute and method definitions. They all have attributes name, phone number and
budget, and methods buy() and getBudget(). In defining these objects, a common
definition known as class is used.
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A class is a definition template for organizing and creating objects with the same
attributes and methods. Ashok and Ravi, being customers of Pepperfry, can therefore
be defined by a class called Customer as follows:
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Attributes:
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budget
Methods:
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“One major difference between objects and class is in the means of attributes
and methods are treated in objects and classes. A class is a definition about objects;
the attributes and methods in a class are thus declarations that do not contain values.
However, objects are created instances of a class. Each has its own attributes and
methods. The values of the set of attributes describe the state of the objects.”
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Let us now examine the salespersons. Salespersons also have attributes and
methods. Mukesh and koyal are two salespersons at Pepperfry. They are capable of
a behavior typical of a salesperson, for example, taking orders from customers. To
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fulfill their role as salespersons in a purchase transaction, Mukesh and koyal perform
a method. We shall call this method takeOrder(), and represent Mukesh and koyal as
follows:
Mukesh as an Object
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Attributes:
name = “Mukesh”
Methods:
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takeOrder() {
check with warehouse on stock availability
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check with warehouse on delivery schedule
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then {instruct warehouse to deliver stock(address, date)
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Koyal as an Object
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name = “Koyal”
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takeOrder() {
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Being salespersons, Mukesh and Koyal share parallel attributes and methods
as expected. Like the customers, Sales person can be described by a class called
SalesPerson with the following representation:
Class SalesPerson
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Make sure that the definition of the SalesPerson class is unlike the Customerclass
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since customers and salespersons behave differently—customers make ordersand
salespersons take orders.
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Hierarchical Relationship of Classes
Classes formed can be organized in a hierarchical manner. Based on the position
of a class in the hierarchy, it may be known as a superclass or a subclass of a class.
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Earlier, we introduced Mukesh and Koyal as salespersons of Pepperfry. We
also mentioned that Mukesh and Koyal are objects of the SalesPerson class. Let us
introduce two more employees, Simon and Sandeep. Specifically, Simon and Sandeep
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are reporting managers with properties that are slightly different from Mukesh and
Koyal. We will classify Simon and Sandeep as objects of a different class: Reporting
Manager. All four persons are employees of Pepperfry and objects of another class:
Employee. The relationships of these classes and objects are illustrated in Figure
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Note that Mukesh and Koyal are shown as instances of the SalesPerson class
while Simon and Sandeep are instances of the Reporting Manager class. The enclosing
border of the Employee class over these objects indicates that the objects are also
instances of the Employee class.
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Employee, Sales Person and Manager Classes

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Mukesh and Koyal therefore belong to two classes: the Employee class and
SalesPerson class. Likewise, Simon and Sandeep belong to the Employee and
Reporting Manager class. This implies that the information about Mukesh and Koyal as
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employees is also true of them as salespersons. We can thus refer to Mukesh as an

employee or a salesperson.
Which class Mukesh is referred to is a matter of generality. When Mukesh is

referred to as an employee, we are being general about who he is but when he is
referred to as a salesperson, specific information about his role and employment is
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specified. For example, Mukesh takes orders and earns a commission for each sale
since he is a salesperson but this does not apply to Sandeep who is a manager, despite

the fact that both are employees of Pepperfry. Similarly, when we speak of an object as
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an employee, we are being general and its differences with objects of other classes are
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The Employee class is said to be a generalized class of SalesPerson and
Reporting Manager. Conversely, SalesPerson and Reporting Manager are said to be
specialized classes of the Employee class. Generalized and specialized classes can be
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organized into a class hierarchy with the generalized classes placed toward the top of
the hierarchy and the specialized classes toward the bottom of the hierarchy.
A specialized class is known as a subclass of a class while the generalized
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class is known as a superclass of a subclass in object-oriented terms. For example,
SalesPerson is a subclass of the Employee class which is also the superclass of
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A Class Hierarchy Diagram
The hierarchical relationships among classes can be seen in a class hierarchy
diagram in below. A box in the figure below represents a class while a triangle denotes
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the hierarchical relationship between classes with a superclass positioned at the peak.
Subclasses are placed toward the foot of a class hierarchy diagram.
A class can be a superclass to a class or a subclass of another class or both

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●● Reporting manager and SalesPerson are subclasses of the Employee class.

●● Employee is a subclass of the Person class.
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●● Person is a superclass of Customer and Employee class.

●● Employee is thus a superclass (to Reporting manager and SalesPerson) and a
subclass (of Person) in the hierarchy.
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Generalization is the act of capturing similarities between classes and defining

the similarities in a new generalized class; the classes then become subclasses of the

generalized class. For example, the Mammal, Fish, Reptile, and Amphibian classes
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introduced earlier, are similar in that all objects from these classes have a backbone.
Based on this similarity, we can refer to them via a new superclass, say Animal-with-
Backbone.
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Hence, we can refer to Kermit (an object of the Amphibian class) as an object of
the Animal-with-Backbone class too. Similarly, the Mosquito class can be generalized
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into an Animal-without-Backbone class since objects from the Insert class are without a
backbone. Flowchart below summarizes the relationships of these classes.
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The Animal-with-Backbone class and Animal-without-Backbone class can be
more generalized by taking into consideration the similarities of objects from these
two classes. Let us call the generalized class, Super Animal. The generalization of
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properties of Animal with-Backbone class and Animal-without-Backbone class into the
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Super Animal class is shown in diagram below.
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A class hierarchy for animals.
The Super Animal class, being the topmost class in the class hierarchy, is thus the
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most general class of the entire Super Animal class hierarchy. This means that Swift,
which is an object of the Fish class, is also an object of the Animal-with-Backbone class
and Super Animal class, for example. When we refer to Swift as an object of the Animal
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class, we are being general about it and we would be ignoring specific information
about Swift as a Fish in this reference.
Specialization:
On the contrary, specialization is the act of capturing differences among objects
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in a class and creating new different subclasses with the differences. In this fashion,
we are specializing information about objects of the superclass into subclasses. For

example, in creating Animal-with-Backbone class and Animal-without-Backbone class

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from the Super Animal class, we are distinguishing information about objects with a
backbone from others without a backbone into Animal-with-Backbone and Animal-
without Backbone classes.
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Eventually, only objects with a backbone would be classified into the Animal-
with-Backbone class and the others into the Animal-without-Backbone class. Similarly,
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objects from the Animal-with-Backbone class can be further classified into the Mammal,
Fish, Reptile, or Amphibian classes depending on their properties definition.
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1.1.3 Object reference, Abstraction, Encapsulation
Four fundamentals of object-oriented programming
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Primitive Types
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“Java has 8 built-in data types and is called primitive types. These data types
signify the building blocks for Java objects as all Java objects are just a complex
collection of these primitive data types.”
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Data Type Size Range Default

byte 1 byte -128 to 127 0
short 2 bytes -32,768 to 32767 0
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int 4 bytes -2147,483,648 to 2147,483,647 0

long 8 bytes -9223,372,036,854,755,808 to 9223,372,036,854,755,807 0
float 4 bytes ±1.4E-45 to ±3.40282347E+38F 0.0
double 8 bytes ±439E-324 to ±1.7976931348623157E+308 0.0
char 2 bytes \u0000 to \uffff \u0000
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boolean 1 byte true or false false

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In Java, variables did not contain objects, but only the references to objects.
The objects are made and assigned in memory independently from the
declarations of variables. Specifically:
Objects denoted by a literal (such as literals of type String, int e.g., “Hi” “Hello”, 1, 2
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etc.) are allocated in memory at compilation time;

All other objects must be constructed and assigned through an explicit statement.
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A variable whose type is a class have a reference to an object of the class (i.e., the
address of the memory location where the object is allocated).
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Example:
String a;
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a = “xyz;
The first statement declares a variable a of type String. Such a variable is not
initialized yet. The second statement assigns to such a variable the reference to the
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object denoted by “xyz”.
Notice that two variables may have a reference to the same object.
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Variables of type object reference may have also an unusual value, namely null.
Such value defines that the variable does not represent any object. Do not get confuse
by the fact that, variables whose value is null with variables that are not initialized. A
variable which is not initialized does not have any value, not even null.
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Abstraction:
Abstraction inobject-oriented programming “shows” only necessary things and
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“hides” unnecessary information. The main purpose of abstraction is hiding the

needless details from the users. Abstraction is selecting data from a larger group
to show only appropriate details of the object to the user. It helps in plummeting
programming difficulty and efforts. It is one of the main concepts of OOPs.
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Encapsulation is supported by two subsidiary concepts: bundling and information

hiding. Bundling is the act of combining a set of methods with a set of data as the
only means of disturbing the values of the data. Related data and methods are bring
together in bundling, thus increasing the cohesiveness of object explanation.
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Information hiding refers to the hiding of internal demonstration of data and

methods from the users of these data and methods. By using information hiding, data
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access on an object is limited to a set of widely available methods. While the client is
conscious of the existence of the methods, it does not know how the processes are
internally structured. In this way, information hiding enables the separation of the what
from the how of object definition.
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Let’s Study Abstraction in OOPs with example:

We want to create a hotel application and you are asked to collect all the
information about your client. And we get the following information about the customer:
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For creating a hotel application we don’t need all the information provided by the
customer.So we only select he useful information for our hotel application from that
pool. Fields like Name, Address, Favorite food, contact number which make sense for
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a hotel application which is an Abstraction example in OOPs.
Since we have selected the necessary information and removed the unnecessary
information from a bigger pool, the process is referred as Abstraction in OOPs.
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Nevertheless, the same information once extracted can be re-used for a wide
range of applications. For instance, you can use the same data for Job application,
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hospitalportal application, a bankingdatabase, etc. with some modification. Hence, it
becomes your Master Data.
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Encapsulation: Encapsulation is defined as wrap up variables (data) and methods

(information) under a single unit. In Object Oriented Programming, Encapsulation is
explained as combining together the data and the functions that manipulates them.
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Consider a real life example of encapsulation, in a PSU there are different sections
like the accounts section, finance section, HR section etc. The finance section handles
all the financial activity and keep records of all the data related to finance. Similarly
the HR section handles all the HR related activities and keep records of all the HR
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activity. Now there may be circumstances when for some reason an official from HR
section needs all the data about finance in a particular month. In this case, HR team
member is not allowed to directly access the data of finance section. He/she will first
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have to contact some other officer in the finance section and then request him to give
the particular data. This is what encapsulation is. Here the data of finance section and
the employees that can manipulate them are wrapped under a single name “finance
section”.
Encapsulation also lead to data abstraction or hiding. As using encapsulation also

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hides the data. In the above example the data of any of the section like HR, finance or
accounts is hidden from any other section.

In C++ encapsulation can be implemented using Class and access modifiers. Look
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at the following example:
// Java program to demonstrate encapsulation
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class Encapsulate {
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private String DemoName;
private int DemoRoll;
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private int Demoage;
public int getAge() { return DemoAge; }
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public String getName() { return DemoName; }
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public int getRoll() { return DemoRoll; }
public void setAge(int newAge) { DemoAge = newAge; }

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public void setName(String newName)
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public void setRoll(int newRoll) { DemoRoll = newRoll; }
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obj.setName(“Amit”);
obj.setAge(20);
obj.setRoll(01);
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// Displaying values of the variables

System.out.println(“Demo’s name: “ + obj.getName());

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System.out.println(“Demo’s age: “ + obj.getAge());
System.out.println(“Demo’s roll: “ + obj.getRoll());
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Demo’s Name: Amit
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D3mo’s Roll: 01
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In the above program the variable a is made private. This variable can be used and
manipulated only using the functions get() and set() which are there inside the class.
Thus we can assume that, the variable a and the functions get() and set() are clubbed
together which is nothing but encapsulation.
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Inheritance
From a software reuse standpoint, generalized properties defined in superclasses
should be made available to subclasses without having to declare them explicitly in the
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subclasses. In object-oriented programming, such reuse is possible via inheritance.
Inheritance is the capability of a subclass to take on the common properties of

superclasses in the inheritance chain. The properties then form part of the subclass’
definition. Inheritance enables superclasses’ properties to be submerged downward to
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the subclasses in a class hierarchy, and makes the properties accessible as part of the
subclasses’ definition. These properties are supposed to be inherited (or taken on) by
the subclasses. Using inheritance, the SalesPerson class of Figure below can now be
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Common properties in classes.
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Using inheritance, the SalesPerson class of Figure above can now be defined by
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the Person class; and
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Figure below shows the modified class hierarchy for persons (with inherited
properties highlighted in bold). The Person class has the following explanation:
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Class Person {
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Classes with inherited properties.

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The Employee class is reduced to (with inherited properties highlighted in bold in
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Class Employee {
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employee number
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getName() {return name} (inherited from Person class)
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Class SalesPerson {
Attributes :
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commission
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getName() {return name} (inherited from Person class)
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getCommission() {return commission}
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getEmployeeNumber () of the SalesPerson class are not clearly defined in the
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SalesPerson class but are propagated downward from the superclasses through
inheritance.
Only downward propagation of properties from superclasses to subclasses is
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allowable. There is no uphill propagation of properties in object-oriented programming.
Therefore, information specific to subclasses are inimitable to subclasses and are
not propagated to superclasses. Consequently, attribute commission and method
getCommission() of the SalesPerson class do not form part of the Employee class
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description.
Implementing Inheritance
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Let us now extend the Person class hierarchy to include a new class, Recruiter.
Figure below shows the adapted class hierarchy with inherited properties highlighted
in bold. The information in the extended hierarchy suggests that all employees have
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The Superclass–Subclass relationship in a class hierarchy is denoted in the code

by the keyword extends. This suggests that a subclass is an addition of a superclass.

For example, the following code fragment suggests that Employee is an extension
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of the Person class; Manager, SalesPerson and Recruiter, being subclasses, are
extensions of the Employee class:
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class Employee extends Person {
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class Manager extends Employee {
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class SalesPerson extends Employee {
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class Recruiter extends Employee {
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Code 1 is the code implementing the Person hierarchy. Code execution begins with
the Employee class because it is the only class that contains static void main( ). To
execute main( ), type the following at the command prompt line:
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$ java Employee
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The Manager Simon (employee number 01234M) has a salary of 9000
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The Manager Simon also has an allowance of 2200
The output suggests that some information was made available from the
superclasses in deriving the manager’s and Recruiter’s salary. Objects instantiated from
the Manager or Recruiter class were able to respond to requests for their basicSalary
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because they have inherited from the Employee class the attribute basicSalary and
method getBasicSalary().
Let us examine main(). The code begins with the instantiation of two objects, a
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manager and a Recruiter. The manager object is referenced by variable m while the
Recruiter object is referenced by variable s:
Manager m = new Manager(“Simon”, “01234M”, 9000.0f, 2200.0f); Recruiter s =

new Recruiter(“Selene”, “98765S”, 2500.0f);
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State of Manager and Recruiter object.
Code 1: Inheritance in the extended Person hierarchy
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class Person {
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Person(String aName) {name=aName;}
public String getName() { return name; }
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Employee(String aName, String aEmployeeNumber,
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public static void main(String argv[]) {
Manager m = new Manager(

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“ (employee number “+m.getEmployeeNumber()+”)”);
System.out.println(“ has a salary of “+m.getBasicSalary());

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System.out.print(“The Recruiter “+s.getName()+
“ (employee number “+s.getEmployeeNumber()+”)”);

System.out.print(“The Manager “+m.getName());

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System.out.println(“ also has an allowance of “ +m.getAllowance());
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private float allowance;
Manager(String aName, String aEmployeeNumber,
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classes, invoked in producing the outputs, for example, getName() from the Person
class, and getEmployeeNumber() and getBasicSalary() from the Employee class,
are propagated through the inheritance mechanism to the subclasses, Manager and
Recruiter.
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Code Reuse
By allowing information of a superclass to be used by subclasses, the information
is said to be reused at the subclass level. All newly created instances of the subclasses
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would have as part of their description the inherited information. employee number,
basic salary, and getEmployeeNumber() of the Employee class and name and
getName() of the Person class are said to be reused by the Manager and Recuiter
class.
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Making Changes in Class Hierarchy

Changes to software condition are inevitable. Let’s discuss how changes in a class

hierarchy affect software maintenance as a whole. The following situations will be

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discussed:
◌◌ Change in property definition for all subclasses.
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◌◌ Change in property definition for some subclasses.
◌◌ Adding/deleting a class.
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1. Change in Property Definition for All Subclasses
Suppose a change in representational scheme of the employee number in Figure
(Including the Recuriter class). is required. This change will impact not only the
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attribute employee number but also the method getEmployeeNumber() and possibly
other classes that inherit employee number.
We examine this change in two situations:
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◌◌ inheritance is not available;
◌◌ inheritance is available.
Inheritance Is Not Available: In situations where inheritance is not available,
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the attribute employee number and method getEmployeeNumber() would have to be
defined in all the relevant classes, for example, Employee, Manager, SalesPerson
and Recruiter. The change in representational scheme of employee number would
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therefore have to be effected individually on these classes. The redundancy coming
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from the multiple definition of employee number and getEmployeeNumber() may lead to
inconsistency in description if the change is not carried out properly.
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define attribute employee number and method getEmployeeNumber() in Employee
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class and let subclasses Manager, SalesPerson and Recruiter inherit these definitions
from Employee class. The necessary change in representational scheme for attribute
employee number would be limited to the Employee class. The change would be
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propagated to the subclasses via inheritance. In this way, the change is thus restricted
to the superclass, enabling a uniform and constant property description for all
subclasses. Besides, redundancy in property description at the subclass level can be
minimized and software maintenance enhanced.
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2. Change in Property:
Description for Some Subclasses In some situations, a change in property
description at the superclass level may not necessarily apply to all subclasses. The
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above solution would therefore not apply in these situations. To illustrate, let us extend
the Person class hierarchy further to include two more employee classes: Engineer and
Clerk. Let us assume the following for a Pepperfry employee:
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◌◌ a manager—basic salary plus allowance;

◌◌ a salesperson—basic salary plus commission;
◌◌ a recruiter—basic salary;
◌◌ a engineer—basic salary;
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◌◌ a clerk—basic salary.
At the Employee class, a getPay() method is defined to return the monthly pay of

an employee given that the method applies to all classes of employee. The description
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of the Person class remains the same as before:
class Person {
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Person(String aName) {name=aName;}
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public String getName() { return name; }
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Manager m = new Manager(“Simon”, “01234M”, 9000.0f, 2200.0f);
Recruiter s = new Recruiter(“Selene”, “98765S”, 2500.0f);

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Engineer t = new Engineer(“Terrence”, “42356T”, 2000.0f);
Clerk c = new Clerk(“Nancy”, “68329C”, 1200.0f);
System.out.print(“The Manager “+m.getName()+
“ (employee number “+m.getEmployeeNumber()+”)”);

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System.out.println(“ has a pay of “+m.getPay());

System.out.print(“The Recruiter “+s.getName()+

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“ (employee number “+s.getEmployeeNumber()+”)”);
System.out.println(“ has a pay of “+s.getPay());
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System.out.print(“The Engineer “+t.getName()+
System.out.println(“ has a pay of “+s.getPay());
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“ (employee number “+t.getEmployeeNumber()+”)”);
System.out.println(“ has a pay of “+t.getPay());
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System.out.print(“The Clerk “+c.getName()+
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System.out.println(“ has a pay of “+c.getPay());
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Engineer and Clerk class highlighted in bold. There is no change in class definition
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for Manager and Recruiter. Engineer and Clerk extend Employee, since they are
subclasses of Employee:
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class Engineer extends Employee {
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The Manager Simon (employee number 01234M) has a pay of 9000

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The Engineer Terrence (employee number 42356T) has a pay of 2000
The Clerk Nancy (employee number 68329C) has a pay of 1200.
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A brief examination of the output reveals a mistake in the manager’s pay: an
omission of allowance amounting to 2200. What has gone wrong?
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Extended Employee class hierarchy.
The above problem can be approached in two ways:
◌◌ Remove the getPay() method from the Employee class and define it
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◌◌ Maintain the definition of getPay() method in Employee class and redefine it in
the Manager class.
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Above Figure(Extended Employee class hierarchy.) illustrates a class diagram for

the first approach. Each of the subclasses has its own implementation of the getPay()
method. One drawback of this approach is that the description of the getPay() method
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has to be repeated in all the subclasses. This is highly unproductive and can be difficult
to maintain especially in cases where the number of subclasses is large.
In the second approach, the definition of the getPay() method is maintained at the
Employee class but redefined in the Manager class. This ensures that the getPay()
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method is inherited by all subclasses of Employee, including the Manager class.
Since a similar getPay() method is defined in Manager, the getPay() method of

the Manager class would be used in the resolution of method call by the objectoriented
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system instead. This is depicted in Figure below and code-2.

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Redefining getPay() method of Manager.
The getPay() method of the Manager class is said to redefine the getPay() method
of the Employee class. Note that a redefined method has the same method name and
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parameter definition of a redefining method. While a redefining method has the same
method signature with the redefined method, the execution of the methods may differ.
In this situation, the getPay() method of the Manager class includes an additional
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public float getAllowance() {
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software reuse and reduces the effect of change on other classes.
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Adding a class into an existing class hierarchy can be unfavorable to the stability
of the hierarchy. It is always suggested that the addition of a new class be created as a
subclass in the class hierarchy. The description of existing classes will not be adversely
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affected by this approach. To illustrate, let us consider an example of geometrical

shapes.
Figure below is a class hierarchy of shapes. Shape is a generalized class of Circle

and Traiangle. All shapes have a name and a measurement by which the area of the
shape is computaed.
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The attribute name and method getName() are defined as properties of Shape.
Circle and Traiangle, being subclasses of Shape, inherit these properties (highlighted in
bold in Figure below).

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Class hierarchy of Shape, Circle and Traiangle
The Shape class has the following description:
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class Shape {
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Shape(String aName) {name=aName;}
public String getName() {return name;}
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other objects, a getName() method is defined in the Shape class to return the value of
attribute name.
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radius = 3;
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class Traiangle extends Shape {
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The area of Circle C is 28.26 sq. cm.
The area of Traiangle S is 7.5 sq. cm.
Two objects are created in main()—a Circle object referenced by the variable c and
a Traiangle object referenced by the variable s. The creation of a Circle object involves
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a call to the Circle class constructor method via the new keyword. A name parameter
is required to activate the Circle constructor method. For Circle, the name parameter is
the string “Circle C”.
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super(aName);
The call assigns the value of the parameter (“Circle C”) to the Circle object’s
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attribute name. When the assignment is done, control returns to the Circle class’s
constructor method. Subsequently, the radius attribute of the Circle object is assigned
the value 3 via the statement:

radius = 3;
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State of Circle and Traiangle object.
An array shapeArray is declared in the next statement. The reference variables c
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class Shape {
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Triangle s = new Triangle(“Triangle S”);
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class Traingle extends Shape {
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class square extends Shape {
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Thus, the deletion of subclasses that are not superclasses to other classes has a
less impact on software maintenance.
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The word polymorphism means having many forms. In simple words, we can
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Real life example of polymorphism: A person at the same time can have different
characteristic. Like a woman at the same time is a mother, a wife, an employee.
So the same person posses different behavior in diverse situations. This is called
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In Object-Oriented Programming (OOPS) language, there are two types of
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◌◌ Static Binding (or Compile time) Polymorphism, e.g., Method Overloading
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◌◌ Types of All Parameters should vary.

◌◌ The sequence of the Parameters are often different.
◌◌ The number of parameters of 1 method should differ from another method.
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◌◌ As all of this information is out there during the compile time, the compiler
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termed as static binding or early binding.
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class A // base class
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int a;
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◌◌ In Method Overriding, one method is said during a sub-class present during a

parent class. the kid class gains a way for implementation.
◌◌ During Runtime Polymorphism, the category offers the specification of its own
to a different inherited method. This transfer between methods is achieved
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class XYZ extends ABC
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◌◌ It is formed possible by method overriding, which is additionally coined as
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dynamic binding or late binding.

◌◌ The process of dynamic polymorphism is relatively slower but flexible than
compile-time polymorphism.
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Compile-Time Polymorphism Run-Time Polymorphism

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Invoking of The function is invoked at the run The function is invoked at the
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Common It is known as overloading, early It is known as overriding, late
Terms binding, and static binding. binding, and dynamic binding.
Method In Overloading, more than one method In overriding, ore than
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Name and has the same name but with a different one method has the same
Parameters number or type of parameters. name, number, and type of
parameters.
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Carriers It is achieved with function and It is achieved with virtual
operator overloading. functions and pointers.
Execution It executes faster than run-time It executes slower than
Time polymorphism at the compile time. compile-time polymorphism at
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the run time.
Flexibility It is less flexible as everthing executes It is more flexible as everthing
at the compile time. executes at the run time.
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1. There are two basic aspects of programming _______________ and __________.
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of _________________ .
3. An object contains an address and takes up some space in ______________ .
4. Generalization is the act of capturing ____________ between ___________ and
defining the similarities in a new generalized class.
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the ___________________ .
7. A class is a user defined design or sample from which _____________ are created.
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●● An overview of object-oriented programming concepts and their applicability for
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modeling and representing real-world entities and their interactions in the problem-
solving process.
●● Object-oriented concepts of object, message, and method.
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●● An overview of the Java programming language and the potential of productive

software development.
●● Objects are defined by classes.
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●● Objects from the same class share the same definition of attributes and methods.
●● Objects from the same class may not have the same attribute values.

●● Objects from different classes do not share the same definition of attributes or
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methods.
●● Objects created from the same class share the same definition of attributes and
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●● This variable can be used and manipulated only using the functions get() and set()
which are there inside the class
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●● Polymorphism in Java is the ability of an object to take many forms. To simply put,
olymorphism in java allows us to perform the same action in many different ways.
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Activity
1. Create a program for online hotel reservation using inheritance.
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1. Define Fundamentals of object oriented programming?
2. What is difference between Procedure Oriented Programming Vs. Object Oriented
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Programming (OOP)?
3. What is Classes?
4. What is Object?
5. Define object reference?
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7. What do you mean by Encapsulation?
8. Define Inheritance?
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●● Objevct Oriented Programming: Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a

computer programming model that organizes software design around data, or
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●● Object: An object can be defined as a data field that has unique attributes and
behavior.
●● Object Refrence: A link to an object. Object references can be used exactly like the
linked objects. The concept of object references becomes clear when assigning
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●● Abstraction: Abstraction is the concept of object-oriented programming that
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“shows” only essential attributes and “hides” unnecessary information. The main
purpose of abstraction is hiding the unnecessary details from the users.
●● Encapsulation: Encapsulation is a method of making a complex system easier
to handle for end users. The user need not worry about internal details and
complexities of the system. Encapsulation is a process of wrapping the data and
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the code, that operate on the data into a single entity. You can assume it as a
protective wrapper that stops random access of code defined outside that wrapper.

●● Inheritance: The capability of a class to derive properties and characteristics from

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another class is called Inheritance.
●● OOP: Object Oriented Programming
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Further Readings:
1. Object Oriented Programming, Dusty Phillips
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2. Object-oriented Software Construction, Bertrand Meyer
3. Object-oriented programming with C++, Raimund K. Ege
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4. The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Matt A. Weisfeld
Check Your Understanding:

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1. data and instructions
2. objects
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3. memory
4. Similarities classes
5. Primitive
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Unit - 1.2 : Introduction to Java

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●● Difference between Java and C++, and a brief history about Java
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●● Tools used for Java application: JDK, JRE, JVM
●● Use of IDE for developing Java Application
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●● Types of variables and declaration
●● Data types and function used in Java application
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Java languagewas developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1991,
later acquired by Oracle Corporation. It’s an easy programming language. Java helps
in writing codes and also makes compiling, and debugging programming easy. It helps
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programmer to make reusable code and modular programs.
Java possibly will be a class-based, object-oriented programing language and is

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meant to hold few implementation dependencies as possible. Java is general-purpose
programing language made for developers to write down once run anywhere that’s
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compiled with Java code can run on all OS that support Java. Java applications are
compiled to byte code which will run on any Java Virtual Machine.
After the name OAK, the team decided to offer a replacement name there to and
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therefore the suggested words were Silk, Jolt, revolutionary, DNA, dynamic, etc. These
all names were easy to spell and fun to mention , but all of them wanted the name
to reflect the essence of technology. As per with James Gosling, Java the among the
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highest names alongside Silk, and since java was a singular name so most of them
preferred it.
Java is that the name of an island in Indonesia where the primary coffee(named
java coffee) was produced. And this name was selected by James Gosling
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whilehehaving coffee in his office. Note that Java is simply a reputation, not an
acronym.
// Demo Java program

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// Importing classes from packages
importjava.io.*;
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// Main class
publicclassGFG {
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publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args)
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// Print statement
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System.out.println(“Welcome to the world of Java”);
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1.2.1 History of Java, Java v/s C++.
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Java was first introduced in 1995 as an easy and secure object-oriented
programming language. It’s a singular language therein, being a replacement language
at that point; it had been ready to attract tons of interest from the computing community.
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Within two years after Java was launched, there have been an estimated 400,000 Java
programmers and over 100 books on Java programming.
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There are a couple of possible reasons for the exceptional interest in Java. The
year 1995 saw a maturing of Web technologies, and Java’s multiplatform capability,
which enabled a Java program to execute on any computer, was exceedingly attractive,
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especially on an open network just like the Internet. Java is implemented via part
compilation and subsequent execution on an interpreter implemented in software.
Java applications are therefore code portable as long as a Java virtual machine is
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implemented for the target machine.
The popularity of Java is additionally ironically thanks to its similarity with its close
rival C++. Java takes the pain out of learning a replacement language by reusing much
of C and C++. At an equivalent time, safe programming practice in Java and language
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facilities for automatic memory management were benefits that were attractive to
programmers on the verge of deserting their C/C++ camps. In reference to the web,
Java applets have given rise to a replacement generation of distributed applications
with low software distribution and maintenance costs. As applets are embedded in
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an HTML document via <APPLET> tags, its transmission to the client machine for
execution is implicitly handled by the underlying network protocols and thus makes the
standard channels of distribution and installation obsolete.
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While the object-oriented programming framework promotes reusability of software

and code, this very practice has been demonstrated within the rich set of sophistication
libraries seen within the Java language. The Java foundation class libraries provide
for windowing and graphical interface programming, network communications, and
multimedia facilities. Together, they demonstrate the sensible and productive work
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wiped out Java.

Different between C++ and Java

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Comparison Index C++ Java
Platform- C++ is platform- Java is platform-independent.
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independent dependent.
Mainly used for C++ is mainly used for Java is mainly used for application
system programming. programming. It is widely used
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in Windows-based, web-based,
enterprise, and mobile applications.
Design Goal C++ was designed Java was designed and created
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for systems and as an interpreter for printing
applications systems but later extended as a
programming. It support network computing. It was
was an extension of designed to be easy to use and
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the C programming accessible to a broader audience.
language.
Multiple inheritance C++ supports multiple Java doesn't support multiple
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inheritance. inheritance through class. It can
be achieved by using interfaces in
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Overloading
C++ supports operator
overloading.
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Compiler and C++ uses compiler Java uses both compiler and
Interpreter only. C++ is compiled interpreter. Java source code
and run using the is converted into bytecode at
compiler which compilation time. The interpreter
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converts source code executes this bytecode at runtime

into machine code and produces output. Java is
so, C++ is platform interpreted that is why it is platform-
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Call by Value and C++ supports both call Java supports call by value only.
Call by reference by value and call by There is no call by reference in
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Structure and Union C++ supports Java doesn't support structures and
structures and unions. unions.
Thread Support C++ doesn't have built- Java has built-in thread support.
in support for threads.
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Documentation C++ doesn't support Java supports documentation

comment documentation comment (/** ... */) to create
comments. documentation for java source
code.
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unsigned right shift C++ doesn't support Java supports unsigned right shift
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>>> >>> operator. >>> operator that fills zero at the
top for the negative numbers. For
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like>> operator.
Virtual Keyword C++ supports virtual Java has no virtual keyword. We
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keyword so that we can override all non-static methods
can decide whether by default. In other words, non-
or not to override a static methods are virtual by
function. default.
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Object-oriented C++ is an object- Java is also an object-oriented
oriented language. language. However, everything
However, in the C (except fundamental types) is
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language, a single an object in Java. It is a single
root hierarchy is not root hierarchy as everything gets
possible. derived from java.lang.Object.
Inheritance Tree C++ always creates a Java always uses a single
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are the child of the Object class in
Java. The Object class is the root
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Hardware C++ is nearer to Java is not so interactive with
hardware. hardware.
Goto C++ supports the goto Java doesn't support the goto
statement. statement.
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Pointers C++ supports pointers. Java supports pointer internally.

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Java Development Kit(JDK):

“JDK is a software development environment which is used for creating applets
and Java applications. Java developers can use it on different operating systems
like Windows, macOS, Solaris, and Linux. JDK helps them to code and executeJava
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programs. One can install more than one JDK version on the same computer.”
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Important reasons of using JDK:
●● JDK contains necessary tools to write Java programs, and JRE to execute them.
●● It contains a compiler, Java application launcher, Appletviewer, etc.
●● Compiler turn the code written in Java into byte code.
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●● Java application launcher opens a JRE, loads the essential class, and executes its
main process.

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●● JDK and JRE: The JDK enables programmers to generate core Java programs
that can be run by the JRE, which consist of JVM and class libraries.
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●● Class Libraries: It is a cluster of dynamically loadable libraries that Java program

can call at run time.
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●● Compilers: It is a Java program which accepts text file of developers and compiles
into Java class file. It is the widespread form of productivity given by compiler,
which contains Java byte code. In Java, the primary compiler is JavaC.
●● Debuggers: Debugger is a Java program that helps programmers to test and
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debug Java programs.

●● JavaDoc: JavaDoc is documentation created by Sun Microsystems for the Java.
JavaDoc can be used for creating API documentation in HTML file from the main
program.
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Java Virtual Machine(JVM)

JVM is an engine that provides a runtime environment to run the Java Code
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or applications. It transforms Java bytecode into machine language. Java Virtual

Machine is a component of Java Run Environment (JRE). It cannot be independently
downloaded or installed. In order to use JVM, you need to install JRE.
In other programming languages, the compiler creates machine code for a specific
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system. However, in Java language compiler produces code for a virtual machine which
is called as JVM.

Reasons for Using JVM

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●● It has abundant of libraries, tools, and frameworks.
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●● Once you run Java program, you can execute on any platform and save lots of
time.
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●● JVM comes with in-built JIT(Just-in-Time) compiler that converts Java source
code into low-level machine language. Hence, it executes faster as a regular
application.
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Components of Java Virtual Machine

1. Class Loader: The class loader is a subsystem which is used for loading class files.
It performs three key functions those are Loading, Linking, and Initialization.
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2. Method Area: Java Virtual Machine Method Area stores structure of class similar to
metadata, the code for Java methods, and the constant runtime pool.
3. Heap: All the Arrays, Objects and instance variables are saved in a heap. Heap is
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shared across multiple threads.

4. JVM language Stacks: Java language Stacks store local variables, and its part
results. All the thread has its own JVM language stack, created concurrently as the
thread is created. A new frame is created when method is called, and it is removed
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when method invocation process is finished.

5. PC Registers: PC registers store the location of the Java virtual machine instruction,
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which is currently executing. In Java, each thread has its own PC register.
6. Native Method Stacks: Native method stacks hold the information of native code
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based on the native library. It provides memory on native heaps or uses any type of
stack.
7. Execution Engine: It is used to test software, hardware, or complete systems. The
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test execution engine not at all carries any information about the tested product.
8. Native Method interface: The Native Method Interface is a programming structure.
It allows Java code, which is compelling in a JVM to call by libraries and native
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9. Native Method Libraries: Native Libraries is a compilation of the Native Libraries (C,
C++), which are required by the Execution Engine.
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Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JRE is a piece of a software which is planned to run other software. It holds the
class libraries, loader class, and JVM. In simple terms, if you want to execute a Java
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program you need JRE. If you are not a developer, you don’t need to install JDK, but
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●● JRE contains pre-defined class libraries, JVM, and other supporting files. It does
not include any tool for Java development like a debugger, compiler, etc.
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running a Java program. JVM uses three class loaders defined as bootstrap class
loader, extensions class loader, and system class loader.
●● Byte code verifier: Byte code verifier checks the bytecode so that the code doesn’t
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disturb the interpreter.

●● Interpreter: Once the classes get loaded, and the code is checked, the interpreter
reads the code line by line.
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during which a particular program is running.
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platform.

IDE is defined as integrated development environment for programming in Java;
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many also provide functionality for other languages,IDEs typically provide a, a compiler
or interpreter, editor and a debugger that the developer accesses through a combined
graphical user interface (GUI). Java IDEs comprises of language-specific component
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Best Online Java Programming IDEs & Compilers: There are many IDE available in
markets we have discuss 5 major IDE’s
1. Eclipse: Eclipse is an IDE for writing and compiling Java programs. It highlights the
syntax you have written. This tool enables you to easily debug the program.
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3. IntelliJ IDEA: IntelliJ IDEA is a multi-purpose IDE which concentrate on Java

development. It is one of the best Java compilers that offer superior help for the web,
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mobile, and also hybrid application expansion.

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4. Kite: Kite is IDE for Java that routinely completes multiple line codes. This editor
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writing and compiling Java programs. It has a project window that shows a list of all
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◌◌ MyEclipse
◌◌ Xcode
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◌◌ jGRASP
◌◌ Codota

◌◌ Codenvy
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◌◌ JBoss Forge
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◌◌ JDeveloper
◌◌ JEdit
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1.2.4 Constructs used in JAVA :Variables, types and type
declarations
The variable is the necessary unit of storage in a Java program. A variable is
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defined by the combination of an identifier, a type, and an initializer. In addition, all
variables have a scope, which defines their visibility, and a lifetime.
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In Java, all variables must be defined upfront so that they can be used later. A
variable declaration is shown here:
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data type identifier [ = value];
Int Age = 20;
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variable. You can initialize the variable by specifying an equal sign and a value 20 as
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declared in above statement. We need to make sure that the initialization expression
must result in a value of the compatible or same type as that specified for the variable.
To declare more than one variable of the particular type, use a comma to separate them.
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int x, y, z; // declares three ints, x, y, and z.
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1. Local Variables:A local variable is a variable defined inside a method body, block
or constructor. It means variable is only accessible within the method, block or
constructor that declared it.
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int area()

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int breadth = 5; //local variable
int Rarea = length*breadth; //local variable
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Ravi age is : 6
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class outside any method, constructor or block.
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System.out.println(“phonenumber :” + phonenumber); //prints the value for

“phonenumber”
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Record r = new Record(“1, Zone West”);
r.setphonenumber(123456);
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Output:
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phonenumber :123456
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type and can be accessed by any child class because it is public and the second is
Phonenumber variable of integer type and can be accessed in the same class record
because it is private.
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3. Static variables:These variables also known as Class variables. These variables
are defined similarly as instance variable; the difference is that static variables are
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defined using the static keyword inside a class outside any method constructor or
block.
The below program has a class Patient in which we use static variable Hospital.
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be displayed with different Patient no and names but same Hospital. The advantage to
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int rollno;
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String name;
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Patient(int r,String n)
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void display()
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System.out.println(patientno+” “+name+” “+Hospital); // print the value of roll no,

name and Hospital
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{
Patient s1 = new Patient(101,”Ravi”);
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Patient s2 = new Patient(102,”Ram”);
s1.display(); // call the display function using the s1 object
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s2.display(); // call the display function using the s2 object
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Output:
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101 Ravi GGGI
102 Ram GGGI
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◌◌ Every variable features a type, every expression features a type, and each
type is strictly defined.
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◌◌ All assignments, whether explicit or via parameter passing in method calls,

are checked for type compatibility
Java has eight different primitive types of data: byte, short, int, long, char, float,
double, and boolean. These all 8 types of data can be clubbed in four groups:
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1. Integers: This group includes byte, short, int, and long, those are for whole-valued
signed numbers.

2. Floating-point numbers: This group has float and double, which symbolize numbers
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with fractional precision.
3. Characters: This group includes char, which symbolize symbols in a character set,
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like letters and numbers.
4. Boolean:This group has boolean, which is a special type on behalf of true/false
values.
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The primitive types represent single values—not complex objects. Although Java
isotherwise completely object-oriented, the primitive types aren’t. They’re analogous
tothe simple types found in most other non–object-oriented languages. The rationale
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for this is oftenefficiency. Making the primitive types into objects would have degraded
performance an excessive amount of.
Integers:
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Java consists of four integer types: byte, short, int, and long. Every one of those
is signed, positive and negative values. Java doesn’t support unsigned, positive-only
integers. There are other computer languages support both signed and unsigned
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integers. On the other hand, Java’s developer felt that unsigned integers were
unnecessary. Purposely, they felt that the perception of unsigned was used mostly to
identify the behavior of the high-order bit, which shows the sign of an integer value.
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The width of an integer type shouldn’t be consideration of because the amount
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of storage it consumes,but rather because the behavior it defines for variables and
expressions of that type. The Java run-timeenvironment is liberal to use whatever sizes
it wants, as long because the types behave as you declaredthem. The width and ranges
of those integer types vary widely, as shown during this table:
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Name Width Range

long 64 -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
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int 32 -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647

short 16 -32,768 to 32,767
byte 8 -128 to 127
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// Calculate the distance of light travels using long variables.

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class Light {
public static void main(String args[]) {
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int l;
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long s;
long d;
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// speed of light in miles per secondapproximately
l = 186000;
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d = 1000; // specify number of days here
s = days * 24 * 60 * 60; // convert to seconds
d = l * s; // compute distance
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System.out.print(“In “ + days);
System.out.print(“ days light will travel about “);
System.out.println(distance + “ miles.”);
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This program generates the following output:
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As we see in previous example that large value cannot be hold be in integer types
for this we required another data type called Floating point number.
Floating-point numbers, also acknowledged as real numbers, are used when

evaluating expressions that require fractional precision. For example, calculations
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such as cube root, or transcendental such as sine cosine, tan result in a value whose
accuracy needs a floating-point type.
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◌◌ float
◌◌ double
Name Width In Bits Approximate Range
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double 64 4.9e-324 to 1.8e + 308

float 32 1.4e-045 to 3.4e + 038

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// Compute the area of a triangle.
class Area {
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System.out.println(“Area of triangle is “ + a);
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Characters
In Java, the data type is being used to store characters is char. Java uses Unicode
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to represent characters. Unicode defines a totally international list which will represent
all of the characters found altogether human languages.
It’s a unification of many character sets, like Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Katakana,
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Hangul, and lots of other sets of character. For this purpose, it requires 16 bits. Thus,
in Java char may be a 16-bit type. Thecharrange is 0 to 65,536. There are not any
negative chars. the quality set of characters referred to as ASCII still ranges from 0 to
127 as always, and therefore the extended 8-bit list , ISO-Latin-1, ranges from 0 to 255.
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// Demo of char data type.

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class DemoChar {
char ca1, ca2;

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ca1 = 15; // code for A
ca2 = ‘B’;

System.out.print(“ca1 and ca2: “);

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System.out.println(ca1 + “ “ + ca2);
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}
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Output:
ca1 and ca2: AB
In above program you notice that ca1 is assigned the value 15, which is the ASCII
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(and Unicode) value that corresponds to the letter A. As described, the ASCII character
set occupies the first 127 values in the Unicode character set.
// char variables like integers.
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class DemoChar2 {
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ca1++; // increment ca1
System.out.println(“ca1 is now “ + ca1);
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ca1 contains A
ca1 is now B
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In the program, ca1 is first given the value X. Next, ca1 is incremented. This results
in ca1 containing B, the next character in the ASCII (and Unicode) sequence.
Booleans
Booleans used for logical values. It can have only had two possible values, either
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true or false. This is the type returned by all relational operators, as in the case of x <
y. Boolean is also the kind required by the conditional expressions that administer the
control statements such as if and for.
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Program that defines the Boolean type:
// Demonstrate boolean values.
class BoolTest {
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booleana;

a = false;
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System.out.println(“a is “ + a);
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System.out.println(“a is “ + a);
// boolean value control the if statement
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if(b) System.out.println(“This is executed.”);
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if(b) System.out.println(“This is not executed.”);
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System.out.println(“21 > 19 is “ + (21>19));
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This is executed.
21>19 is true
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1. Java language was developed ______________ by at Sun Microsystems in
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______________ .
2. ______________ is an engine that provides a runtime environment to run the Java
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3. ____________________ variables also known as Class variables

4. ________________ can have only had two possible values, either true or false.
5. The data type is being used to store characters is ________________ .
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Summary
●● Java language was developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1991,
later acquired by Oracle Corporation. It’s an easy programming language. Java
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helps in writing codes and also makes compiling, and debugging programming
easy. It helps programmer to make reusable code and modular programs.
●● JDK is a software development environment which is used for creating applets and
Java applications. Java developers can use it on different operating systems like
Windows, macOS, Solaris, and Linux.
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Important component of JDK

●● JDK and JRE: The JDK enables programmers to generate core Java programs
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that can be run by the JRE, which consist of JVM and class libraries.
●● Class Libraries: It is a cluster of dynamically loadable libraries that Java program
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can call at run time.
●● Compilers: It is a Java program which accepts text file of developers and compiles
into Java class file. It is the widespread form of productivity given by compiler,
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which contains Java byte code. In Java, the primary compiler is JavaC.
●● Debuggers: Debugger is a Java program that helps programmers to test and
debug Java programs.
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●● Java Doc: Java Doc is documentation created by Sun Microsystems for the Java.
JavaDoc can be used for creating API documentation in HTML file from the main
program.
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●● The variable is the necessary unit of storage in a Java program. A variable is
defined by the combination of an identifier, a type, and an initializer. In addition, all
variables have a scope, which defines their visibility, and a lifetime.
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Activity
1. Create a program to distribute student in a class based on their percentage using
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1. What is the difference between java and C++?
2. Define various tools for java application? JDK and JVM
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3. What is the importance of IDE for developing Java Application?

4. Define various types of variables and declaration?
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5. Define the data types used in Java application?

6. Define the function used in Java application?
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●● JDK: Java Development Kit

●● JRE: Java Run Environment
●● JVM: Java virtual Machine
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●● IDE: integrated development environment

●● Java.util: Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event
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model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility

classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
Further Readings:
1. Programmer’s Guide to Java SE 8 Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Mughal/
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Rasmussen

2. Deploy, Manage and Update Java Runtime Environment in the Enterprise with
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System Center Configuration, Trevor Jones
3. Java Fundamentals, Herbert Schildt (Author), Dale Skrien (Author)
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4. Programming in Java, Sachin Malhotra, Saurabh Choudhary
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Answers
1. James Gosling, 1991
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2. JVM
3. Static variable
4. Boolean
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Unit - 1.3 : Statements & Operators in Java

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●● Uses of Increment and Decrement Operators
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●● What are Relational and Logical operators
●● When we can use Conditional Expressions, if then else clause
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●● Input using scanner class and output statement
●● What is Loops and Switch case
●● What are Arrays and Methods
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Introduction
Statements are similar to sentences in the English language. A sentence forms a
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complete idea which can include one or more clauses. Likewise, a statement in Java
forms a complete command to be executed and can include one or more expressions.
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Java supports three different types of statements:
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●● Expression statements change values of variables, call methods, and create

objects.
●● Declaration statements declare variables.
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●● Control-flow statements determine the order that statements are executed.

Typically, Java statements parse from the top to the bottom of the program.
However, with control-flow statements, that order can be interrupted to implement
branching or looping so that the Java program can run particular sections of code
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based on certain conditions.
1.3.1 Increment and Decrement Operators

Increment Operator: The increment operator is used when a developer needs
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to increment the value of a variable in an expression. In the Pre-Increment, value is

incremented first and then used inside the expression. But in the Post-Increment, value
is first used inside the expression and then it’s getincremented.
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We used two different prefix while using increment operator
a = 42;
b = ++a;
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In this case, b is set to 43 as you would expect, because the increment occurs
before a is assigned

to b. Thus, the line b = ++a; is the equivalent of these two statements:

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a= a + 1;
b = a;
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However, when written like this,
a = 42;
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b = x++;
The value of a is obtained before the increment operator is executed, so the value
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of b is 42.
Of course, in both cases a is set to 43. Here, the line b = a++; is the equivalent of
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b =a;
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a = a + 1;
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// Demonstrate ++ Operator.
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class IncDec {
int x = 5;
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int y = 7;
int z;
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int u;
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z++;
System.out.println(“x = “ + x);
System.out.println(“y = “ + y);
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System.out.println(“u = “ + z);
System.out.println(“z = “ + u);
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Output:
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x=6
y=8

z=9
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u=5
Decrement Operators: The decrement operator is used when a developer want
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to decrement the value of a variable in an expression. In the Pre-Decrement, value
is decremented first and then used inside the expression. Whereas in the Post-
Decrement, value is first used inside the expression and then it’s get decremented.
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Decrement operator can be repressed as
‘a- -‘which is equal to
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a=a-1;
// Demonstrate -- Operator.
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int y = 7;
int z;
int u;
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u = x--;
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z --;
System.out.println(“y = “ + y);
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System.out.println(“u = “ + z);
System.out.println(“z = “ + u);
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Output:
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x=4
y=7
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z=6
u=5
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Difference between increment and decrement Operator

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Increment Operators Decrement Operators
Increment Operator adds 1 to the Decrement Operator substrats 1 from the
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operand. operand.
Postfix increment operator means the Postfix decrement operator means the
expression is evaluated first using the expression is evaluated first using the
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original value of the variable and then the original value of the variable and then the
variable is incremented (increased) variable is decremented (decreased)
Prefix increment operator means the Prefix decrement operator means the
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variable is incremented first and then the variable is decremented first and then
expression is evaluated using the new the expression is evaluted using the new
value of the variable. value of the variable.
Generally, we use this in decision making This is also used in decision making and
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and looping. looping.
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Relational Operator: The relational operators determine the relationship that one
variable has with the other variable. Explicitly, they establish equality and ordering.
Types of relational Operator:

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== Equal to
!= Not equal to
> Greater than
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< Less than

>= Greater than or equal to
<= Less than or equal to
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The outcome of using any of these operators is a boolean value. These relational
operators are often used in the expressions that control the if statement and the various
loop statements.
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Program using Relational Operator
public class RelationalOperator {

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int x = 10;
int y = 20;
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System.out.println(“x == y = “ + (x == y) );
System.out.println(“x != y = “ + (x != y) );
System.out.println(“x > y = “ + (x > y) );
System.out.println(“x < y = “ + (x < y) );

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System.out.println(“y>= x = “ + (y>= x) );

System.out.println(“y<= x = “ + (y<= x) );
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}
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Output:
x == y = false
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x != y = true
x > y = false
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x < y = true
y>= x = true
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y<= x = false
Boolean Logical Operators: The Boolean logical operators shown here operate
only on boolean values. All of the binary logical operators combine two boolean values
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to form a resulting boolean value.
Operator Result
&
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Logical AND
Logical OR
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II Short-circuit OR
&& Short-circuit AND
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! Logical unary NOT

&= AND assignment
I= OR assignment
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^= XOR assignment
== Equal to
!= Not equal to
?: Ternary if-then-else
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The logical Boolean operators, &, |, and ^, operate on boolean values in the
same way that they operate on the bits of an integer. The logical ! operator inverts the
Boolean state: !true == false and !false == true. The following table shows the effect of
each logical operation:
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A B AIB A&B A^B !A

False False False False False True
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True False True False True False

False True True False True True
True True True True False False
Program Using Boolean Operator:

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class BoolLogic {

boolean x = true;
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boolean y = false;
boolean z = a | b;
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boolean s = a &b;
boolean t = a ^ b;
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boolean u = (!a& b) | (a & !b);
boolean v= !a;
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System.out.println(“ x = “ + x);
System.out.println(“ y = “ + y);
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System.out.println(“ x|y = “ + z);
System.out.println(“ x&y = “ + s);
System.out.println(“ x^y = “ + t);
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System.out.println(“!x&y|x&!y = “ + u);
System.out.println(“ !x = “ + v);
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}
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x = true
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x|y = true
x&y = false
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x&y|x&!y = true
!x = false
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Java uses two selection statements: if and switch. These statements helps
developer to control the run of developer’s program execution based upon conditions
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used in program during run time.
If Statement:
The if statement is Java’s conditional branch declaration. It can be used to set
the course of program execution through two different paths. General form of the if
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The Java if statement is the simplest decision-making statement. It is used to
decide whether a certain statement will be executed or not that is if a certain condition
is true then a statement is executed otherwise not.
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Flow of information in if statement:
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Example of if:
class IfDemo {
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int a = 10;
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if (a< 15)
System.out.println(“10 is less than 15”);

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System.out.println(“Outside if-block”);
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Output
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10 is less than 15
Outside if-block
Nested ifs A nested if is an if expression that is the target of another if or else.

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Nested ifs are very general in programming. When you nest ifs, the main thing to
remember is that an else statement at all times targeted to the nearest if statement that
is within the same block as the else and that is not associated with an else.
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if(y == 10) {
if(x < 20) m = n;
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if(z > 100) n = o; // this if is
else m = n; // associated with this else
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else m = o; // this else refers to if(y == 10)
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As the comments indicate, the final else is not associated with if(x<20) because
it is notin the same block (even though it is the nearest if without an else). Rather, the
final elseis associated with if(y==10). The inner else refers to if(z>100) because it is the
closest ifwithin the same block.
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The if-else-if Ladder: A frequent programming construct that is based on a
sequence of nested ifs is the if-else-if ladder. It syntax look like this:
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statement;
else if(condition)
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else if(condition)
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else
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The if statements are run from the top to down. If any one of the conditions
controlling the if is right or true, the statement attached to with that if is executed, and
the remaining of the ladder is bypassed. If not a single conditions is true, then the last
else statement will be executed.
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Example of If-else-is statement
class IfElse {

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int month = 10; // October

String season;
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if(month == 12 || month == 1 || month == 2)
season = “Winter”;
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season = “Summer”;
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season = “Autumn”;
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season = “Bogus Month”;
System.out.println(“October is in the “ + season + “.”);
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October is in the Autumn.
If month value is 13 then we get the last else statement i.e Bogus Month
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Scanner is a predefined class inside java.util package used to get the input of the
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primitive types like float, double, etc. and strings from the user. It is the easiest way to
accept input from a user in a Java program; it is not a very efficient way if developers want
an input method for scenarios where time is a constraint like in competitive programming.
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import java.util.Scanner;
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public class ScannerDemo1


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{
// predefined standard input object
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Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
// String input
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String name = sc.nextLine();
// Character input
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char gender = sc.next().charAt(0);
int age = sc.nextInt();
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long mobileNo = sc.nextLong();
double cgpa = sc.nextDouble();
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System.out.println(“Name: “+name);
System.out.println(“Gender: “+gender);

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System.out.println(“Age: “+age);
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System.out.println(“Mobile Number: “+mobileNo);
System.out.println(“Percentage: “+percentage);
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Input by the user:

Rituj
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1234567890
78
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Name: Rituj
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Gender: M
Age: 31
Mobile Number: 1234567890

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Percentage: 78
Sometimes, we have to see if the next value we scan is of a certain type or if the

input has ended.

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Then, we check if the scanner’s input is of the type we want with the help of has
NextABC() functions where ABC is the type we are concerned with. The function
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returns true if the scanner has a symbol of that type, otherwise false. For example, in
the below code, we have used has NextFloat(). To check if string is avilable, we use
hasNextLine(). likewise, to check if a single character is avilable, we use has Next().
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charAt(0).
Let us look at the code to take input some numbers from console and print their
average.
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import java.util.Scanner;
public class ScannerDemo2
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{
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Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
float addition = 0, count = 0;
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while (sc.hasNextInt())
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float num = sc.nextInt();
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System.out.println(“Avaerage: “ + average);
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Input from User

15
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18
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25
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25.6
18.9

22.5
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Output
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Average: 20.142857142
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Switch Case: The switch statement is Java’s multiway branch statement. It gives a
simplest way to dispatch execution to different parts of the developer code based on the
value of an expression. As such, it regularly provides a better option than a large series
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of if-else-if statements. Syntax for the switch statement:
switch (expression) {
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case valueN:
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The expression must be a data type like float, double, int: each of the values given
in the case statements must be of a type compatible with the statement.
The switch statement perform like this: The value of the expression is checked
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with each of the literal values in the case statements. If the case statement true, the
code following that case is executed. If none of the cases matches the value of the
statement, then the default statement is executed.
class SampleSwitch {
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switch(a) {
case 0:
System.out.println(“a is zero.”);
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break;
case 1:

System.out.println(“a is one.”);
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break;
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System.out.println(“a is two.”);
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case 3:
System.out.println(“a is three.”);
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System.out.println(“a is greater than 3.”);
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a is zero.
a is one.
a is two.
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a is three.
a is greater than 3.
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As you can see in above program, each time through the loop, the statements
associated with the case constant that matches a are executed. All others are
bypassed. After a is greater than 3, no case statements match, so the default statement
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Loops: We have three types of loop in java
◌◌ while
◌◌ do-while
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1. while loop: The while loop is Java’s most basic loop declaration. It repeats a statement
or block till its controlling statement is true.
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Flow Chart for while loop
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Java program to see how while loop works:
class whileLoopDemo {

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int a = 1;
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Hello Java
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Hello Java
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Hello Java

2. Do while: If the conditional expression controlling a while loop is false at starting,

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then the body of the loop will not be executed at all. However, sometimes developers
want to execute the body of a loop at least once, even if the conditional expression
is false at the starting. There are times when a developer wants to like to test the
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termination expression at the end of the loop rather than at the starting. Luckily, Java
supplies a loop that does just that what a developer wants: the do-while. The do-
while loop always executes its body at least once, because its conditional expression
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the condition statement at the end.
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3. For loop: Java provides a short way of writing the loop structure. The for statement
contains the initialization, condition statement and increment/decrement operator in
one line thus providing a shorter and simplest way to debug structure of looping.
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int sum = 0;
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System.out.println(“Sum: “ + sum);
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Sum: 210
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Arrays: An array is a group of like-typed variables or data types that are referred to
by a common name. Arrays in Java work differently as compared C/C++.
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arr[2] = 30;
arr[3] = 40;
arr[4] = 50;
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for (int xy = 0; xy<arr.length; xy++)
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Array contains0 : 10
Array contains 2 : 30
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class Student
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public String name;
Student(int roll_no, String name)

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public class abc

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Element at 0 : 1 Nandika
Element at 1 : 2 Ravi
Element at 2 : 3 shikar
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Multidimensional Arrays:Multidimensional arrays are arrays of arrays with each of

element of the array hold the reference of another array.
class multiDimensional
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int arr[][] = { {2,7,9},{3,6,1},{7,4,2} };
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System.out.print(arr[xy][yz] + “ “);
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1. _________________________ is used when a developer needs to increment the
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3. Scanner is a predefined class inside __________________ package
4. _________________________ arrays are arrays of arrays with each of element of
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5. The _______________________ is used when a developer want to decrement the

value of a variable in an expression.
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Summary
●● The increment operator is used when a developer needs to increment the value
of a variable in an expression. In the Pre-Increment, value is incremented first
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and then used inside the expression. But in the Post-Increment, value is first used
inside the expression and then it’s get incremented.
●● The increment and decrement operators are unary operators that add or subtract
one to or from their operand. In most cases, they are implemented in imperative
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programming languages. C-like languages have two versions of each operator

(pre- and post-) with slightly different semantics.
●● The switch statement is Java’s multi way branch statement. It gives a simplest way
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to dispatch execution to different parts of the developer code based on the value
of an expression.
●● The increment and decrement operators are unary operators that add or subtract
one to or from their operand, respectively. They are typically implemented in
imperative programming languages. Each operator in C-like languages has two
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variants (pre- and post-) with slightly different semantics.

●● An array in Java is a group of like-typed variables referred to by a common

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name. Arrays in Java work differently than they do in C/C++. Following are some
important points about Java arrays.
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●● In Java, all arrays are dynamically allocated. (discussed below)
●● Since arrays are objects in Java, we can find their length using the object property
length. This is different from C/C++, where we find length using sizeof.
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●● A Java array variable can also be declared like other variables with [] after the data
type.
●● The variables in the array are ordered, and each has an index beginning from 0.
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●● Java array can be also be used as a static field, a local variable, or a method
parameter.
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●● The size of an array must be specified by int or short value and not long.
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●● Every array type implements the interfaces Cloneable and java.io.Serializable.
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Activity
1. Create a below design using loops?
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1. Define Increment and Decrement Operators?
2. What do you understand from Relational and Logical operators?
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3. Define Conditional Expressions, if then else clause?

4. Define scanner class?
5. Define array and methods?
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Glossary
Operator Result
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& Logical AND

I Logical OR
^ Logical XOR (exclusive OR)
II Short-circuit OR
&& Short-circuit AND
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! Logical unary NOT

&= AND assignment

I= OR assignment
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^= XOR assignment
== Equal to
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!= Not equal to
?: Ternary if-then-else
●● Java.util: Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event
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model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility
classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
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Further Readings:
1. Programmer’s Guide to Java SE 8 Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Mughal/
Rasmussen
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2. Deploy, Manage and Update Java Runtime Environment in the Enterprise with
System Center Configuration, Trevor Jones
3. Java Fundamentals, Herbert Schildt (Author), Dale Skrien (Author)
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4. Programming in Java, Sachin Malhotra, Saurabh Choudhary

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2. Relational operators
3. java.util
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4. Multidimensional
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Unit - 1.4 : Inheritance in Java

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Objectives
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●● What are the different type of inheritance used in Java
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●● Define the concept behind overriding
●● What are abstract classes
●● What are final classes
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Introduction
Inheritance in Java is a instrument in which one object acquires all the properties
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and characterstics of a parent object. It is an essential part of OOPs (Object Oriented
programming system).
The thought at the back of mind is that, inheritance in Java is that developer
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can create new classes that are built upon existing classes. When you inherit from
an accessible class, developer can reuse methods and fields of the parent class.
Moreover, a developer can add new methods and fields in his/her current class as well.
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1.4.1 Type of Inheritance with code snippets

There five type of inheritance used in java:
1. Single Inheritance
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2. Multilevel Inheritance
3. Hierarchical Inheritance

4. Multiple Inheritance (Through Interfaces

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5. Hybrid Inheritance(Through Interfaces)
1. Single Inheritance: “In single inheritance, subclasses inherit the features of one
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superclass.In the image below, class X serves as a base class for the derived class
Y.”
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Example of Single Inheritance:
// single inheritance
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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
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System.out.println(“Welcome”);
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public void print_to() { System.out.println(“to”); }
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public class Main {

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two g = new two();
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g.print_to();
g.print_java();

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Welcome
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2. Multilevel Inheritance: “In Multilevel Inheritance, a resulting class will be inheriting a
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base class as well as the derived class also act as the base class to other class. In
the below image, class X serves as a base class for the derived class Y, which in turn
serves as a base class for the derived class Z.”
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// Java program to understand single inheritance
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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
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import java.util.*;
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public void print_to() { System.out.println(“to”); }
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public class Main {

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two g = new two();
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g.print_to();
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Welcome
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to
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3. Hierarchical Inheritance: “In Hierarchical Inheritance, one class represent as a
superclass (base class) for more than one subclass. In the below image, class X
serves as a base class for the derived class Y, Z and U.”
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Hierarchical Inheritance
// Java program to understandtheconcept of Hierarchical inheritance

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class X {
public void print_X() { System.out.println(“Class X”); }
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class Y extends X {
public void print_Y() { System.out.println(“Class Y”); }

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class Z extends X {
public void print_Z() { System.out.println(“Class Z”); }

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class U extends X {

public void print_U() { System.out.println(“Class U”); }

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Y obj_Y = new Y();
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Z obj_Z = new Z();
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Class X
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Class Y
Class X
Class Z
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Class U
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note that Java does not support multiple inheritances with classes. In java, we can
achieve multiple inheritances only through Interfaces. In the image below, Class Z is
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Multiple Inheritances
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Example of Multiple Inheritances
// Java program to understandtheconcept of Multiple inheritance
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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
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interface X {
public void print_Welcome();
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interface Y {
public void print_To();

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interface Z extends X, Y {
public void print_Java();

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@Override public void print_Java()
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public void print_for() { System.out.println(“for”); }

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// Drived class
public class Main {

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{
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child c = new child();
c.print_Welcome();
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Output
Welcome
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To
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5. Hybrid Inheritance(Through Interfaces):“It is a mix of two or more of the above
types of inheritance. Since java doesn’t support multiple inheritances with classes,
hybrid inheritance is also not possible with classes. In java, we can achieve hybrid
inheritance only through Interfaces.”
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Hybrid Inheritances
1.4.2 Concept of method overriding with code snippet

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If subclass (child class) has the similar method as stated in the parent class, it is
known as method overriding in Java. If a subclass provides the specific execution of
the method that has been declared by one of its parent class, it is known as method
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//To show the real scenario of Java Method Overriding where three classes are
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//Creating a parent class.
class Bank{
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int getRateOfInterest(){return 0;}
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class SBI extends Bank{

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class ICICI extends Bank{

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class AXIS extends Bank{


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class Test2{
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SBI s=new SBI();
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ICICI i=new ICICI();
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System.out.println(“SBI Rate of Interest: “+s.getRateOfInterest());
System.out.println(“ICICI Rate of Interest: “+i.getRateOfInterest());
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System.out.println(“AXIS Rate of Interest: “+a.getRateOfInterest());
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SBI Rate of Interest: 10
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AXIS Rate of Interest: 13

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Abstract Classes in Java: A class which is declared with the abstract keyword is known
as an abstract class in Java. It can have abstract and non-abstract methods (method with
the body). But in Java we have separate word abstract to make a class abstract.
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1. “An instance of an abstract class cannot be created.”

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// Class 1
// Abstract class
abstract class Race {

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abstract void fun();

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class Derived extends Race {
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// Class 3
// Main class
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class Main {
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{
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b.to();
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Welcome to Java
2. “An abstract class can contain constructors in Java”.

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// Abstract class
abstract class Save {
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Save()
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// Print statement
System.out.println(“Save the world”);
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// Abstract method inside class1
abstract void fun();

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// Class 2
class Derived extends Save {
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// Constructor of class2
Derived()
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{
System.out.println(“Save the Earth”);
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void fun()
System.out.println(“Derived fun() called”);
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// Class 1
// An abstract class without any abstract method

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abstract class Base {
void fun()

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System.out.println(
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Base class function is called
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// Class 1
// Abstract class
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abstract class Base {
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System.out.println(“Welcometo() Java”);

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class Derived extends Base {
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// Class 3
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// Main class
class GFG {
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Base b = new Welcome();
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// Calling method on object created above
// inside main()
b.to();
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abstract class ABC {

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// Trying to create an object

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ABC abc = new ABC();
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Output: It will show error

Abc.java:11: error: ABC is abstract; cannot be instantiated

ABC abc = new ABC();

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6. “Similar to the interface we can define static methods in an abstract class”.
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// Class ABC
// Abstract class
abstract class Helper {
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// Abstract method
static void demofun()
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System.out.println(“Welcome to Java”);
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// Class xyz
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When a variable is declared with final keyword, its value can’t be changed,
essentially, a constant. This also means that you must given a final variable. If the
final variable is a reference, this means that the variable cannot be recoil to reference
another object, but the inner state of the object pointed by that reference variable can
be altered i.e. you can add or subtract elements from the final array or final collection.
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// Main class
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class GFG {
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// Creating sn object of StringBuilder class
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// Final reference variable
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System.out.println(sb);
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// final reference variable sb
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// Again printing the element in StringBuilder
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Welcome
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Final Classes: “When a class is declared with final keyword, it is called a final
class. A final class cannot be extended (inherited).”

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final class A
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// methods and fields
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class B extends A
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When we try to execute is gives us a COMPILE-ERROR! Can’t subclass A
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“When a method is declared with final keyword, it is called a final method. A final
method cannot be override by other method. The Object class does this—a number of
its methods are final. We must declare methods with the final keyword for which we are
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required to follow the same implementation throughout all the derived classes.”
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final void m1()
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class B extends A
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// Compile-error! We cannot override

System.out.println(“Illegal!”);
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1. In ______________________ subclasses inherit the features of one superclass.
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2. In ________________________ one class can have more than one superclass and
inherit features from all parent classes.
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3. If subclass (child class) has the similar method as stated in the parent class, it is
known as _________________________ in Java.
4. When a variable is declared with final keyword, its value can’t be ______________ .
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5. When a method is declared with final keyword, it is called a __________________ .
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●● Using the inheritance technique, a class can inherit the properties of a superclass.
●● Inheritance refers to a subclass’s capacity to inherit the generic properties of
classes higher up in a class hierarchy.
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●● Inheritance allows for code reuse.
●● Inheritance improves software maintenance.
●● Inheritance allows for class extension via subclassing.
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●● Single inheritance refers to a class that inherits properties from only one
superclass.
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●● Multiple inheritance occurs when a class inherits properties from two or more
superclasses.
●● Because multiple inheritance is not supported in Java, the interface construct,
which is accessed via the interface keyword, is an alternate option for achieving
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multiple inheritance. This solution, however, has limits.

●● An abstract class is a class that is declared abstract —it may or may not include
abstract methods. Abstract classes cannot be instantiated, but they can be
subclasses. However, if it does not, then the subclass must also be declared
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abstract.
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1. What will be the output of below program

interface I {
void x();
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void y();
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class B extends A {
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public void y() {
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b) z.printLine(2, “Object-Oriented Programming”)
c) z.printLine(“Java”)
z.printLine(“Object-Oriented Programming”, “Java”)
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public void y() {System.out.println(“in A.y”);}
System.out.println(“in B.y”);
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void z() {
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B bb = new B();
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1. Define different Type of Inheritance?
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2. What do you mean by method overriding?

3. Define Abstract classes

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4. What do you mean by Final classes?
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Glossary
●● OOPs: Object Oriented programming
●● Abstract Class: A class which is declared with the abstract keyword is known as an
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abstract class in Java.
●● Hybrid Inheritance: It is a mix of two or more of the above types of inheritance.
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●● Hierarchical Inheritance: In Hierarchical Inheritance, one class represent as a
superclass (base class) for more than one subclass.
Further Readings:
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1. Object-Oriented Data Structures Using Java, Nell Dale, Daniel T. Joyce, Chip
Weems , Jones and Bartlett
2. Effective Java, Joshua Bloch
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3. Java Performance, Binu John and Charlie Hunt
4. JavaScript: Programming Basics for Absolute Beginners, Nathan CLARK

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2. Multiple inheritances
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Module - 2 : Package and Exception in Java

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Structure:
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2.1.1 Packages : Defining Package, CLASSPATH
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2.1.2 Type of Packages
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2.1.4 Access Specifiers
2.1.6 Interfaces vs Abstract Class
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Unit - 2.1 : Introduction to Packages

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●● Understand different type of Packages in Java
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Introduction
Package in Java is a system to sum up a group of classes, sub packages and
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interfaces. Packages are used for:
●● To stop naming issue. For example there can be two classes with name Employee
in two packages, Hospital.staff.cse.Employee and Hospital.staff.ee.Employee
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enumerations and annotations.
●● To authorize Prescribed access: A protected member can be used by classes
in the same package and its subclasses. A default member (without any access
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specifier) can be used by classes in the same package only.

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2.1.1 Packages: Defining Package, Classpath

To generate a package is quite easy: just include a package command in the start
of statement in a Java source file. Any classes defined in that file will go to the specified
package. The package statement defines a name space in which classes are saved.
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If you erase the package statement, the class names will automatically be put into
the default package, which has no name. (This is why you haven’t had to worry about
packages before now.) While the default package is ok for short, sample programs, it is
complex for real applications. More often than not, developer will define a package for
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your code. General form of the package is represented as:
package pkg;
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Java language uses the file system directories to store packages. For example,
the .classxyz files for any classes you defined should be a part of MyPackage must
be stored in a directory called MyPackage. Keep in mind case is significant, and the
directory name is obliged to match the package name exactly.
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More than one file can use the similar package statement. The package statement
specifies to which package the classes defined in a file belong. It does not eliminate

other classes in other files from being part of that same package. In most real world
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problem packages are spread transversely in many files.
You can create a ladder of packages. To do that a developer need to separate each
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package name from the one above it by use of a period. General form of the package is
represented as:
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package pkg1[.pkg2[.pkg3]]
How packages work: Package names and directory structure are linked to each
other. For example if a package name is Hospital.staff.cse, then there are three
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directories, Hospital, staff and cse such that cse is present in staff and staff is present
hospital. Also, the directory Hospital is accessible through CLASSPATH variable, i.e.,
path of parent directory of hospital present in CLASSPATH. The idea is to make sure
that classes are easily to trace.
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if(bal<0)
System.out.print(“--> “);
System.out.println(name + “: $” + bal);
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class Accountstatement {
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Statement current[] = new Statement[3];
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current[0] = new Statement(“Ravi”, 123.23);
current[1] = new Statement (“Will Tell”, 157.02);
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current[2] = new Statement (“Suresh”, -12.33);
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Call this file AccountStatement.java and put it in a directory called MyPackdemo.
Next, compile the file. Make sure that the resulting .class file is also in the
MyPackdemo directory. Then, try executing the Accountstatement class, using the
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following command line:
java MyPackdemo.AccountStatement
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execute this command. (Developer can use one of the other two options described in
the preceding section to specify the path MyPackdemo.)
As explained, AccountStatement is now part of the package MyPackdemo. This

means that it cannot be executed by itself. That is, you cannot use this command line:
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java AccountStatement
AccountStatementmust be qualified with its package name.
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Access Protection: Classes and packages both are used for encapsulating and
containing the name space and scope of variables and methods. Packages role is to
play as containers for classes and other subordinate packages. The class is Java’s
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least unit of abstraction. Because of the relationship between classes and packages,
Java addresses four categories of visibility for class members:
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Same package non-subclass No Yes Yes Yes
Different package subclass No No Yes Yes
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Different package non-subclass No No No Yes
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While Java’s access control mechanism may seem complex, we can make it
simpler.
●● Anything defined public can be accessed from anywhere.
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●● When a member does not have an explicit access requirement, it is noticeable to
subclasses as well as to other classes in the same package. This is the default access.
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CLASSPATH: CLASSPATH is an environment variable which is used by Application
ClassLoader to find and load the .class files. The CLASSPATH determine the path,
to find third-party and user-defined classes that are not extensions or part of Java
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environment. Itincludes all the directories which have .class files and JAR files when
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setting the CLASSPATH.
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directory searched. The default value of CLASSPATH is changed when you set the
CLASSPATH variable or using the -classpath command (for short -cp). Put a dot (.) in
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the new setting if developer want to include the current directory in the search path.
If CLASSPATH finds a class file which is present in the current directory, then it will
load the class from the current directory and use it, without considering the same name
class presents in another directory which is also included in the CLASSPATH.
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If you want to multiple classpaths, then developer need to put a semicolon (;) after
each CLASSPATH.
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Difference between PATH and CLASSPATH
PATH CLASS PATH

It is used by the operating system to It is used by Application ClassLoader to locate
find the executable files (.exe). the .class file.
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You are required to include the directory You are required to include all the directories
which contains .exe files. which contain .class and JAR files.

PATH environment variable once set, The CLASSPATH environment variable can
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cannot be overridden. be overridden by using the command line
option -cp or -CLASSPATH to both javac and
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java command.
How to Set CLASSPATH in Windows Using Command Prompt:
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Packages can be divided in two parts:
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1. Built in Packages: These packages containa large number of classes which are a
part of Java API. Frequent using built in packages are:
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Built-in Packages in Java

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name of the package). Then define the MyClassdemo inside the directory with the first
statement being the package names.
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// Name of the package must be similar to the directory
package myPackagedemo;
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public class MyClassdemo
public void getNames(String s)
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/* import ‘MyClassdemo’ class from ‘names’ myPackagedemo */
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Using Static Import

Static import is a feature introduced in Java programming language ( versions 5
and above ) that permits members ( fields and methods ) defined in a class as public
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static to be incorporate in Java code without specifying the class in which the field is
defined.

// Note static keyword after import.

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import static java.lang.System.*;
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{
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Welcome to Java
Handling name conflicts: The only time we need to pay attention to packages is
when we have a name conflict it means we have packages with same name class. For
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example both, java.util and java.sql packages have a class named called Date. So if we
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import both packages in same program it will show a compile error:
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
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Date today; //ERROR-- java.util.Date or java.sql.Date?
The compiler will not be able to understand which Date class program want. This
problem can be resolved by using a precise import statement:
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import java.util.Date;
import java.sql.*;
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If a developer wants to use both Date classes then, developer needs to use a full
package name every time as he/she declares a new object of that class.
java.util.DatedeadLine = new java.util.Date();

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java.sql.Date today = new java.sql.Date();

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To import java package into a class, developer need to use java import keyword
this is used to get the right to use package and its classes into the java program.
Use import keyword to access built-in and user-defined packages into your java
source file so that your class can refer to a class that is insomeother package by
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directly using its name.

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◌◌ without import the package
◌◌ import package with specified class
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◌◌ import package with all classes
1. Accessing package without import keyword: If you employ fully qualified name to
import any class into your program, then only that specific class of the package
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are going to be accessible in your program, other classes within the same package
won’t be accessible. For this approach, there’s no got to use the import statement.
But developers need to use the fully qualified name whenever you’re accessing the
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category or the interface. This is often generally used when two packages have
classes with same names. For example: java.util and java.sql packages contain
Date class.
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package demopack;
public class ABC {
public void msg() {
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package mypack;
class XYZ {
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Hello Java
2. Import the Specific Class: Package can have many classes but sometimes we would
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like to access only specific class in our program in that case, Java allows us to
specify class name along side the package name. If developer want to use import
packagenamedemo.classnamedemo statement then only the class with name
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classnamedemo in the package will be available for use.

package demopack;
public class Demo {
public void msg() {

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}
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package mypackdemo;
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import demopack.Demo;
class Test {
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Hello Java
3. Import all classes of the package: If a developers use packagename.* statement,

then all the classes and interfaces of this package are going to be accessible but the
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classes and interface inside the sub-packages won’t be available to be used .
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to the present package.
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Hello Java

2.1.4 Access Specifiers or Modifiers

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There is no difference between access specifier and access modifier in Java.
They both mean the same. Access modifier is the new and official term used instead
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classes, field methods and constructors.
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Public Y Y Y Y
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class B

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A obj = new A();

// Trying to access private methodof another class

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obj.display();
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error: display() has private access in A obj.display()
2. Default: If developers don’t use any specifier, it is act as default by default. The
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default specifier is reachable only within package. It cannot be used from outside the
package. It provides more convenience than private. But, it is further restrictive than
protected, and public.
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package pack;
class ABC{
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void msg(){System.out.println(“Hello”);}
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3. Protected: The protected access specifier is available within package and outside
the package but with the help inheritance only. The protected access specifier can
be applied on the data member, method and constructor protected access specifier
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cannot be applied on the class.

//save by ABC.java
package pack;
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public class ABC{
protected voidmsg(){System.out.println(“Welcome to Java”);}

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package mypack;
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import pack.*;
class XYZ extends ABC{
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Welcome to Java
4. Public: The public access specifier is specified using the keyword public. The public
access specifier has the widest scope among all other access specifier. Classes,
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methods, or data members that are declared as public are reachable from everywhere
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in the program. There is no constraint on the scope of public data members.
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public class ABC{

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Hello Java

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Using the keyword interface, you’ll fully abstract a class’ interface from its
implementation. That is, using interface, you’ll specify what a category must do, but not
how it does it. Interfaces are syntactically almost like classes, but they lack instance
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variables, and their methods are declared with none body. In practice, this suggests
that you simply can define interfaces that don’t make assumptions about how they’re
implemented. Once it’s declared, any number of classes can implement an interface.
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Also, one class can implement any number of interfaces
To implement an interface, a category must create the entire set of methods
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defined by the interface. However, each class is liberal to determine the small print of its
own implementation. By assigning the interface keyword, Java allows you to completely
utilize the “one interface, multiple methods” aspect of polymorphism
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Interfaces are designed to support dynamic method resolution at run time.
Normally, so as for a way to be called from one class to a different , both classes got
to be present at compile time therefore the Java compiler can check to make sure that
the tactic signatures are compatible. This condition by itself makes for a static and
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nonextensible classing environment.
Certainly throughout a system like this, functionality gets pushed up higher and
better within the class hierarchy in order that the mechanisms are going to be available
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to more and more subclasses. Interfaces are designed to avoid this problem. They
disconnect the definition of a way or set of methods from the inheritance hierarchy.
Since interfaces are during a different hierarchy from classes, it’s possible for classes
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that are unrelated in terms of the category hierarchy to implement an equivalent
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interface. this is often where the important power of interfaces is realized.
An interface can be defined as:
access interface demoname {

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return-type method-demoname2(parameter-list);
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type final-varname1 = value;
type final-varname2 = value;
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the interface is merely available to other members of the package during which it’s
declared. When it’s declared as public, the interfaces are often employed by the other
code. During this case, the interface must be the sole public interface declared within
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the file, and therefore the file must have an equivalent name because the interface.
Name is that the name of the interface, and may be any valid identifier. Notice that
the methods that are declared haven’t any bodies. They end with a semicolon after
the parameter list. They are, essentially, abstract methods; there is often no default
implementation of any method specified within an interface. Each class that has an
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interface must implement all of the methods.

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and static, meaning they can’t be changed by the implementing class. They need to
even be initialized. All methods and variables are implicitly public.
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Here is an example of an interface definition. It defines a simple interface that
contains one method called callbackdemo( ) that takes a single integer parameter.
interface Callbackdemo {
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void callback(int param);
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Uses of Java Interfaces:
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Implementing Interfaces
Once an interface has been declared, one or many classes can use that interface.
To implement an interface, developers need to include the implements clause in
a class definition, and then create the methods declared by the interface. Syntax for
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implementing interface:
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class classnamedemo [extends superclass] [implements interface [,interface...]] {
// class-body
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}
“If a class implements one or more interface, then the interfaces are separated with
a comma. Ifa class implements two interfaces that declare the same method, then the
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same method willbe used by clients of either interface. The methods that implement an
interface must bedeclared public. Also, the type signature of the implementing method
must match exactlythe type signature specified in the interface definition.”
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class Client implements Demo {
// Implement Demo’s interface
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public void Demo(int p) {
System.out.println(“callback called with “ + p);
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implementscallbackdemo( ) and adds the method adds the method Demo( ):
Demo( ):
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public void callbackdemo(int p) {
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void Demo() {
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Accessing Implementations through Interface References

Developer can declare variables as object references that use an interface before
class type. Any instance of any class that implements the declared interface are
often mentioned by such a variable. Once you call a way through one among these
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references, the right version are going to be called supported the particular instance of
the interface being mentioned. This is often one among the key features of interfaces.
The tactic to be executed is searched dynamically at run time, allowing classes to be
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created later than the code which calls methods on them. The calling code can dispatch
through an interface without having to understand anything about the “callee.”
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The following example calls the callbackdemo( ) method via an interface reference
variable:
class Client implements Callbackdemo {
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class demo {
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Callbackdemo a = new Client();
a.callbackdemo(91);
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callback called with 91
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Notice that variable a is declared to be of the interface type Callbackdemo,

yet it was assigned an instance of Client. Although a can be used to access the
callbackdemo( ) method, it cannot access any other members of the Client class.
An interface reference variable only has information of the methods declared by its
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interface declaration. Thus, a could not be used to access demo( ) since it is defined by
Client but not Callbackdemo.
While the previous program shows, mechanically, how an interface reference

variable can use an implementation object, but it does not demonstrate the polymorphic
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power ofsuch a reference. To sample this usage, first create the second implementation
of Callbackdemo,shown here:
// Another implementation of Callback.

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System.out.println(“Another version of callback”);
System.out.println(“p squared is “ + (p*p));

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class demo2 {
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AnotherClientob = new AnotherClient();
d.callbackdemo(91);
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d.callback(91);
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callbackdemo called with 91
Another version of callback

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As we can see in above program, the version of callbackdemo( ) that is called is

determined by the type of object that d refers to at run time.
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Partial Implementations
If a class contains an interface but does not fully implement the methods declared
by that interface, then that class must be declared as an abstract class. For example:
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abstract class Incomplete implements Callbackdemo {
int a, b;
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void show() {
System.out.println(a + “ “ + b);
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Here, the class Incomplete does not implement callbackdemo( ) and must be
declared as abstract. Any class that inherits Incomplete must implement callbackdemo(
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Example for Nested Interfaces:
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class ABC {
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public interface NestedIFdemo {
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Notice that ABC defines a member interface called NestedIFdemo and that it is
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declared public. Next, XYZ implements the nested interface by specifying

implements ABC.NestedIFdemo
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The name is fully qualified by the enclosing class’ name. Inside the main( ) method,
an ABC.NestedIFdemo reference called demo is created, and it is assigned a reference
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to a XYZ object. Because XYZ implements XYZ.NestedIFdemo, this is legal.
Interfaces Can Be Extended
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One interface can inherit the characteristics another interface by use of the
keyword extends. The declaration is the same as for inheriting classes. When a class
uses an interface that inherits the properties of another interface, it must provide
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implementations for all other methods declared within the interface inheritance chain.
Example:
// One interface can extend another.
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interface ABC {
void methX();
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void methY();
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interface XYZ extends ABC {
void methZ();
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public void methX() {
System.out.println(“Implement methX().”);
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public void methZ() {
System.out.println(“Implement methY().”);
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public void methZ() {
System.out.println(“Implement methZ().”);
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class IFExtenddemo {
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public static void main(String arg[]) {

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ob.methX();
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}
To try, developer might want to try removing the implementation for methX(
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implements an interface must implement all methods declared by that interface,
together with any that are inherited from other interfaces.
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Basis Interface Abstract Class

Type of methods: Interface can have only An abstract class can have abstract
abstract methods and non-abstract methods.
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Final Variables: Variables declared in a An abstract class may include non-

Java interface are by final variables.
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Type of variables The interface has only Abstract class can have final, non-
static and final, static and non-static variables
final variables.
Implementation: Interface can’t provide Abstract class can provide the
the implementation of an implementation of the interface.
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abstract class.

Inheritance v/s A Java interface can be An abstract class can be extended

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Abstraction implemented using the using the keyword “extends”
keyword “implements”
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Multiple An interface can extend Abstract class can extend another
implementations: another Java interface Java class and implement multiple
only Java interfaces.
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Accessibility of Members of a Java A Java abstract class can have class
Data Members: interface are public by members like private, protected, etc
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Inheritance Interface supports multiple public abstract class Shape( public
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inheritances. abstract void draw();
Example public interface Drawable
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Program to show the concept of abstract class
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// abstract class
abstract class Shape {

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// declare non-abstract methods
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+ “ m = “ + m + “ and n = “ + n);
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// abstract methods which will be
// implemented by its subclass(es)

abstract public double area();

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abstract public void draw();
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class Rectangle extends Shape {
int length, width;
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{
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this.width = width;
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int r;
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System.out.println(“Circle has been drawn “);

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{
return (double)((pi * r * r) / 2);
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class GFG {
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{
Shape rect = new Rectangle(2, 3, “Rectangle”);
System.out.println(“Area of rectangle: “
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System.out.println(“ “);
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System.out.println(“Area of circle: “
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Area of rectangle: 6.0
Rectangle has been moved to a = 1 and b = 2
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import java.io.*;
interface Shape {
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void draw();
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class Circle implements Shape {

double pi = 3.14;
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int r;
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{
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Area of rectangle: 6.0
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1. General form of the package is represented as ______________________ .
2. CLASSPATH is an environment variable which is used by Application ClassLoader
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to find and load the _____________________ files.
3. The default value of CLASSPATH is a ___________________ .
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4. __________________________ are the packages that are created by the developer.
5. Java allows us to specify class name alongside the ___________________ name.
6. Developers don’t use any specifier, it is act as _____________________ by default.
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default package, which has no name.
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space and scope of variables and methods. Packages role is to play as containers
for classes and other subordinate packages.
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which have .class files and JAR files when setting the CLASSPATH.
●● Built in Packages: These packages contain a large number of classes which are a
part of Java API.
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●● Once an interface has been declared, one or many classes can use that interface.
To implement an interface, developers need to include the implements clause in a
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class definition, and then create the methods declared by the interface.
●● In the java application there are some related classes that need to share some
lines of code then you can put these lines of code within the abstract class and this
abstract class should be extended by all these related classes.
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1. Create a program using multiple interfaces?


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1. Define package?
2. What do you mean by CLASSPATH?
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3. Define different type of packages?
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5. What do you mean by access specifiers?
6. What are interfaces?
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8. What is the difference between Interfaces and Abstract Class?
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●● Static Import: Static import is a feature introduced in Java programming language
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Further Readings:
1. The Java Programming Language, James Gosling and Ken Arnold
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Unit - 2.2 : Exception Handling

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●● All about Exception and Exception Handling
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●● How to handle Exception by using Try-Catch
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The Exception Handling in Java is one of the powerful mechanism to handle the
runtime errors so that the normal flow of the application can be maintained.
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between checked and unchecked exceptions.
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An exception is an unwanted or unexpected event, which happens during the
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execution of a program i.e at run time that disturbed the regular flow of the program’s
instructions.
People often confuse between error and exception. To make this clear, An Error
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indicates towards the serious issue that a reasonable application should not try to
catch. Exception indicates towards the conditions that a reasonable application might
try to catch.
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catch (ExceptionType1 exOb) {
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catch (ExceptionType2 exOb) {
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finally {
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// block of code to be executed after try block ends
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Exception Hierarchy
“All exception and errors types are sub classes of class Throwable, which is
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base class of hierarchy.One branch is headed by Exception. This class is used for
exceptional conditions that user programs should catch. NullPointerException is an
example of such an exception. Another branch,Error are used by the Java run-time
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system(JVM) to indicate errors having to do with the run-time environment itself(JRE).
StackOverflowError is an example of such an error.”
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Whenever inside a program code, if an exception has occurred, the tactic creates
an Object referred to as Exception Object and hands it off to the run-time system (JVM).
“The exception object includes name and definition of the exception, and current state
of the program code where exception has occurred. Creating the Exception Object and
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handling by the developer it to the run-time system is named throwing an Exception.”

There could be the list of the tactics that had been called to urge to the method where
exception was occurred. This ordered list of the methods is named Call Stack.
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Now the subsequent procedure will happen.

●● The run-time system searches the decision stack to seek out the tactic that
contains block of code which will handle the occurred exception. The block of the
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code is named Exception handler.

●● The run-time system starts looking from the method during which exception
occurred proceeds through call stack in the opposite order during which methods
were called.
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●● If it locates appropriate handler then it passes the occurred exception thereto.

Appropriate handler defines itself as the sort of the exception object thrown
matches the sort of the exception object it can handle.

●● If run-time system looks for all the methods on call stack and couldn’t have locate
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the acceptable handler then run-time system handover the Exception Object to
default exception handler, which is a module of run-time system. This exception
handler prints the exception details within the following format and ends the
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program unusually.
// Example to show how exception is thrown.
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class ThrowsExecpDemo{
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Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerException
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The call stack and searching the call stack for exception handler.
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class ExceptionThrowndemo
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static int divideByZero(int x, int y){
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int i = x/y;
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return i;

static int computeDivision(int x, int y) {

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int a =0;
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a = divideByZero(x,y);
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int y = 0;
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int i = computeDivision(x,y);
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System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
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Output
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/ by zero.
Customized Exception Handling:

Java exception handling is managed with the help of 5 keywords: try, catch, throw,
throws, and finally.
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●● Program statements thatadeveloper can think raise exceptions are controlled

within a try block.

●● If an exception comes under the try block, it is thrown.

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●● Developer code can catch this exception (using catch block) and figure out in
some rational manner.
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●● System-generated exceptions are mechanically thrown by the Java run-time
system.
●● If a developer wants to manually throw an exception, then he/she must use the
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keyword throw.
●● Any exception that is thrown out of a method must be specified as such by a
throws clause.
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●● Any code that completely must be executed or run after a try block completes is
put in a finally block.
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in debugging, Developer will usually want to handle an exception by himself/herself.

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Most users would be puzzled (to say the least) if your program stopped executing
and printed a stack trace at any time an error occurred! Luckily, it is very easy to stop it.
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To safeguard against and handle a run-time error, simply put that set of code that
you want to monitor inside a try block. Right away following the try block, includes a
catch clause that provides the information of exception type that you wish to catch. To
demonstrate how simply this can be achieved, the following program code includes
a try block and a catch clause that executes the ArithmeticException created by the
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division-by-zero error:
class Excdemo {

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int x, y;
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y = 24 / x;
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System.out.println(“Error.”);
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System.out.println(“Division by zero.”);
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System.out.println(“After catch statement.”);
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executed. Once an exception is thrown, program control put it out of the try block to the
catch block.
In other words, catch is not “called,” so execution never “returns” to the try block
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from a catch. Thus, the line “Error.” is not displayed. Once the catch statement has
executed, program control continues the execution with the next line in the program to
follow the entire try/catch instrument.
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exceptional condition and then continue to execute the program as if the error had
never happened.
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For example, in the next program each iteration of the for loop obtains two arbitrary
integers. Those two integers are then divided by each other, and the result is used
to divide the value 34567. The final result is put into ABC. If either division operation
causes a divide-by-zero error, it is caught, the value of ABC is set to zero, and the
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program continues.
//How to Handle an exception and move on.
import java.util.Random;
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x = 56789 / (y/z);
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System.out.println(“Division by zero.”);
x = 0; // set a to zero and continue to the program
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System.out.println(“x: “ + x);
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Handling Arithmetic Exception with a different type of exception class

(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException).
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public class TryCatchExampledemo {

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public static void main(String[] args) {
try
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int data=25/0;
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a single piece of code. To tackle this, developer can specify two or more catch clauses,
each catching a type of exception which is raised. When an exception is thrown, each
catch statement is inspected in order, and whichever the first one whose type matches
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that of the resulting exception is get executed. After one of the catch statements gets
executes, the others are automatically bypassed, and execution continues will run after
the try/catch block.
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class MultiCatchdemo {

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int z[] = { 1 };
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} catch(ArithmeticException e) {

System.out.println(“Divide by 0: “ + e);
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System.out.println(“After try/catch blocks.”);
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}
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This code will cause a division-by-zero exception if it is initiated with no command
line arguments, since x will equal zero. It will endure the division if you give a
command-line argument, setting x to something more than zero. But it will cause an
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ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, since the int array z has a length of 1, yet the
program attempts to assign a value to z[42].
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C:\>java MultiCatch
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Divide by 0: java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
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After try/catch blocks.
C:\>java MultiCatchTestArg
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After try/catch blocks.
When a developer use more than one catch statements, it is vital to keep in mind
that exception subclasses must come before any of their superclasses. It is because a
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catch statement that uses a superclass will grasp exceptions of that type plus any of its
subclasses. Thus, a subclass would never be executes if it is came after superclass.
additional, in Javalanguage,a unreachable code is lead to an error.
For example:
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class SuperSubCatch {

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try {
int x = 0;
int y = 42 / a;
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} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println(“Generic Exception catch.”);

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/*ArithmeticException is a subclass of Exception that’s why this catch never get
executed */
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Flowchart for Multi-Catch Block:
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Java defines different types of exceptions that narrate to its various class libraries.
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Java also allows a developer to define and create their own exceptions. In java
exceptions are majorly categorized into two types:
◌◌ Built-In Exception
◌◌ User Defined Exception
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Nullpointerexception:
//Program for NullPointerException
class NullPointer_Demo
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{
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String a = null; //null value
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System.out.println(a.charAt(0));
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System.out.println(“NullPointerException..”);
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NullPointerException..
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StringIndexOutOfBound Exception
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System.out.println(“StringIndexOutOfBoundsException”);
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StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
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FileNotFound Exception
//Program forFileNotFoundException

import java.io.File;
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import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
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class File_notFound_Demo {
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FileReaderfr = new FileReader(file);
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File does not exist
2. User-Defined Exception: There are situation where the built-in exceptions in Java
are not able to describe a certain issues. In those cases, developer needs to create
exceptions which are called ‘user-defined Exceptions’.
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Example for user defined Exception
// Program for user defined exception

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class MyException extends Exception
//store account information
private static int accno[] = {101, 102, 103, 104};

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private static String name[] =

{“Nisha”, “Shubham”, “Sushant”, “Abhinav”, “Avni”};

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private static double bal[] =
{20000.00, 22000.00, 4600.0, 888.00, 1133.55};
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MyException() { }
MyException(String str) { super(str); }
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// write main()
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{
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// display the Table heading
System.out.println(“ACCNO” + “\t” + “CUSTOMER NAME” +”\t” + “ACC

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RunTime Error
MyException: Balance is less than 1000

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at MyException.main(fileProperty.java:36)
ACCNO CUSTOMER NAME ACC BALANCE
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101 Nisha 20000.0
102 Shubham 22000.0
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103 Sushant 4600.0
104 Abhinav 888.0
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import java.util.*;
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2.2.5 throw v/s throws and final v/s finally clause
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Difference between throw v/s throws
Throw Throws
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Java throw keyword is used throw Java throws keyword is used in the method
an exception explicitly in the code, signature to declare an exception which might
inside the function or the block of be thrown by the function while the execution
code. of the code.
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propagate unchecked exception ke, checked and unchecked exceptions. However,
the checked exception cannot be the throws keyword can be used to propagate
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checked exceptions only
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The throw keyword is followed by an The throws keyword is followed by class
instance of Exception to be thrown. names of Exceptions to be thrown.
throw is used within the method. throws is used with the method signature.
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exception at a time ie, we cannot throws keyword that can be thrown by
throw multiple exceptions. the method. For example, main() throws
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IOException, SQLException.
Difference between final v/s finally
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modifier which is used to apply to execute the important code whether the
restrictions on a class, method or exception occurs or not.
variable.
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Final keyword is used with the Finally block is always related to the try and
classes, methods and variables. catch block in exception handling.
Once declared final variable finally block runs the important code even if
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final method cannot be overridden by finally block cleans up all the resources used
sub class. in try block
Final method is executed only when Finally block is executed as soon as the try-
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we call it. catch block is executed. It’s execution is not

dependant on the exception.


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_____________________ .
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where exception was occurred. This ordered list of the methods is named Call
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3. There are cases where one can found more than one exception could be raised by
a single piece of code is called catching _________________________ .
4. Java _________________________ is used to throw an exception explicitly in the
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code, inside the function or block of code.
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●● The java.lang.Throwable class is the root class of Java Exception hierarchy
inherited by two subclasses: Exception and Error.
●● All exception and errors types are sub classes of class Throwable, which is base
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class of hierarchy. One branch is headed by Exception. This class is used for
exceptional conditions that user programs should catch.
●● The run-time system searches the decision stack for the tactic that contains
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Exception handler.
●● The run-time system begins by looking at the method in which the exception
occurred and proceeds through the call stack in the reverse order in which the
methods were called.
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handler defines itself as the type of exception object thrown matches the type of
exception object it can handle.
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●● If the run-time system searches all methods on the call stack and cannot find
an acceptable handler, the Exception Object is passed to the run-time system’s
default exception handler, which is a module. This exception handler prints the
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exception details in the format shown below and terminates the programme in an
unusual way.
●● When a developer use more than one catch statements, it is vital to keep in
mind that exception subclasses must come before any of their superclasses. It is
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because a catch statement that uses a superclass will grasp exceptions of that
type plus any of its subclasses.
●● The throw keyword in Java is used to explicitly throw an exception from a method
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or any block of code. We can throw either checked or unchecked exception. The
throw keyword is mainly used to throw custom exceptions.
Activity
1. Create a program to handle exception using try catch block?
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1. What do you understand from the word Exceptions?
2. How ro handle Exception using Try-Catch
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3. How to catch Multiple Exceptions
4. Define various types of Exceptions
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5. What are the difference between final vs finally clause?
6. What are the difference between throw vs throws?
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Glossary
●● JVM: Java virtual Machine
●● Built-in Exceptions: Built-in exceptions are the pre-defined exceptions which are
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already exist in Java libraries.
●● ArithmeticException: It is thrown when an exceptional condition has occurred in an
arithmetic operation.
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●● ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: It is thrown to indicate that an array has been
accessed with an illegal index. The index is either negative or greater than or
equal to the size of the array.
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whose definition is not found
●● FileNotFoundException: This Exception is raised when a file is not accessible or
does not open.
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●● IOException: It is thrown when an input-output operation failed or interrupted

●● InterruptedException: It is thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or doing
some processing, and it is interrupted.
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●● NoSuchFieldException: It is thrown when a class does not contain the field (or
variable) specified
●● NoSuchMethodException: It is thrown when accessing a method which is not
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found.
●● NullPointerException: This exception is raised when referring to the members of a
null object. Null represents nothing
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●● NumberFormatException: This exception is raised when a method could not

convert a string into a numeric format.
●● RuntimeException: This represents any exception which occurs during runtime.
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●● StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: It is thrown by String class methods to

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Further Readings:
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2. Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Eighth Edition, Herbert Schildt
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1. runtime errors
2. Stack
3. multiple exceptions
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Unit - 2.3 : Throwing Exceptions

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●● How to implement finally, throw & throws
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●● Basics of throwing exceptions
●● Explain Java’s built-in Exceptions
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●● How to write Exception Subclasses
●● How to Implement of Exception Handling Mechanism.
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In Java, exceptions allows us to write good quality codes where the errors are
checked at the compile time instead of runtime and we can create custom exceptions
making the code recovery and debugging easier.
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user inputs, server, etc.
We can throw either checked or unchecked exceptions in Java by throw keyword. It is mainly
used to throw a custom exception. We will discuss custom exceptions later in this section.
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2.3.1 Implementation of throws, finally and throw
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If a method is able of causing an exception that it does not able to handle, it must
told this behavior so that callers of the method can protect themselves against that
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definition. A throws clause lists the all the types of exceptions that a method can throw.
This is essential for all the exceptions, except those of type Error or
RuntimeException, or any of their subclasses. All other exceptions that a method can
caused must be defined in the throws clause. If they are not defined, then a compile-
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type method-name(parameter-list) throws exception-list
// body of method
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Exception list contains all the possible exception that a program can throw and
separated by commas.

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class ThrowsDemo {
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This particular code does not provide a throws clause hence the program will not
compile.
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class ThrowsDemo {
static void throwOnedemo() throws IllegalAccessException {

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caught java.lang.IllegalAccessException: demo

Finally
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When exceptions are thrown, execution in a method takes a rather unexpected and
nonlinear way that changes flow through the method. Depending upon how the method
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is coded by developer, it is also possible for an exception to root the method to return
ahead of time. This could be an issue in methods. For example, if a method opens a
file in starting and closes it upon the end, then developer will not want the code that
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closes the file to be through by the exception-handling mechanism. The finally keyword
is designed to address this issue.
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Usage of Finally:
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1. Exception does not occur:

class TestFinallyBlockdemo {
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int data=30/6;

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//executed regardless of exception occurred or not
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System.out.println(“finally executed”);
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Inside Try Block
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Exception in thread :main” java.lang.ArithmeticExceptio: /by zero at
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Throw
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run-time system. Though, it is possible for a developer code to throw an exception

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explicitly, using the throw statement. The syntax of throw:
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The flow of program execution stops as soon as the throw statement; any further
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code statements are not executed. The adjoining try block is checked to see if it has
any catch statement that matches the type of exception defined by user. If it does find
a match, control is transferred to that statement. If not, then the next enclosing try
statement is checked, and so on. If no similar catch is found, then the default exception
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handler stops the program and prints the stack trace.
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an exception context and then calls demoprocthrow( ). The demoprocthrow( ) method
then sets up another exceptionhandling context and instantly throws a new instance of
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NullPointerException, which is caught on the next line.

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A Java exception is an object that describes an exceptional state that has occurred
while running a piece of program code. When an exceptional situation arises, an
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object which represents that exception is made and thrown within the method that
has caused the issue or error. That method may prefer to handle the exception itself,
or pass it on. At some point, the exception will be caught and processed. Exceptions
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are often generated by the Java run-time system, or they will be manually generated
by developer code. Exceptions thrown by Java language relate to basic errors that
violate the principles of the Java language or the constraints of the Java development
environment. Manually generated exceptions are typically wont to report some error
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condition to the caller of a way.
Java exception handling is handled with the help 5 keywords: try, catch, throw,
throws, and finally. Briefly, here is how they work.
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classes. The most common of these exceptions are subclasses of the ordinary type
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unchecked exception.
Checked Exception:Checked exceptions are also defined compile-time exceptions.

These exception are checked by the compiler at time of compiling the code. The
compiler make sure that the developer handles the exception or not. The developer
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need to check the exception upfront else it show the compiler error.
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Exception Meaning
Class Not Found Exception Class not found.
Clone Not Supported Attempt to clone an object that does not
Exception implement the Cloneable interface.
Illegal Access Exception Access to a class is denied.
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Instantiation Exception Attempt to create an object of an abstract class

or interface.

Interrupted Exception One thread has been interrupted by another

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No Such Field Exception A requested field does not exists.
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No Such Method Exception A requested method does not exists.
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import java.io.*;
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class CheckedExceptionExample {
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●● The close() method also throws the IOException.
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1. The exceptions occur in the main method. We can remove these compilation errors
by defining the exception in the main method using the throws keywords. We only
need to declare the IOException, not FileNotFoundException, because of the
relationship between these two exceptions. TheFileNotFoundExceptionclass is the

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child class ofIOException, so this exception will cover by IOException. Developer
need to define in following way
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int m;
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Unchecked Exceptions: The unchecked exceptions are contradictory to checked
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exceptions. The exceptions will not be checked at compile time by the compiler. If a
program shows an unchecked exception, and even if the developer didn’t handle or
define it, the code will not give a compilation error. Typically, it occurs when the user
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gives wrong data through the interaction with the program.
Exception Meaning
Arithmetic Exception
Array Index Out Of Bounds
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ClassCastException Invalid cast.
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Enum Constant Not Present An attempt is made to use an undefined

Exception enumeration value.
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unlocked thread.
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Illegal Thread State Exception Requested operation not compatible with current
thread state.
Index Out Of Bounds Some type of index is out-of-bounds.
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Negative Array Size Exception Array created with a negative size
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Null Pointer Exception Invalid use of a null reference.

Number Format Exception Invalid conversion of a string to a numeric
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Security Exception Attempt to violate security.

String Index Out Of Bounds Attempt to index outside the bounds of a string.
Type Not Present Exception Type not found.
Unsupported Operation An unsupported operation was encountered.
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Exception
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class UncheckedExceptiondemo {
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int result = a/zero;
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has length of 6. This program will not show any compilation error but at the runt time it
will showArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.
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As we know Java’s built-in exceptions handle most of the common errors,
but sometimes developer will probably want to create his/her own exception types
to handle situations specific to his/her applications. This is very simple to do in java
developer just needs to declare a subclass of Exception (which is, of course, a subclass
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of Throwable). Your subclasses don’t need to do anything—it’s existence in the type
system is permits developer to utilize them as exceptions.
The Exception class does not declare any methods by themselves. It only inherit
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those methods given by Throwable. Therefore, all exceptions including those that a
developer states have the methods declared by Throwable available to them. Some
common methods defined by throwable are below in table.
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Throwable fill in Stack Trace() Returns a Throwable object that contains a
completed stack trace. This object can be
rethrown.
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Throwable get Cause() Returns the exception that underlies the current
exception. If there is no underlying exception, null
is returned.
String get Localized Message() Returns a localized description of the exception.
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String get Message() Returns a description of the exception.

Stack Trace Element[] get Stack Returns an array that contains the stack
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StackTraceElement The method at the top of

the stack is the last method called before the
exception was thrown. This method is found in the
first element of the array. The StackTraceElement
class gives your program access to information
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about each element in the trace, such as its

method name.
Throwable in it Cause Associates causeExc with the invoking exception
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(Throwable cause Exc) as a cause of the invoking exception Returns a

reference to the exception.
void print Stack Trace() Displays the stack trace
void print Stack Trace (Print Sends the stack trace to the specified stream
Stream stream)
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void print Stack Trace (Print Sends the stack trace to the specified stream.
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Writer stream)
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void set Stack Trace (Stack Sets the stack trace to the elements passed
Trace Element in elements[]) elements. This method is for
specialized applications not normal use.
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String to String() Returns a String object containing a description
of the exception This method is called by printin()
when outputting a Throwable object.
Developer want to override one or more of these methods in exception classes that
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he/she creates.
Exception defines 4 constructors. Two were added by JDK 1.4 to support chained
exceptions.The other two are:
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Exception(String msg)
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The first form represents an exception that has no explanation. The second form
lets developer specify an explanation of the exception.
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helpful, from time to time it is better to override toString( ). The version of toString( )
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defined by Throwable (and incorporatedby Exception) first shows the name of the
exception and follows by a colon, which is then followed by developers explanation. By
overriding toString( ), developer can stop prevent the exception name and colon from
being displayed. This will make a code for a cleaner output, which is pleasing in some
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cases.
Example to show whatever we discussed above:

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class MyExceptiondemo extends Exception {
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class ExceptionDemo1 {
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System.out.println(“Called calculate(“ + a + “)”);
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System.out.println(“Normal exit”);
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calculate(2);
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Called calculate(2)
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Caught MyException[22]
This code declares a subclass of Exception called MyExceptiondemo. It has only

one constructor plus an overloadedtoString( ) method that shows the significance of
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the exception. The ExceptionDemo1 class declares a method named calculate( ) that
throws a MyExceptiondemo object. The exception is thrown when calculate( )’s integer
parameter is greater than 10. The main( ) method sets up an exception handler for
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MyExceptiondemo, then calls calaculate( ) with a legal value (less than 10) and an
illegal one to show both paths through the code.
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the exception subsystem: chained exceptions. The chained exception attribute allows
developer to attach another exception with an exception. This second exception defines
the reason of the first exception.
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For example, Think of a situation in which a method throws an ArithmeticException

because of user attempt to divide by zero. Though, the actual reason of the trouble was
that an I/O error occurred, which raised the divisor to be set improperly. Even though
the method mostlythrow an ArithmeticException, as that is the error that happened,
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developer might also want to let the calling code know that the fundamental cause was
an I/O error. Chained exceptions enable developer to handle this, and any other cases
in which layers of exceptions presents.

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Throwable directory. Those are:
Throwable getCause( )
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Throwable initCause(Throwable causeExc)
The getCause( ) method returns the exception that is within the present
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exception. If there is no within exception, null is returned. The initCause( ) technique
acquaintances causeExc with the invokngexception and returns a reference to the other
exception. Thus, a developer can link a cause with an exception after the exception has
been shaped. However, it can be set only once. Thus, developer can call initCause( )
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only one time for each exception object.
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Caught: java.lang.NullPointerException: top tier
Original cause: java.lang.ArithmeticException: Reason

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a cause exception, ArithmeticException. When the exception is thrown out of
demoexception( ), it is caught by main( ). There, the top-level exception is showed,
followed by the within exception, which is obtained by calling getCause( ).
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Exception handling provides developer a powerful mechanism for scheming
complex programs that have many vibrant run-time properties. It is significant to
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think of try, throw, and catch as unsoiled ways to tackle errors and unusual boundary
conditions in developers program’s logic. In other languages in which error return codes
are used to specify failure, Java language uses exceptions. Thus, when a method
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cannot execute or compile, it throw an exception. This is a nice way to tackle any failure
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One last thing to remember Java’s exception-handling statements should not be
measured as universal mechanism for nonlocal branching. If developers do so, it will
get developer code more confusing and make it hard to maintain.
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1. A Java ___________________ is an object that describes an exceptional state that
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has occurred while running a piece of program code.

2. Checked exceptions are also defined as ____________________ exceptions.
3. The ________________________ attribute allows developer to attach another
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exception with an exception.

4. To permits chained exceptions, two constructors and methods were added to Throwable
directory. Those are _______________________ and _____________________.
5. Exception handling provides developer a powerful mechanism for scheming complex
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programs that have many vibrant ________________________ properties.
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●● When exceptions are thrown, execution in a method takes a rather unexpected

and nonlinear way that changes flow through the method. Depending upon how
the method is coded by developer, it is also possible for an exception to root the
method to return ahead of time.
●● When an exceptional situation arises, an object which represents that exception
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is made and thrown within the method that has caused the issue or error. That
method may prefer to handle the exception itself, or pass it on.

●● The unchecked exceptions are contradictory to checked exceptions. The

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exceptions will not be checked at compile time by the compiler. If a program shows
an unchecked exception, and even if the developer didn’t handle or define it, the
code will not give a compilation error. Typically, it occurs when the user gives
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wrong data through the interaction with the program.
●● Java’s exception-handling statements should not be measured as universal
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mechanism for nonlocal branching. If developers do so, it will get developer code
more confusing and make it hard to maintain.
Activity
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2. Define the fundamentals of throwing exceptions?
3. What are Java’s built-in Exceptions? And define the various types?
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4. How a developer can write Exception Subclasses?
5. Define implementation of Exception Handling Mechanism?
Glossary
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Class Not Found Exception Class not found.
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Clone Not Supported Attempt to clone an object that does not

Exception implement the Cloneable interface.
Illegal Access Exception Access to a class is denied.
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Instantiation Exception Attempt to create an object of an abstract class

or interface.
Interrupted Exception One thread has been interrupted by another
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thread.
No Such Field Exception A requested field does not exists.
No Such Method Exception A requested method does not exists.
Exception Meaning
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Arithmetic Exception Arithmetic error, such as divide-by-zero.

Array Index Out Of Bounds Array index is out-of-bounds.
Exception
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Array Store Exception Assignment to an array element of an

incompatible type.
ClassCastException Invalid cast.
Enum Constant Not Present An attempt is made to use an undefined
Exception enumeration value.
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Illegal Argument Exception Illegal argument used to invoke a method.

Illegal Monitor State Exception Illegal monitor operation, such as waiting on an

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unlocked thread.
Illegal State Exception Environment or application is in incorrect state.
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Illegal Thread State Exception Requested operation not compatible with current
thread state.
Index Out Of Bounds Some type of index is out-of-bounds.
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Exception
Negative Array Size Exception Array created with a negative size
Null Pointer Exception Invalid use of a null reference.
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Number Format Exception Invalid conversion of a string to a numeric
format.
Security Exception Attempt to violate security.
String Index Out Of Bounds Attempt to index outside the bounds of a string.
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Type Not Present Exception Type not found.
Unsupported Operation An unsupported operation was encountered.
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Further Readings:
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Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Eighth Edition, Herbert Schildt
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Module - 3: Package and Exception in Java

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Structure:
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3.1.1 Constructors
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3.1.5 order of invocation of constructors
3.2 Wrapper classes and String class
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3.2.2 Strings and Characters : Fundamentals of Characters and Strings
3.2.3 The String Class , String Operations
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●● What are Constructors
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●● Description of Object & Object Reference
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●● How to Implement Constructors in Inheritance
●● Order of invocation of constructors
Introduction
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It can be tedious task to initialize all of the variables in a class each time when
a developer creates an instance. Even when developer add convenience functions
like setDim( ), it would be easier and more precise to have all of the arrangement
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done at the time the object creation. Because the specification for initialization is so
regular, Java language permits objects to initialize themselves when they are created.
This automatic initialization is done with help of the use of a constructor. A constructor
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initializes an object instantly ahead of creation. It has the similar name as the class in
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which it stays and is syntactically same to a method. Once defined, the constructor is
automatically called immediately after the object is created, before the new operator
completes. Constructors look a little different because they don’t have any return type,
not even the void because the inherent return type of a class’ constructor is always the
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class type itself.
3.1.1 Constructors
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in our programs. So basically if we look deeper we forever were defining variables and
later on the code we initializing them. Java language being object-oriented developer’s
goal is to bring code closer to real-world where developer can create objects now
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somebody is needed to inspect the construction of these objects to get to how they are
within working.
Animal Lion = new Animal() ;

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int, char, float, etc so essentially we need to initialize these objects as per specification.
Developers can have multiple types of constructors.
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Now you must be thinking that they were unaware of this idea still they were
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successfully able to execute programs. The answer is simple as there is always a
default constructor which have an empty body which is automatically been called, if
there were no constructor is written that is the reason behind the successful initialization
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of objects at the backend. Now you must be wondering if this constructor is calling itself
accordingly then why there is the requirement for multiple constructors.
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Let’s look an example to understand it more:
/* Here, Table uses a constructor to initialize the
Dimensions of a Table.
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class Table {
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double height;
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double depth;
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Table() {
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depth = 10;
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class TableDemo {
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Table myTable1 = new Table();

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Table table = new table ();
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vol = myTable1.volume();
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When this program is run, it generates the following results:
Constructing Table
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Constructing Table
Volume is 1000.0
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Volume is 1000.0
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constructor when they were created. Since the constructor gives all Tables the same
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dimensions, 10 by 10 by 10, both myTable1 and myTable2 will have the same volume.
The println( ) statement inside Table( ) is for the sake of understanding only. Most of the
constructors will not show anything. They will only create an object.
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Developers can utilize this type to define objects of that type. On the other hand, getting
objects of a class is a two-step process.
1. Developer must define a variable of the class type. This variable not able to declare
an object. in its place, it is only a variable that can be used to refer to an object.
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2. Developer must obtain an actual, physical copy of the object and allocate it to that
variable. Developer is able to do this using the new operator.
The new operator animatedly assigns (that is, allocates at run time) memory for
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an object and transfers a reference to it. This reference is, more or less, the location in
memory of the object assigned by new. After this reference is stored in the variable. In
Java language all class objects must be dynamically assigned.
Example in a previous section, a line similar to the following is used to declare an

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object of type Table:
Table mytable = new Table;

This statement shows the two steps just described. It can also be written as :
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table mytable;
mytabel = new table;
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The first line declares myTable as a reference to an object of type Table. After this
line executes, myTable contains the value null, which indicates that it does not yet point
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to an actual object. Any attempt to use myTable at this point will result in a compile-time
error. The next line allocates an actual object and assigns a reference to it to myTable.
After the second line executes, you can use myTable as if it were a Table object. But in
reality, myTable simply holds the memory address of the actual Table object.
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A Closer Look at new
As just explained, the new operator dynamically assigns memory for an object. It
has this universal form:
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class-var = new classsection( );
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is the name of the class that is being instantiated. The class name followed by
parentheses defines the constructor for the class.
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integers or characters. Because Java’s primitive data types are not carry out as objects.
Somewhat, they are carry out as “normal” variables. It increases the efficiency of code.
Objects have different characteristics and attribute that need Java language to treat
them in a different way than it used to treats the primitive data types. By not giving the
similar transparency to the primitive types of data that applies to objects, Java language
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can carry out the primitive types of data more efficiently.
It is significant to recognize that new allocates memory for an object during

execution time. The benefit of this thinking is that developer program can create as
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many or as few objects as it requires during the run time of developer program. Though,
since memory is limited, it is likely that new will not be able to assign location for an
object because inadequate memory exists. If this happens, a run-time exception will
occur. For the sample codes in this book, you won’t need to think about running out of
memory, but it is important to consider this possibility in real-world programs that you
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write.

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Object reference variables act in a different way than you might expect when a
project takes place. For example, what do you think the following statement does?
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Table a1 = new Table();
Table a2 = a1;
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You might think that a2 is being assigned a reference to a copy of the object
referred to by a1. That is, you might think that a1 and a2 refer to separate objects. But,
this would be wrong. In its place, after this statement executes, a1 and a2 will both refer
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to the same object. The assignment of a1 to a2 did not assign any location copy any
part of the original object. It simply makes a2 refer to the same object as a1. So, any
changes made to the object through a2 will automatically affect the object to which a1 is
referring, since they are the same object. The circumstance is depicted here:
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other way. For example, a subsequent task to a1 will simply unhook a1 from the original
object without upsetting the object or upsetting a2. For example:
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Table a2 = a1;
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Comparison between Object and reference:

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Parameter of Object Reference
Comparison
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Basic definition It is the instance of a class A simply memory reference
and all the elements it that points to where the
contains are based on the object is stored in memory
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blueprint of the class. slot.
Format for creation There is a simple format The memory reference is
for creation of an object created alongside object.
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ClassName It is used in the format for
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new ClassName(with a variable name
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variables based on the bits that store the address
class. of the object.
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behaviors that can be value cannot be changed.
changed, i.e., the state of It can only remain as
the object can be changed. the data type that it was
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Virtual meaning It is a real world entity It is nothing but a variable
that holds some form of name, which has no real
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A constructor that has parameters in it is called as parameterized constructor.
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While the Table( ) constructor in the previous example does initialize a Table object,
it will be not very useful if all Tables have the different dimensions. What is needed is

a way to construct Table objects of various dimensions. The simple way out is to add
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parameters to the constructor.
For example, the following version of Table defines a parameterized constructor
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that sets the dimensions of a Table as specified by those parameters.
/* Here, Table uses a parameterized constructor todimensions of a Table.
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*/
class Table {
double width;
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double height;
double depth;
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// This is the constructor for Table.
Table(double w, double h, double d) {
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width = w;
height = h;
depth = d;
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// compute and return volume
double volume() {
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class TableDemo7 {

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Table myTable1 = new Table(5, 20, 15);
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// get volume of first Table
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// get volume of second Table
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}
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The output from this program is shown here:
Volume is 1500.0
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Volume is 216.0
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parameters to its constructor. For example,
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the object. Thus, myTable1’s copy of width, height, and depth will contain the values 5,
20, and 15, respectively.
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Another example for understanding Parameterized Constructors using string:
import java.io.*;
class Demo {
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// data members of the class.
String name;
int id;
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Demo(String name, int id)
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this.name = name;
this.id = id;
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// Class 2
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class Demo1 {
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Demo Demo1 = new Demo(“Rituj”, 5);

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System.out.println(“DemoName :” + Demo1.name
+ “ and DemoId :” + Demo1.id);
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Rituj and Demoid: 5
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2. Default Constructor
A constructor that has no parameter in it is known as the default constructor or No-
argument constructor. Default constructor gives the default values to the object which
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are 0, null, etc. based on their type.
Example for a default constructor:
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import java.io.*;
class demo
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int num;
String name;
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demo()
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Class demo1
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Demo Demo1 = new Demo();
System.out.println(Demo1.name);
System.out.println(Demo1.num);
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The this Keyword

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There are times when a method will require referring to the object that invoked it.
To permits this, Java language declares the ‘this’ keyword. ‘this’ can be used anywhere
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inside any method to symbolize to the current object. Specifically, ‘this’keyword is
always a reference to the object on which the method was called. Developer can use
‘this’ keyword anywhere a reference to an object of the current class type is acceptable.
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Table( ):
// A redundant use of this.
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this.width = w;
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this.height = h;
this.depth = d;
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}
This version of Table( ) operates exactly like the earlier version. The use of ‘this’
keyword is redundant,but perfectly correct. Inside Table( ), ‘this’ keyword will always
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refer to the invoking object. While it isredundant in this case, ‘this’ keyword is useful in
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other contexts, one of which is explained in the nextsection.
Instance Variable Hiding

As we know, it is not allowed in Java language to declare two local variables with
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the similar name insidethe same or enclosing scopes. Fascinatingly, developers can
have local variables, including formal parameters to methods, which can be related with
the names of the class’ instance variables. Still,when a local variable has the similar
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name as of an instance variable, the local variable hides theinstance variable. This is
because in previous example of table width, height, and depth were not used as the
names of the parameters to the Table( ) constructor inside the Table class. If they
had been, then width wouldhave referred to the formal parameter, hiding the instance
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variable width. It is usually to easier use different name, there is another solution to this
situation. Because this lets developer to refer directly to the object, developer can use
this to resolve any name space complication that may arise between instance variables
and local variables.
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For example, here is another version of Table( ), which uses width, height, and
depth for parameter names and then usesthis to access the instance variables by the
similar name:
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Table(double width, double height, double depth) {
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
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this.depth = depth;

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developers are careful not to use any local variables and formal parameter names
thathide instance variables. Certainly, other developers believe the contrary—that it
is a goodconvention to use the same names for clarity, and use this to overcome the
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instance variable hiding. It is a matter of choice which approach a developer adopts.
Garbage Collection
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Since objects are dynamically assigned by using the new operator, you might
be intersted how such objects are destroyed and their memory released for further
allocation. In some languages, such as C++, dynamically assigned objects must be
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manually free by use of a delete operator.
Java language takes an unusual approach; it tackles reallocation for developer

automatically. The technique that completes this is called garbage collection. It
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executes like this: when there no references to an object, that object is considered as
that it will no longer required, and the memory engaged by the object can be assigned
to someone else.
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There is no explicit want to destroy objects as a developer required in C++.
Garbage collection only occurs sporadically (if at all) during the execution of a
developer program. It will not occur when one or more objects exist that are no longer
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used by developer. In addition, different Java run-time implementations will take
different approaches to garbage collection, but for the most part, developer should not
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have to consider about it while writing his/her codes.

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While implementing inheritance in a Java program, every class should have its own
constructor. Hence the execution of the constructors initiate after the object initialization.
It follows a certain series according to the class hierarchy. There can be diverse orders
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of execution based on the type of inheritance.
1. Order of execution of constructor in Single inheritance:

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FatherClass()
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/* Son Class */
class SonClass extends FatherClass

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/* Constructor */
SonClass()
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{
System.out.println(“SonClass constructor executed.”);
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public class OrderofExecution1
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/* Driver Code */
public static void main(String ar[])
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{
/* Create instance of SonClass */
System.out.println(“Order of constructor execution...”);
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new SonClass();
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constructor is invoked first and then the SonClass.
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class Hospital
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Hospital()
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System.out.println(“Hospital constructor executed”);
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class Department extends Hospital

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/* Constructor */
Department()
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{
System.out.println(“Department constructor executed”);
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class Patient extends Department
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/* Constructor */
Patient()
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System.out.println(“Patient constructor executed”);
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{
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/* Driver Code */

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/* Create instance of Patient class */
System.out.println(“Order of constructor execution in Multilevel inheritance...”);

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new Patient();
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constructors of Hospital, Department and Patient accordingly.
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/* Default constructor */
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this(“CallParam”);
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System.out.println(“Default constructor executed.”);
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/* Parameterized constructor */
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System.out.println(“Parameterized constructor executed.”);
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OrderofExecution3 obj = new OrderofExecution3();
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A child class constructor or method can use the base class constructor or method
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/* Parent Class */
class ParentClass
int a;
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class ChildClass extends ParentClass
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int b;
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void Show()
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System.out.println(“Value of a : “+a+”\nValue of b : “+b);
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/* Driver Code */
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‘super’ keyword that decides the order of execution of constructors.
3.1.5 Order of invocation of constructors
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When a class hierarchy is constructed, in which order are the constructors for
the classes that create up the hierarchy called. For example, given a subclass called
B and a superclass called A, is A’s constructor called before B’s, or vice versa? The
answer is that in a class hierarchy, constructors are invoked in order of derivation,
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from superclass to subclass. Further, since super( ) must be the first expression to
get executed in a subclass’ constructor, this order is the similar whether or not super(
) is utilized. If super( ) is not utilized, then the default or parameter less constructor of
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every superclass will be executed. The below code exemplify when constructors are
executed:
class ABC {
ABC() {
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class XYZ extends ABC {

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XYZ() {
System.out.println(“Inside XYZ’s constructor.”);
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class MNO extends XYZ {
MNO() {
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class CallingCons {

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MNO z = new MNO();

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Output
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Inside ABC’s constructor
Inside XYZ’s constructor
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As we can see, the constructors are invoked in order of derivation.
If you think about it, it creates sense that constructors are executed in order
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of derivation. Because a superclass has no information about any subclass, any
initialization it requires to carry out separate from and possibly prerequisite to any
initialization performed by the subclass. Hence, it have to be executed first.
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1. When developers create a class, developers are creating a new ______________ .
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2. The new operator dynamically assigns ______________________ for an object.
3. A constructor that has parameters in it is called as __________________________
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5. While implementing __________________________ in a Java program, every class
should have its own constructor.
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●● A constructor initializes an object instantly ahead of creation. It has the similar

name as the class in which it stays and is syntactically same to a method. Once
defined, the constructor is automatically called immediately after the object is
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created, before the new operator completes.

●● Objects have different characteristics and attribute that need Java language to
treat them in a different way than it used to treats the primitive data types. By not
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giving the similar transparency to the primitive types of data that applies to objects,
Java language can carry out the primitive types of data more efficiently.
●● There are times when a method will require referring to the object that invoked
it. To permits this, Java language declares the ‘this’ keyword. ‘this’ can be used
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anywhere inside any method to symbolize to the current object. Specifically, ‘this’
keyword is always a reference to the object on which the method was called.
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class type is acceptable.

●● Java language takes an unusual approach; it tackles reallocation for developer
automatically. The technique that completes this is called garbage collection. It
executes like this: when there no references to an object, that object is considered
as that it will no longer required, and the memory engaged by the object can be
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assigned to someone else.

●● While implementing inheritance in a Java program, every class should have its
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own constructor. Hence the execution of the constructors initiate after the object
initialization. It follows a certain series according to the class hierarchy.
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Activity
1. Create a program using constructor inheritance in exception?
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1. Define Constructors?
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2. What do you understand by Object & Object Reference?
3. Define various types of Constructors?
4. How to implement constructors in Inheritance?
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5. What do you mean by order of invocation of constructors?
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●● Object: It is the instance of class and all the elements it contains are based on the
blueprint of the class.
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Reference: A simple memory reference that points to where the object is stored in
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memory slot.
●● Constructor: Constructor is a terminology which has been use construct something
in our programs.
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Further Readings:
1. Constructor in Java: Constructor, Bhupendra Singh Mandloi
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2. Programming in Java, Sachin Malhotra

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Unit 3.2 : Wrapper classes and String class

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●● What are Wrapper Classes
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●● Basics of Characters and Strings
●● How we use string class and operation
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●● Data Conversion using Value Of ( ) Methods
Introduction
As we know, Java language uses primitive data types (also called simple types),
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such as int or float, to grasp the essential data types supported by the java language.
Primitive data types, rather than objects, are utilized for these quantities just for
the sake of performance. Using objects for these values would put in an intolerable
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overhead to even the easiest of calculations. Thus, the primitive data types are not part
of object hierarchy, and they do not able to inherit Object.
Despite the many performance advantage offered by the primitive data types, there
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are times when a developer will need an object representation. For example, you can’t
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pass a primitive data type by reference to a method. Also, many of the regular data
structures implemented by Java operate on objects, which means that developer can’t
use these data structures to save the primitive data types. To tackle these (and other)
situations, Java provides a solution i.e. type wrappers, which are classes that enclose a
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primitive data type within an object.

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A Wrapper class is a class whose object wraps or encapsulates primitive data

types. When we create an object to a wrapper class, it includes a field and in this
field, developer can store primitive data types. The wrapper class in Java provides the
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instrument to convert primitive data types into object and object into primitive data type.
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The eight classes of the java.lang package are recognized as wrapper classes in
Java.

List of wrapper classes are given below:

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Primitive Type Wrapper Class
boolean Boolean
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char Character
byte Byte
short Short
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int Onteger
long Long
float Float
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double Double
1. Character
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Character is a wrapper for a char. The constructor for Character is
Character(char a)
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At this point, ‘a’ specifies the character that will be wrapped by the Character object
being formed.
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char charValue( )
It will return the enclosed character.
2. Boolean
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Boolean is a wrapper for boolean values. It declares these constructors:
Boolean(booleanboolValue)
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Boolean(String boolString)
In first statement boolValue is either true or false. In the second statement, if

boolString includes the string “true” (in uppercase or lowercase), then the new Boolean
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object will betrue.ifboolString includes the string “false”then it will be false.
To get a boolean value from a Boolean object, developer needs to use

booleanValue( ), as describe below:
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booleanbooleanValue( )
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3. The Numeric Type Wrappers

Undoubtedly, the most regularly used type wrappers are those that symbolize
numeric values.These are Byte, Short, Integer, Long, Float, and Double. All of the
numeric type wrappers encapsulate the abstract class Number. Number defines
methods that return the value of anobject in each of the different number types. These
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methods are :
byte byteValue( )
double doubleValue( )
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float floatValue( )
int intValue( )
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long longValue( )
short shortValue( )
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For example, doubleValue( )always returns the value of an object as a double
data type, floatValue( ) always returns the value as a float data type, and so on. These
methods are used by each of the numeric type wrappers.
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All ofthe numeric type wrappers declare the constructors that permit an object to be
constructedfrom a given assessment, or a string depiction of that value. For example,
here are the constructors declares for Integer data type:
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Integer(int a)
Integer(String a)
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If a does not include an applicable numeric value, then a NumberFormatException
is thrown.
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Program to demonstrate the numeric type wrapper:
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// Demonstrate a type wrapper.
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Integer a = new Integer(30);
int x = a.intValue();
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System.out.println(x + “ “ + a);
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This program wraps the integer value 30 inside an Integer object called a. The
program then gets this value by calling intValue( ) and stores the result in x.
The procedure of encapsulating a value within an object is called boxing. Thus, in

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theabovecode,this line boxes the value 100 into an Integer:
Integer a = new Integer(100);

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The procedure of extracting a value from a type wrapper is called unboxing. For
example, the code unboxes the value in ‘a’ with this expression:
int x = a.intValue();
Autoboxing
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Beginning with Java Development Kit 5, Java language has further added two
important attributes: autoboxing and auto-unboxing. Autoboxing is the procedure by

which a primitive data type is without human intervention encapsulated (boxed) into its
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corresponding type wrapper whenever an object of that type is required. There is no
requirement to clearly construct an object.
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Auto-unboxing is the procedure by which the value of an encapsulated object
without human intervention is extracted (unboxed) from a type wrapper when its value
is required. There is no requirement to call a method such as doubleValue( ).
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The addition of autoboxing and auto-unboxing very much streamlines the coding
of more than a few algorithms, removing the boredom of manually boxing and unboxing
values. It also helps avert errors. Additionally, it is very significant to generics, which
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operates barely on objects
With autoboxing it is no longer essential to manually construct an object to wrap

a primitive data type. Developer need only allocate that value to a type-wrapper
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reference. Java automatically constructs the object for the developer. For example: A
developer in the modern way to construct an Integer object that has the value 30:
Integer a = 30;
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To unbox an object, simply allocates that object reference to a primitive-type
variable. For example, to unbox a, developer can use this statement:
int x = a;
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class AutoBoxdemo {

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Integer x = 100; // autobox an int
int i = x; // auto-unbox
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System.out.println(i + “ “ + iOb); // displays 100 100
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Autoboxing and Methods

Additionally to the simple case of assignments, autoboxing automatically comes
whenever a primitive data type must be transformed into an object; auto-unboxing
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takes place each time an object must be transformed into a primitive data type. Thus,
autoboxing/unboxing might come when an argument is transferred to a method, or
when a value is returned by a method
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Example
class AutoBoxdemo {
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// an int value;
static int a(Integer b) {

return b ; // auto-unbox to int

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// Pass an int to b() and assign the return value
Integer x = b(30);
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System.out.println(x);
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}
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30
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int output. Inside main( ), a( ) is passed the value 30. Because a( ) is expecting an
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Integer, this value is automatically boxed. Then, a( ) returns the int corresponding of
its argument. This causes b to be auto-unboxed. Next, this int value is assigned to x in
main( ), which causes the int return value to be autoboxed.
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Usually, autoboxing and unboxing occur whenever a conversion into an object
or froman object is necessary. This applies to expressions. Inside an expression, a
numeric object isautomatically unboxed. The outcome of the statement is reboxed, if
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required. For example,consider the following code:
// Autoboxing/unboxing occurs inside expressions.

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class AutoBoxdemo {
Integer a, b;
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int i;
x= 100;
System.out.println(“Original value of x: “ + x);

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// The following automatically unboxes x,performs the increment, and then reboxes
// the result back into x.

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++x;
System.out.println(“After ++x: “ + x);
// Here, x is unboxed, the expression isevaluated, and the result is reboxed and
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// assigned to b.
b = x+ (x/ 3);

System.out.println(“b after expression: “ + b);

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// The same expression is evaluated, but the
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i = x+ (x/ 3);
System.out.println(“i after expression: “ + i);
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}
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The output is shown here:
Original value of x: 100
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After ++x: 101
b after expression: 134
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In the program, pay special attention to this line:
++x;
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This causes the value in x to be incremented. It works like this: x is unboxed, the
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value is incremented, and the result is reboxed.
Auto-unboxing also permits developer to mix different types of numeric objects in a

statement. Once the values are unboxed, the normal type promotions and conversions
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are functional. For example, the following code is perfectly valid:
class AutoBoxdemo {

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Integer x= 200;
Double y = 98.6;
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y = y + x;
System.out.println(“Y after expression: “ + y);
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Y after expression: 298.6
As you can see, both the Double object y and the Integer object x participated in
the addition, and the result was reboxed and stored in y.
Because of auto-unboxing, you can use integer numeric objects to control a

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switchstatement. For example, consider this fragment:
Integer m = 2;
switch(m) {
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case 1: System.out.println(“one”);
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case 2: System.out.println(“two”);
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default: System.out.println(“error”);
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When the switch expression is checked, m is unboxed and its int value is obtained.
As in the code show above, because of autoboxing/unboxing, using numeric objects in
a statement is both instinctive and effortless.
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Autoboxing/Unboxing Boolean and Character Values
As described earlier, Javalanguage also provisions wrappers for boolean and char.
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These are Booleanand Character. Autoboxing/unboxing applies to these wrappers as
well.
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// Autoboxing/unboxing a Boolean and Character.
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class AutoBoxdemo {
// Autobox/unbox a boolean.
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if(x) System.out.println(“x is true”);
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Character ch = ‘x’; // box a char
char ch2 = ch; // unbox a char
System.out.println(“ch2 is “ + ch2);
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Output
x is true
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The most significant thing to notice about this code is the auto-unboxing of x
inside the if conditional statement. The conditional statement that controlsan if must
estimate to type boolean. Because of auto-unboxing, the boolean value included within
x is automatically unboxed when the conditional expression is checked. Therefore,

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withthe arrival of autoboxing/unboxing, a Boolean object can be used to control an if
declaration.
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Because of auto-unboxing, a Boolean object can now also be used to control
any of Java’s language loop expression. When a Boolean is used as the conditional
statement of a while, for, ordo/while, it is automatically unboxed into its boolean
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correspondent. For example, this is nowperfectly valid code:
Boolean x;
// ...
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while(x) { // ...
Autoboxing/Unboxing Helps Prevent Errors
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In addition to the convenience that it offers, autoboxing/unboxing can also help
preventerrors. For example, consider the following program:
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// An error produced by manual unboxing.
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Integer x = 1000; // autobox the value 1000
int y = x.byteValue(); // manually unbox as byte !!!
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This code shows not the predictable value of 1000, but –24! The reason is that the
valueinsidex is manually unboxed by calling byteValue( ), which causes the truncation
of thevalue stored in x, which is 1,000. This results in the garbage value of –24 being
allocated to y. Auto-unboxing prevents this type of error because the value in x will
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always autounbox into a value well-matched with int.
3.2.2 Strings and Characters: Fundamentals of Characters and

Strings
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In Java language a string is a series of characters. But, unlike many other

languages that implement strings as character arrays, Java language implements
strings as objects of type String. Executing strings as built-in objects allows Java
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language to provide a full complement of characteristics that make string handling

convenient and easy. For example, Java language has different methods to compare
two strings, search for a substring, concatenate two strings, and changes the case of
letters within a string.
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In addition, String objects can be constructed by developer in number of ways,

making it easy to find a string when required.
Somewhat unexpectedly, when developers create a String object, developer is

creating a string that cannot be altered. That means once a String object has been
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created, developer cannot modify the characters that include that string. At first, this
may seem to be a grave constraint. Though, it is not the case.
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Developers can still perform all kinds of string operations. The difference is
that each time developer need a distorted version of an existing string, a new String
object is produced that contains the changes. The original string is left unaltered. This
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perspective is used because fixed, immutable strings can be executed more efficiently
than changeable ones. For those cases in which a adaptable string is preferred, Java
provides two options: StringBuffer and StringBuilder. Both hold strings that can be
customized after they are created.
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The String class supports more than a few constructors. To make an empty String,
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developer calls the default constructor. For example,
String s = new String();
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Above code will create an instance of String with no characters in it.
Developer also wants to construct strings that have initial values. The String class
gives a diversity of constructors to handle this. To create a String initialized by an array
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of characters, use the constructor shown here:
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String(char chars[ ])
Example:
char chars[] = { ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘z’ };
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String a = new String(chars);
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following constructor:
String(char chars[ ], int start, int numCharsdemo)

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Here, start specifies the index at which the subrange begins, and numCharsdemo
specifies the number of characters to use.
Example:
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char charsdemo[] = { ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’, ‘f’ };
String z = new String(charsdemo, 3, 4, 5);

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This initializes z with the characters cde .
You can build a String object that includes the same character sequence as
another String object using this constructor:
String(String strObj)
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Here, strObj is a String object. Consider this example:

// Construct one String from another.

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class MakeStringdemo {
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char demo[] = {‘B’, ‘C’, ‘A’, };
String a1 = new String(demo);
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String a2 = new String(a1);
System.out.println(s1);
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System.out.println(s2);
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}
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BCA
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Although Java’s language char type uses 16 bits to symbolize the basic Unicode
character set, the distinctive arrangement for strings on the Internet uses arrays of
8-bit bytes constructed from the ASCII character set. Because 8-bit ASCII strings are
general, the String class gives constructors that initialize a string when given a byte
array. It be represent as
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String(byte asciiChars[ ])
String(byte asciiChars[ ], int startIndex, int numChars)

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Above in first statement asciiChars specifies the array of bytes. The second form
statement you to specify a subrange. In both these constructors, the byte-to-character
conversion is finished with the help of default character encoding of the platform. The
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following program shows these constructors:
// Construct string from subset of char array.
class SubStringCons {
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byte ascii[] = {65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 };

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String a1 = new String(ascii);
System.out.println(a1);
String a2 = new String(ascii, 2, 3);
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}
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Output
ABCDEF
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CDE
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Characters
In Java language, the data type characters used to store characters is char. Char
in Java language is not the same as char in C or C++. In C/C++ language char is 8
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bits wide. But in java language is not the case in Java. Instead, Java language uses
Unicode to symbolize characters. Unicode defines a fully international character set that
can represent all of the characters found in all human languages.
Java language needs 16 bits. Thus, in Java language char is a 16-bit type.
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The array of a char is 0 to 65,536. There are no negative chars. The normal set of
characters known as ASCII still ranges from 0 to 127 as forever, and the extensive 8-bit
character set, ISO-Latin-1, range from 0 to 255. Since Java language is designed to
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permits code to be written for worldwide use, it makes sense that it would use Unicode
to symbolize characters. Certainly, the use of Unicode is rather inefficient for languages
such as English, French Spanish, or Japanese, whose characters can with any trouble
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class CharDemo {

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char a1, a2;
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Output
a1 and a2: X Y
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Character Literals
Characters in Java language are indices into the Unicode character set. They are
16-bit values that can be transformed into integers and used with the integer operators,
such as the addition and subtraction operators. A literal character is symbolized inside
a pair of single quotes. All of the noticeable ASCII characters can be straight entered
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inside the quotes, such as ‘a’, ‘z’, and ‘@’. For characters that are not possible to enter
straight, there are quite a few escape sequences that permit developer to enter the

character developer require, such as ‘\’’ for the single-quote character itself and ‘\n’for
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the newline character.
\tEscape Sequence Description
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\ddd Octal character (ddd)
\uxxxx Hexadecimal Unicode character (xxxx)
\’ Single quote
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\” Double quote
\\ Backslash
\r Carriage return
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\n New line (also known as line feed)
\f Form feed
\t tab
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\b Backspace
Escape Sequence in character
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The constructor for Character is declared as:
Character(char a)
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created.
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below:
char charValue( )
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MAX_RADIX The largest radix

MIN_RADIX The smallest radix
MAX-VALUE The largest character value
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MIN_VALUE The smallest character value

TYPE The Class object for char
Characters also contain several static methods that categorize characters and
modify their case.
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Method Description
static boolean isDefined(char ch) Returns true if ch is defined by Unicode.
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Otherwise, it returns false.

static boolean isDigit(char ch) Returns true if ch is a digit. Otherwise, it
returns false.
static boolean Returns true if ch should be ignored in an
isIdentifierignorable(char ch) identifier. Otherwise, it returns false.
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static boolean isISOControl(char ch) Returns true if ch is an ISO control

character. Otherwise, it returns false.

static boolean Returns true if ch is allowed as part of a

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isjavaldentifierPart(char ch) Java identifier (other than the first character)
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static boolean Returns true if ch is allowed as the first
isJavaldentifierStart(char ch) character of a Java identifier Otherwise, it
returns false.
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static boolean isLetter(char ch) Returns true if ch is a letter. Otherwise, it
returns false.
static boolean isLetterOrDigit(char Returns true if ch is a letter or a digit.
ch) Otherwise, it returns false.
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static boolean isLowerCase(char ch) Returns true if ch is a lowercase letter.
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Method Description
static boolean isMirrored(char ch) Returns mirrored character is one reversed
for that displayed right-to-left
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static boolean isSpaceChar(char Returns true Unicode Otherwise, it returns
false
static boolean TitleCase(char ch) Returns true ch Unicode Otherwise, it
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Static boolean is Returns true ch allowed identifier (other than
UnicodeldentifierPart(char ch) the character) Otherwise, it returns false.
Static boolean is Returns true ch allowed of Unicode
UnicodeldentifierStart(char identifier. Otherwise, returns false
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Static boolean isUpperCase(char ch) Returns true ch uppercase letter. Otherwise,

it returns false.
Static boolean isWhitespace(char Returns true ch whitespace returns false.
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Static char to lower case (char ch) Returns lower case equivalent of ch.
Static char to Title Case (char ch) Returns title case equivalent of ch.
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Static char to Upper Case (char ch) Returns uppercase equivalent of ch.
Example using some of above methods

class Demochar {
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char x[] = {‘m’, ‘n’, ‘7’, ‘?’, ‘M’, ‘ ‘};

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for(int y=0; y<x.length; y++) {
if(Character.isDigit(x[y]))
System.out.println(x[y] + “ is a digit.”);
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if(Character.isLetter(x[y]))
System.out.println(x[y] + “ is a letter.”);

if(Character.isWhitespace(x[y]))
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System.out.println(x[y] + “ is whitespace.”);
if(Character.isUpperCase(x[y]))
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System.out.println(x[y] + “ is uppercase.”);
if(Character.isLowerCase(x[y]))
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System.out.println(x[y] + “ is lowercase.”);
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m is lowercase.
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7 is a digit.
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is whitespace.
Character declares two methods, forDigit( ) and digit( ), that enable developer to
convertbetween integer values and the digits they symbolize.
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static char forDigit(int a, int rx)
static int digit(char digit, int rx)

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In first statmentforDigit( ) returns the digit character associated with the value of
a. The radix of the conversion is specified by rx. In second statementdigit( ) returns
the integer value associated with the given character (which is presumably a digit)
according to the specified radix.
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Another method declared by Character is compareTo( ), which has the syntax:
int compareTo(Character a)
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It returns zero if the calling object and a have the same value. It returns a negative
value if the calling objects has a lower value. Else, it gives a positive value.
3.2.3 The String Class, String Operations

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The String Class: String is probably the most regularly used class in Java’s
language class library. The understandable reason for this is that strings are a very
significant part of programming or coding.

The first thing to recognize about strings is that every string you generate is
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actually an object of type String. Even string constants are in fact String objects only.
For example:
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In the above expression the string “Welcome to Java” is a String constant.
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The second thing to recognize about strings is that objects of type String are
unchallengeable; once a String object is created, its contents cannot be changed or
modified. While this may seem like a severe restriction, but it is not:
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Strings can be created in many ways. The simplest is to use a expression like this:
String myString = “Wlecom to Java”;
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Once developer has constructed a String object, you can utilize it anywhere that a
string is permissible. For example, this expression displays welcome to java:
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System.out.println(welcome java);
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Java declares one operator for String objects: +. It is used to merge two strings.
For example, this statement
String myString = “Welcome” + “to” + “Java”;

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results in myString containing “Welcometo Java”
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// Demonstrating Strings.
class StringDemo {

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String a1 = “Welcome”;
String a2 = “to Java”;
String a3 = a1 + “ and “ + a2;

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Output:
Welcome

To Java
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Welcome and to Java
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String Literals
For each string literal in your code, Java language automatically constructs a String
object. Thus, developer can use a string literal to start a String object. For example, the
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following program creates two equivalent strings:
char chars[] = { ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘z’ };
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String s1 = new String(chars);
String s2 = “xyz”; // use string literal
Because a String object is constructed for every string literal, developer can use a
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string literal any place developer can use a String object. For example, developer can
call methods directly on a quoted string as if it was an object reference, as the following
expression shows. It calls the length( )method on the string “xyz”. As predictable, it
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prints “3”.
System.out.println(“abc”.length());
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Usually, Java language does not allow operators to be applied to String objects.
The one exclusion to this rule is the + operator, which joins two strings, driving a String
object as the result. This allows developer to combine together a series of + operations.
For example, the code concatenates three different strings:
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String age = “50”;
String a = “She is “ + age + “ years old.”;

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System.out.println(a);
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This displays the string “He is 9 years old.”
One sensible use of string concatenation is found when developer wants to create
very long strings.in place of letting the long strings wrap around within your source
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code, developer can break them intosmaller pieces, using the + to join them. Here is an
example:
// Using concatenation to prevent long lines.

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class ConCat {
String longstring = “Welcome to java “ +

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“here a very long line that would have “ +
“wrapped around. But string concatenation “ +

“stops this.”;
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System.out.println(longString);
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}
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String Concatenation with Other Data Types
You can concatenate strings with other types of data. For example, consider this
slightlydifferent version of the earlier example:
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int age = 50;
String a = “She is “ + age + “ years old.”;
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In this case, age is an int rather than another String, but the output produced is the
sameas before. This is because the int value in age is automatically converted into its
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stringrepresentation within a String object. This string is then concatenated as before.
The compilerwill convert an operand to its string equivalent whenever the other operand
of the + is aninstance of String.
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Be careful when you mix other types of operations with string concatenation
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expressions,however. You might get surprising results. Consider the following:
String a = “four: “ + 2 + 2;
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Output
four: 22
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You might be thinking of output 4that you probably expected. Operator priority
causes the concatenation of“four” with the string corresponding of 2 to take place first.
This result is then joinedwiththe string alike of 2 a second time. To complete the integer
addition first, developer must use expression, like this:
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String s = “four: “ + (2 + 2);
Now s contains the string “four: 4”

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String Conversion and toString( )

When Java language converts data into its string symbol through concatenation,
developer does so by occupation one of the overloaded version of the string conversion
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method valueOf( ) declaredby String. valueOf( ) is filled to capacity for all the simple
types and for type Object. For the simpletypes, valueOf( ) returns a string that includes
the human-readable corresponding of the valuewith which it is called. For objects,
valueOf( ) request to the toString( ) method on the object
Now, let’s inspect the toString( )method, because it is the process by which you
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can define the string demonstration forobjects of classes that you create.

Every class implements toString( ) since it is declared by Object. Nevertheless, the

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defaultimplementation of toString( ) is rarely enough. For most important classes that a
developer create, developer want to override toString( ) and provide his/her own string
representations. Luckily,this is easy to do. The toString( ) method has below mention
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universal form:
String toString( )
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To put into practice toString( ), just return a String object that includes the human-
readablestring that suitably define an object of developerclass.By overriding toString(
) for classes that developer create, developerpermits them to be fully integratedinto
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Java’s language programming environment. For example, developer can be used in
print( ) and println( )expressionand in concatenation statements.
Below program demonstrates this byoverridingtoString( ) for the Table class:
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// Override toString() for Table class.
class Table {
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double width;
double height;
double depth;
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width = w;
height = h;
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depth = d;
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public String toString() {
return “Dimensions are “ + width + “ by “ +
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class toStringDemo {
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Table x = new Table(10, 12, 14);

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String z = “Table b: “ + b; // concatenate Table object
System.out.println(x); // convert Table to string
System.out.println(z);
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The output of this program is shown here:

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Dimensions are 10.0 by 14.0 by 12.0
Table b: Dimensions are 10.0 by 14.0 by 12.0
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As you can see in above code, Table’s toString( ) method is automatically called
when a Tableobjectis used in a concatenation statements or in a call to println( ).
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String Comparison
The String class contains a number of methods that evaluate strings or substrings
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within strings.
equals( ) and equalsIgnoreCase( )

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booleanequals(Object str)
Here, str is the String object being evaluated with the calling String object. It returns
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true if the strings include the identical characters in the same order, and false if not.
Thecontrast is case-sensitive.
To carry out a evaluation that ignores case differences, call equalsIgnoreCase(

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). When it evaluate two strings, it considers A-Z to be the similar as a-z. It has below
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mention universal form:
booleanequalsIgnoreCase(String a)
Now, a is the String object being checked with the calling String object. It, also,
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returns true if the strings includes the similar characters in the similar order, and false is
the strings are not matching.
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// Demonstrate equals() and equalsIgnoreCase().
class equalsDemo {
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String a1 = “Java”;
String a2 = “Java”;
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String a3 = “Good-bye”;
String a4 = “JAVA”;
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System.out.println(a1 + “ equals “ + a2 + “ -> “ +
a1.equals(a2));
s1.equals(a3));
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a1.equals(a4));
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System.out.println(a1 + “ equalsIgnoreCase “ + a4 + “ -> “ +
a1.equalsIgnoreCase(a4));
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Output
Java equals Java -> true
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Java equals Good-bye -> false
Java equals JAVA -> false
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Java equalsIgnoreCase JAVA -> true
regionMatches( )
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The regionMatches( ) method evaluate a definite region inside a string with another
definite region in another string. There is an overloaded form that permits developer to
ignore case in such evaluation. Below mentions the usual forms of representation for
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booleanregionMatches(int startdemo, String a2,
int a2StartDemo, int numCheck)
booleanregionMatches(booleanignoreCase,
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int startdemo, String a2,
int a2Startdemo, int numcheck)

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For both statements, startdemo specifies the Demo at which the region begins
within the calling String object. The String being evaluate is specified by a2. The Demo
at whichthecomparison will start within a2 is specified by a2Startdemo. The length
of the substring being evaluate is passed in numCheck. In the second statement, if
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ignoreCase is true, the case of the characters willbe not being compared. Otherwise,
case is important.
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String class defines two routines that are, more or less, expert forms of
regionMatches( ).The startsWith( ) method checks whether a given String starts with
a specified string. On the other hand, endsWith( ) determines whether the String in
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statement ends with a particular string. Below mentions there universal forms
booleanstartsWith(String a1)
booleanendsWith(String a2)
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At this time, a1 and a2 is the String being checked? If the string matches the
statement, true is returned. else, falseis returned by the code. For example,

“Demojava”.endsWith(“java”)
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and
“Demojava”.startsWith(“Demo”)
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In this case both statement matches hence it will return true.
A second statement of startsWith( ), shown below, its lets developer to specify a
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starting point:
booleanstartsWith(String a1, int startdemo)
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At this time, startdemo specifies the demo into which the calling string at which
point the search will need to start. For example,
“Demojava”.startsWith(“Demo”, 3)
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returns true.
equals( ) Versus ==
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It is significant to recognize that the equals( ) method and the == operator
execute twounusual operations. As just explained, the equals( ) method check the
characters insidea String object. The == operator evaluates two object references to
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check whether they referto the matching instance. The following code displays how
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two different String objects can include the same characters, but references for these
objects will not compare as equal:
// equals() vs ==
class EqualsNotEqualTodemo {
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String a1 = “Welcome”;
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String a2 = new String(a1);

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a1.equals(a2));
System.out.println(a1 + “ == “ + a2 + “ -> “ + (a1 == a2));
}
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The variable a1 refers to the String instance created by “Welcome”. The object
referred to by a2 is created with a1 as an initializer. Thus, the inside of the two String
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objects are equal,but they are distinct objects. This defines that a1 and a2 do not refer
to the similar objects andare, consequently, not ==, as is shown here by the output of
the previous example:
Welcome equals Welcome -> true

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Welcome == Welcome -> false

compareTo( )
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Over and over again, it is not adequate to simply know whether the two strings
are similar or not. For sorting programs, developer require to know which is less than,
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equal to, or greater than the next. A string is fewer than another if it comes previous to
the other in dictionary order. A string is larger than another if it comes subsequent to the
other in dictionary order. The String method compareTo( ) solves this function. Below
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mention its common form:
int compareTo(String str)
At this time, str is the String being evaluate with the calling String. The result of the
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evaluation is returned and is interpret, as shown here below:
Value Meaning
Less than zero The invoking string is less than str.
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Zero The two strings are equal.
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Here is a program that sorts an array of strings. The developer uses compareTo( )
to define sort ordering for a bubble sort:
class SortStringdemo {
static String arr[] = {

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“Now”, “is”, “the”, “time”, “for”, “all”, “good”, “men”,
“to”, “come”, “to”, “the”, “aid”, “of”, “their”, “country” };

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for(int i = 0; i<arr.length; i++) {
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if(arr[a].compareTo(arr[i]) < 0) {
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arr[a] = arr[i];
arr[a] = m;
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System.out.println(arr[i]);
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}
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Output
Now

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good
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time
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As you can see from the output of this code, compareTo( ) takes into description
uppercaseand lowercase letters. The word “Now” came out before everyone because it
starts withan uppercase letter N, which shows that it has a lower value in the character,
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setASCII. If developer want to ignore case dissimilarity them comparing two strings, by
using command compareToIgnoreCase( ), as shown below:
int compareToIgnoreCase(String a)
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This method returns the same output as compareTo( ), except that case dissimilarly
are ignored. Developer might want to try substituting it into the previous program. After
doing this, “Now”will no longer be first word in output.
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Searching Strings
The String class gives two methods that permit developer to look for a string for a
particularcharacter or substring:
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◌◌ indexOf( ) look for the first incidence of a character or substring.

◌◌ lastIndexOf( ) looks for the last incidence of a character or substring.
These two types of methods are overloaded in numerous different ways. In all
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cases, the methods return the value at which the character or substring was found, and
–1 if the value is not found.
To look for the first incidence of a character, use
int indexOf(int a)
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To look for the last incidence of a character, use

int lastIndexOf(int a)
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Here, a is the character being look for.
To lookfor the first or last incidence of a substring, use
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int indexOf(String a)
int lastIndexOf(String a)
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Here, a declares the substring.
You can declare a starting point for the search using these statements:
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int indexOf(int a, int startIndexdemo)
int lastIndexOf(int a, int startIndexdemo)
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int indexOf(String a, int startIndexdemo)
int lastIndexOf(String a, int startIndexdemo)
Here, startIndexdemo specifies the index at which point the checking begins.
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For indexOf( ), thesearch runs from startIndexdemo to the end of the string. For
lastIndexOf( ), the search runs fromstartIndexdemo to zero.
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class indexOfDemo {
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“to come to the aid of their country.”;
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System.out.println(“indexOf(t) = “ +
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System.out.println(“lastIndexOf(b) = “ +
a.lastIndexOf(‘b’));
System.out.println(“indexOf(the) = “ +
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a.indexOf(“the”));
System.out.println(“lastIndexOf(the) = “ +
a.lastIndexOf(“the”));
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System.out.println(“indexOf(b, 10) = “ +
a.indexOf(‘b’, 10));
System.out.println(“lastIndexOf(b, 60) = “ +
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a.lastIndexOf(‘b’, 60));
System.out.println(“indexOf(the, 10) = “ +
a.indexOf(“the”, 10));
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System.out.println(“lastIndexOf(the, 60) = “ +
a.lastIndexOf(“the”, 60));
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}
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Output
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
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indexOf(b) = 7
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indexOf(the) = 7
lastIndexOf(the) = 55
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indexOf(b, 10) = 11
lastIndexOf(b, 60) = 55
indexOf(the, 10) = 44
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lastIndexOf(the, 60) = 55
Modifying a String
Because String objects are incontrovertible, at any time developer want to modify
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a String, developer must either copy it into a StringBuffer or StringBuilder, or developer

need use one of the following String methods, which will create a new replica of the
string with for developer modifications to complete.
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substring( )
You can extract a substring using substring( ). It has two expression. The first is
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String substring(int startIndexdemo)
Here, startIndexdemo specifies the index at which the substring will start. This
statement returns a replica of the substring that begins at startIndexdemo and runs to
the end of the calling string.
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The second statement of substring( ) permits developer to identify both the starting
and endingindex of the substring:
String substring(int startIndexdemo, int endIndexdemo)

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Here, startIndexdemo specifies the starting index, and endIndexdemo specifies the
stopping point. The string returned includes all the characters from the start index, up
to, but not containing, the ending index.
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The following example in which code uses substring( ) to change all instances of
one substring withotherinside a string:

// Substring replacement.
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class StringReplacedemo {
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String a = “This is a Java test. This is, too.”;
String b = “is”;
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String c = “was”;
String result = “”;
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int x;
do { // replace all matching substrings
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x = a.indexOf(b);
if(x != -1) {
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result = a.substring(0, x);
result = result + c;
result = result + a.substring(x + b.length());

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a = result;
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} while(x != -1);
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This is a Java test. This is, too.
Thwas is a java test. This is, too.
Thwas was a java test. This is, too.

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Thwas was a java test. Thwas is, too.
Thwas was a test. Thwas was, too.

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concat( )
As we study early we join two string using ‘+’ but there is method as well which
helps developer do so, Developer can join two strings using concat( ), whose syntax is
shown below:
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String concat(String a)
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This method creates a new object that includes the calling string with the contents
of a appended to the end. concat( ) performs the same function as +. For example look
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class Concatdemo {
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String a = “Welcome to”;
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Wecome to Java
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public class concatdemo {
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{
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String a1 = “Mechanical-”;
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String a3 = a1.concat(a2);
String a4 = “-Branchl”;
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String a5 = a3.concat(a4);
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Mechanical—Engineering
Mechanical—Engineering-Branch

If you notice in this example we first join two string a1 and a2 in a3 and then we
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also join that new string a3 to a4 to produce a5.
replace( )
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Thereplace( ) method has two statement. The first statement replaces all
occurrences of a particular character in the calling string with another character. It has
the following expression:
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String replace(char a, char b)
In above statement, a defines the character to be replaced by the character
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specified by b.
The resulting string is returned. For example,
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Output of the above statement will be ‘Hewwo’ word l is replaced by w.
The second statement of replace( ) change one character sequence with another. It
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String replace(CharSequence original, CharSequence replacement)
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1. String replace()
public class repdemo1 {
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// Initialising String
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System.out.println(Str.replace(‘w’, ‘A’));
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// Using replace to replace characters
System.out.print(“After replacing all a with D : “ );
System.out.println(Str.replace(‘a’, ‘D’));
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After replacing all w with A: Aelcome to Aorld of Java
After replacing all a with D:Welcome to world of JDvD

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2. String replaceAll()
public class rep2 {


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String a = new String(“Welcome to Java”);
System.out.print(“Original String : “ );
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// Using replaceAll to replace regex with replace_str
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System.out.print(“After replacing regex with replace_str : “ );
System.out.println(Str.replaceAll(“(.*)Java(.*)”, “OOPS”));
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Original String : Welcome to Java
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After replacing regex with replace_str :OOPS
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System.out.print(“After replacing 1st occurrence of regex with replace_str : “ );
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Original String : Welcome to Java to java
After replacing 1st occurrence of regex with replace_str : Welcome to World for
Java
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trim( )
The trim( ) method returns a replica of the calling string from which any leading and
stragglingwhitespace has been removed. It has this common form:
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String trim( )
Here is an example:

String a = “ Hello World “.trim();

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This puts the string “Hello World” into a.
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For example, the following code prompts the user to enter name of a state and then
displays that state’scapital. It uses trim( ) to remove any leading or trailing whitespace
that may have unintentionally been given by the user.
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import java.io.*;
class UseTrim {
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throws IOException
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{
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String b;
System.out.println(“Enter ‘stop’ to quit.”);
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b = b.trim(); // remove whitespace
if(b.equals(“Illinois”))
System.out.println(“Capital is Springfield.”);
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System.out.println(“Capital is Jefferson City.”);

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else if(b.equals(“California”))
System.out.println(“Capital is Sacramento.”);
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System.out.println(“Capital is Olympia.”);
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Additional String Method

There is many other string method which are described below in table:

Method Description
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int code Point At (int) Retums the Unicode code point at the location
specified by L Added by J2SE 5.
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int code Point Before (int i) Returns the Unicode code point at the location that
precedes that specified by . Added by J2SE 5.
int code Point Count (int Returns the number of code points in the portion of
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start, int end) the invoking String that are between start and end-1
Added by J2SE 5.
boolean contains (Char Returns true if the invoking object contains the string
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Sequence str) specified by str Retums false, otherwise, Added by
J2SE 5.
boolean content Equals Returns true if the invoking string contains the same
(Char Sequence str) string as str. Otherwise, returns false. Added by J2SE
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5.
boolean content Equals Retums true if the invoking string contains the same
(String Buffer str) sining as str. Otherwise returns false.
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static String format (String Returns a string formatted as specified by fmtstr. (See
fmtstr Object args) Chapter 18 for details on formatting) Added by J2SE 5.
static String format(Locale Returns a string formatted as specified by fmtstr.
loc, String fmtstr Object
args)
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(See Chapter 18 for details on formatting.) Added by
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boolean matches (string reg Returns true if the invoking string matches the regular
Exp) expression passed in regExp. Otherwise returns false
int offset By Code Points Returns the index with the invoking string that is num
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(int start, int num) code points beyond the starting index specified by
start. Added by J2SE 5.
String Retums a string in which the first substring that
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replace First (String reg matches the regular expression specified by regExp is
Exp, String new Str replaced by newStr
String replace All (String reg Returns a string in which all substrings that match the
Exp String newStr) regular expression specified by regExp are replaced
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by newStr
Method Description
String [ ] split (String Decomposes the invoking string into parts and returns an
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reg Exp) array that contains the result. Each part is delimited by the
regular expression passed in regExp
String [ ] split (String Decomposes the invoking string into parts and returns an
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reg Exp, int max) array that contains the result. Each part is delimited by the
regular expression passed in regExp. The number of pieces
is specified by max. If max is negative, then the invoking
string is fully decomposed. Otherwise, if max contains a
nonzero value, the last entry in the returned array contains
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the remainder of the invoking string. If max is zero, the

invoking string is fully decomposed

Char Sequence sub Returns a substring of the invoking string, beginning at

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Sequence (int start startindex and stopping at stopindex This method is required
index, int stop index) by the CharSequence interface, which is now implemented
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by String.
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The valueOf( ) method change data from its interior format into a human-readable
statements. It is a static method that is overloaded inside String for all of Java’s
language built-in types so that each type can be transformed properly into a string.
valueOf( ) is also overloaded for type Object, so an object of any class type developer
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can construct also be used as an argument. Few statements to represent Value of()
static String valueOf(double a)
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static String valueOf(long b)
static String valueOf(Object c)
static String valueOf(char d[ ])
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As we studied earlier, valueOf( ) is required when a string demonstration of
some other type of data is looked-for—example, during concatenation operations.
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String expression. All of the simple types are transformed to their common String
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representation. Any object that developer pass to valueOf( ) will return the outcome of
a call to the object’s toString( ) method. Actually, developer could just call toString( )
straight and get the same outcome.
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For majority of arrays, valueOf( ) returns a quite cryptic string, which define that it
is an array of some type. For arrays of char, however, a String object is constructed that
includes the characters in the char array. There is a special description of valueOf( )
that permits developer to specify a subset of a char array. It can be represented as:
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static String valueOf(abc chars[ ], int startIndexdemo, int numChars)
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the array of characters at which the desired substring begins, and abcChars specifies
the length of the substring.
Example to show working of Value Of( ) Methods:

class ValueOfdemo {
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public static void main(String arg[])
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int i = 90;
double f = 3.56789;
String a = “91”;
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// Returns the string representation of int iNum.

String sample = String.valueOf(i);

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System.out.println(sample);
System.out.println(sample + i);
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sample = String.valueOf(f);
System.out.println(sample);
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System.out.println(a + sample);
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}
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90
9091
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3.56789
913.56789
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1. The wrapper class in Java provides the instrument to convert primitive data types
into __________________ and _________________ into primitive data type.
2. The eight classes of the java.lang package are recognized as _____________________
in Java.
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3. ___________________________ might come when an argument is transferred to a

method.
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4. In Java language a string is a series of ____________________________ .

5. In C/C++ language char is ____________________________ wide.
6. At any time developer want to modify a String, developer must either copy it into a _
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_______________________________ .
Summary
●● A Wrapper class is a class whose object wraps or encapsulates primitive data
types. When we create an object to a wrapper class, it includes a field and in this
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field, developer can store primitive data types.

●● Autoboxing is the procedure by which a primitive data type is without human
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intervention encapsulated (boxed) into its corresponding type wrapper whenever

an object of that type is required. There is no requirement to clearly construct an
object.
●● Auto-unboxing is the procedure by which the value of an encapsulated object
without human intervention is extracted (unboxed) from a type wrapper when its
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value is required. There is no requirement to call a method such as doubleValue( ).

●● Java language has different methods to compare two strings, search for a
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substring, concatenate two strings, and changes the case of letters within a string.
●● Characters in Java language are indices into the Unicode character set. They
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are 16-bit values that can be transformed into integers and used with the integer
operators, such as the addition and subtraction operators. A literal character is
symbolized inside a pair of single quotes.
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●● The valueOf( ) method change data from its interior format into a human-readable
statements. It is a static method that is overloaded inside String for all of Java’s
language built-in types so that each type can be transformed properly into a string.
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Activity
1. Create a program using Value Of ( ) Methods?
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1. What do you mean by Wrapper Classes
2. Define Strings and Characters?
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3. Define Fundamentals of Characters and Strings?
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●● The String Class: String is probably the most regularly used class in Java’s
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language class library. The understandable reason for this is that strings are a very
significant part of programming or coding.
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●● regionMatches( ): The regionMatches( ) method evaluate a definite region inside a

string with another definite region in another string.
Primitive Type Wrapper Class

boolean Boolean
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char Character
byte Byte
short Short
int Onteger
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long Long
float Float
double Double
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Further Readings:
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1. Fundamentals of Java Programming, Mitsunori Ogihara
2. Fundamentals of Java Programming, Ogihara Mitsunori
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3. Think Java, Downey Allen B
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1. Object and object
2. wrapper classes
3. autoboxing/unboxing
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4. characters
5. 8 bits
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6. StringBuffer
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Unit - 3.3 : StringBuffer class

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●● What is StringBuffer Class
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●● What are the Properties of StringBufferClass
●● What are the Methods used in forStringBufferclass
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●● Difference between String and StringBuffer Class with code snippet
Introduction
StringBuffer is a examine class of String that provides a great deal of the
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functionality of strings. As you know, String definess fixed-length, unassailable
character sequence. On the contrary, StringBuffer shows growable and writeable
character sequences. StringBuffer might contain characters and substrings that
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are entered in the middle or appended to the end. StringBuffer will without human
intervention grow to make room for such additions and frequently has more characters
preassigned than are actually required, to permit room for growth. Java languages uses
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both classes heavily, but many developers deal only with String and let Java language
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influence StringBuffers behind the scenes by using the overloaded + operator.
3.3.1 StringBuffer Class

Java language StringBuffer class is used when a developer wants to create
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mutable (modifiable) String objects. The StringBuffer class in Java is similar as String
class except it is mutable i.e. it can be altered.
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StringBuffer Constructors
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StringBuffer declares these four constructors:
●● StringBuffer( )
●● StringBuffer(int size)
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●● StringBuffer(String str)
●● StringBuffer(CharSequence chars)

●● The default constructor means the first statement (the one with no parameters)
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holds room for 16 characters without redistribution.
●● The second expression accepts an integer argument that clearly sets the size of
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the buffer.
●● The third expression accepts a String argument that sets the first contents of the
StringBuffer object and saves room for 16 more characters without reallocation.
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StringBuffer assign room for 16 additional characters when no explicit buffer length
is needed, because reallocation is a expensive process with respect to time. Also,
regular reallocations can fragment memory. By assigning room for a few extra
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characters, StringBuffer lowers the number of reallocations that occur.
●● The fourth constructor creates an object that includes the character sequence
enclosed in chars.
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java.lang.StringBuffer - A class symbolize a mutable sequence of characters stored
in an interior buffer. A request of StringBuffer has 3 important properties:
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●● Buffer: The storage where the characters are stored.
●● Capacity: The size of the storage.
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Replace( )
Developer can replace one group of characters with another
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groupwiyinaStringBuffer object by invoking replace( ). Its expression is shown below:
StringBufferreplace(int Start, int End, String a)

The substring being replaced is specified by the indexes Start and End. Thus,
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the substring at Start through End1 is replaced. The replacement string is passed in –
a.The resulting StringBuffer object is returned.
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Code demonstrate the uses of replace()
class replaceDemo {
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StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“This was a java.”);
a.replace(5, 7, “is”);
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System.out.println(“After replace: “ + a);
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}
Here is the output:
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After replace: This is a Java.
ensureCapacity( )
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If you want to pre assign a room for a certain number of characters after a
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StringBuffer has been cretated, developer can use ensureCapacity( ) to set the range of
the buffer. This is useful if developer know in advance that you will be includinga large
number of small strings to aStringBuffer. ensureCapacity( )can be expressed as:
void ensureCapacity(int range)

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Above, range specifies the size of the buffer.
length( ) and capacity( )

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The current length of a StringBuffer can be found via the length( ) method, while
the totalowned capacity can be found through the capacity( ) method.
int length( )
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int capacity( )
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class StringBufferDemo {
StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“Welcome”);

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System.out.println(“Character = “ + a);
System.out.println(“length = “ + a.length());
System.out.println(“capacity = “ + sb.capacity());
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}
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character = Welcome
length = 7
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capacity = 23
Since a is initialized with the string “Hello” when it is constructed, its length is 7. Its
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capacity is 23 because room for 16 additional characters is automatically added by the
strigbuffer.
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setLength( )
To set the length of the buffer inside a StringBuffer object, developer can use
setLength( ). Itscan be expressed as:
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void setLength(int length)
Here, length defines the length of the buffer. This value has to be nonnegative.
When developer extend the size of the buffer, null characters are supplementary added
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to the end of the current buffer. If developer call setLength( ) with a value which is less
than the current value returned bylength( ), then the characters will be saved further
than the new length will be lost.
charAt( ) and setCharAt( )

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The value of a solitary character can be retrieve by using a StringBuffer via the
charAt( ) method. Developer can set the value of a character inside a StringBuffer using
setCharAt( ). It can be represented as:
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char charAt(int abc)
void setCharAt(int abc, char x)

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For charAt( ), abc specifies the index of the character need to be obtained. For
setCharAt( ),abc specifies the index of the character need to be set, and x defines the
new value of that character. For both statements, abc must be nonnegative and must
not defines a locationbeyond the end of the buffer.
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The following example demonstrates charAt( ) and setCharAt( ):
// Demonstrate charAt() and setCharAt().
class setCharAtDemo {
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StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“Hello”);

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System.out.println(“buffer before = “ + a);
System.out.println(“charAt(1) before = “ + a.charAt(1));
sb.setCharAt(1, ‘i’);
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sb.setLength(2);
System.out.println(“buffer after = “ + a);

System.out.println(“charAt(1) after = “ + a.charAt(1));

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}
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Output:
buffer before = Hello
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charAt(1) before = e
buffer after = Hi
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charAt(1) after = i
getChars( )
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To create replica of a substring using aStringBuffer into an array, developer uses
the getChars( ) method. It can be represented as:
void getChars(int Start, int End, char collect[ ],
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int targetStartdemo)
Here, Start specifies the index of the starting of the substring, and Endspecifiesan
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index that is one past the end of the defined substring. This states that the substring
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includes the characters from Start through End–1. The array that will collect the
characters is specified by collect. The index inside target at which the substring will be
clichédis conceded in targetStartdemo. It must need to be taken care to assure that
the collect array is large enough tograsp the number of characters in the specified
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substring.
append( )
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The append( ) method concatenates the string expression of any other type of data
to the end of the callingStringBuffer object. It has more than a few overloaded versions.
Here are a fewof its expression:
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StringBufferappend(String str)
StringBufferappend(int num)
StringBufferappend(Object obj)
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String.valueOf( ) is called for each parameter to obtain its string depiction. The
output is appended to the current StringBuffer object. The buffer itself is returned by
eachdescription of append( ). This permits following calls to be chained together, as
shown in the below code:
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// Demonstrate append().
class appendDemo {

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String a;
int i = 45;
StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(40);

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a = a.append(“i = “).append(i).append(“!”).toString();
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}
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Output
i = 45!
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The append( ) method is most frequently called when the + operator is being used
on String objects. Java language automatically changes it to a String instance into
parallel operations on aStringBuffer instance. Therefore, a concatenation calls append(
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) on a StringBufferobject.After the concatenation has been executed, the compiler
inserts a call to toString( ) to transform the modifiable StringBuffer back into a constant
String.
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All of this may seem irrationally complex. Why not just have only one string class
and have it act more or less likeStringBuffer? The counter is performance. There are
a lot of optimizations that the Java runtime can make significant that String objects
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are immutable. Fortunately, Java language hides most of the difficulty of conversion
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between Strings and StringBuffers. Actually, a lot of developer will never feel the
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insert( )
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The insert( ) method inserts one string into other string. It is overloaded to
recognize values of all the simple types, plus Strings, Objects, and CharSequences.
Like append( ), it calls String.valueOf( ) to attain the string representation of the value it
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is called with. This string is then inserted into the callingStringBuffer object. These are a
few of its representation:
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StringBufferinsert(int abc, char ch)
StringBufferinsert(int abc, Object obj)
Here, abc specifies the index at which point the string will be inserted into the
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calling StringBuffer object.
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class insertDemo {
StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“Welcome Java!”);

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a.insert(2, “to “);

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}
Output:
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Welcome to java
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reverse( )
Developers can change the direction of the characters inside a StringBuffer object
using reverse( ), It represent as:
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StringBufferreverse()
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Code to demonstrate the use of reverse
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// Using reverse() to reverse a StringBuffer.
class ReverseDemo {
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uvwxyz
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delete( ) and deleteCharAt( )

Developer can delete characters within a StringBuffer by using the methods delete(
) and deleteCharAt( ). These methods are representing below:
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StringBufferdelete(int start, int end)
StringBufferdeleteCharAt(int loc)
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The delete( ) method deletes a sequence of characters from the calling object.
Here, Start specifies the index of the first character which needs to be remove, and End
specifies an index one past the last character that has to be remove. Therefore, the
substring deleted runs from Start to End–1. The outputStringBuffer object is returned.
ThedeleteCharAt( ) method deletes the character at the index particular by loc. It
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returns the outputStringBuffer object.
Code that show usage the delete( ) and deleteCharAt( ) methods:

class deleteDemo {
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StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“This is a Exam .”);
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a.delete(4, 7);
System.out.println(“After delete: “ + a);
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a.deleteCharAt(0);
System.out.println(“After deleteCharAt: “ + a);
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}
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After delete: This a exam.
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After deleteCharAt: his a exam.
substring( )
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Developer can obtain a part of a StringBuffer by calling substring( ). It has the
following two expressions:
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String substring(int start)
String substring(int start, int End)

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The first form returns the substring that starts at start and runs to the end of
thecallingStringBuffer object. The second expression returns the substring that starts at
start and runs through End–1.
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CharSequenceinterface, the other methods permits a StringBuffer to be looked for an
occurrence of a String.
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class IndexOfDemo {

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StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer(“one two one”);
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System.out.println(“First index: “ + b);
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System.out.println(“Last index: “ + b);

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}
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Output
First index: 0
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Additional StringBuffer Methods
In addition to those methods we just discussed, StringBuffer includes several
others methods as well. They are briefed in the following table:
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Method Description
int offset By Code Points Returns the index with the invoking string that is num
(int start, int num) code points beyond the starting index specified by start.
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Added by J2SE 5
Char Sequence Returns a substring of the invoking string, beginning at
subsequence (int start startindex and stopping at stopindex. This method is
index, int stop Index) required by the CharSequence interface, which is now
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implemented by StringBuffer
void trimTo Size() Reduces the size of the character buffer for the invoking
object to exactly fit the current contents. Added by J2SE
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Method Description
StringBuffer Appends a Unicode code point to the end of the invoking
appendCodePoint(int object. A reference to the object is returned. Added by
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ch) J2SE 5.
int codePointAt(int) Returns the Unicode code point at the location specified
by I. Added by J2SE 5.
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int codePointBefore(int i) Returns the Unicode code point at the location that
precedes that specified by I. Added by J2SE 5.
int codePointCount(int Returns the number of code points in the portion of the
start, int end) invoking String that are between start and end-1. Added
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by J2SE 5.
int indexOf(String str Searches the invoking StringBuffer for the first
occurrence of str. Returns the index of the match, or -1 if
no match is found.
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int indexOf(String str, int Searches the invoking StringBuffer for the first
startindex) occurrence of str, beginning at startindex Returns the
index of the match, or -1 if no match is found.
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int lastindexOf(String str) Searches the invoking StringBuffer for the last
occurrence of str Returns the index of the match, or -1 if
no match is found
int lastindexOf(String str, Searches the invoking StringBuffer for the last
int startindex) occurrence of str beginning at startindex. Returns the
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String Builder Class:The StringBuilder in Java language represents a changeable

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sequence of characters. Since the String Class in Java creates an unchallengeable
sequence of characters, the StringBuilder class gives an option to String Class, as
it constructs a mutable sequence of characters. The function of StringBuilder is very
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much related to the StringBuffer class, as both of them provide a substitute to String
Class by making a changeable sequence of characters.
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The StringBuilder class provides no assurance of synchronization whereas the
StringBuffer class provides synchronization. So this class is designed for use as a drop-
in substitute for StringBuffer in places where the StringBuffer was being utlized by a
single thread. Wherever possible, it is recommended that this class be used in first
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choice to StringBuffer as it will be quicker under most use cases.
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StringBuilder a1= new StringBuilder(“XXXYYYZZZ”);

System.out.println(“String1 = “ + a1.toString());
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StringBuilder a2 = new StringBuilder(10);
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String3 = XXXXYYYYZZZZ
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public String Builder append It is used to append the specified string with this
(String s) string The append() method is overloaded like
append(char), append(boolean), append(int),
append(float), append(double) etc.
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public String Builder insert It is used to insert the specified string with this string
(int offset, String s) at the specified position. The insert() method is
overloaded like insert(int, char), insert(int, boolean),
insert(int, int), insert(int, float), insert(int, double) etc.
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public String Builder replace It is used to replace the string from specified
(int startindex, int endIndex, startindex and endindex.
String str)
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public String Builder delete It is used to delete the string from specified
(int start index, int end index) startindex and endIndex
public String Builder reverse() It is used to reverse the string
public int capacity() It is used to return the current capacity
public void ensure Capacity It is used to ensure the capacity at least equal to the
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public char char At (int index) It is used to return the character at the specified
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number of characters
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begin Index) beginIndex
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public String substring (int It is used to return the substring from the specified
beginindex, int endindex) beginindex and endindex.

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The String class is immutable. The StringBuffer class is mutable.
String is slow and consumes more StringBuffer is fast and consumes less
memory when we concatenate too many memory when we concatenate t strings.
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strings because every time it creates new
instance.
String class overrides the equals() method StringBuffer class doesn’t override
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of Object class So you can compare equals() method of Object class.
the contents of two strings by equals()
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String class uses String constant pool. StringBuffer uses Heap memory
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public class ConcatTestdemo{
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public static void main(String[] args){
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System.out.println(a.hashCode());
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System.out.println(a.hashCode());
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System.out.println(b.hashCode());

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(modifiable) ____________________ objects.
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String, as you may know, represents fixed-length, immutable character sequences.

StringBuffer, on the other hand, represents growable and writeable character
sequences.
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a StringBuffer.
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●● StringBuffer will automatically expand to make room for such additions, and it
frequently has more characters preallocated than are actually required to allow for
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growth.
●● The insert( ) method inserts one string into other string. It is overloaded
to recognize values of all the simple types, plus Strings, Objects, and
CharSequences. Like append( ), it calls String.valueOf( ) to attain the string
representation of the value it is called with. This string is then inserted into the
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callingStringBuffer object.

●● The function of StringBuilder is very much related to the StringBuffer class, as both
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of them provide a substitute to String Class by making a changeable sequence of
characters.
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StringBuffer class provides synchronization. So this class is designed for use as
a drop-in substitute for StringBuffer in places where the StringBuffer was being
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1. Create a same program using two different class methods stringbuffer and
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1. Define the Concept of StringBuffer Class?
2. What are the properties of StringBuffer Class?
3. What are the methods of StringBuffer class?
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4. What are the difference between String and StringBuffer Class?
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stored in an interior buffer. A request of StringBuffer has 3 important properties:
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append() Used to add text at the end of the existing text.

length() The length of a StringBuffer can be found by the length( )
method
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capacity() the total allocated capacity can be found by the capacity( )

method
delete() Deletes a sequence of characters from the invoking object
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deleteCharAt() Deletes the character at the index specified by loc

ensureCapacity() Ensures capacity is at least equals to the given minimum.
insert() Inserts text at the specified index position
length() Returns length of the string
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replace() Replace one set of characters with another set inside a

StringBuffer object
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3. getChars( )
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Module - 4 : Interface and Threads in Java

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Structure:
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4.1 Introduction to Interface
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Unit - 4.1 : Introduction to Interface

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●● What is Interface
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●● Code snippet showing implementation of Interface
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Introduction
In general, an interface is a tool or a system that unrelated entities use to work
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together. To simplify this, a TV remote is an interface among you and a television set,
the English language is an interface between two people, and the etiquette of behavior
compulsory in the military is the interface among people of different ranks.
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Within the Java programming language, an interface is a kind, just as a class is
a type. Like a class, an interface declares methods. Unlike a class, an interface never
executes methods; instead, classes that implement the interface execute the methods
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A number of object-oriented programming languages, such as C++, let a class to
extend two or more superclasses. This is known as multiple inheritance. In the Figure
below, for example, class E is shown as have mutually class A and class B as direct
superclasses, while class F has three straight superclasses.
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Such type of inheritance is not permissible in Java. The designers of Java

language required to keep the language sensibly simple, and felt that the advantages
of multiple inheritance were not worth the cost in amplified difficulty. However, Java
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language does have an attribute that can be utilized to achieve many of the similar
goals as multiple inheritance is known interfaces.

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An interface in Java language is a blueprint of a class. It has fixed constants and

abstract methods.

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be only abstract methods in the Java language interface, not method body. It is utilized
to accomplish abstraction and multiple inheritances in Java language.
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To implement an interface, a category must create the entire set of methods
defined by the interface. However, each class is liberal to determine the small print of its
own implementation. By assigning the interface keyword, Java allows you to completely
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utilize the “one interface, multiple methods” aspect of polymorphism.
To define an interface, developer requires to use interface keyword. It is used to

present total abstraction. That means all the methods in an interface are defined with
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an blank body and are public and all objects are public, fixed and final by default. A
class that employs an interface must implement all the methods defined in the interface.
Interface can be expressed as:
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// declare methods that abstract
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// by default.
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Interfaces are utilized pervasively in real Java language code. Not every class
is connected with an interface, but there are a few superior reasons to transport an
interface into the picture.
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The point of all this is that, though interfaces are not classes, they are somewhat
very same. An interface is very similar to an abstract class, i.e., a class that can never
be utilized for creatingobjects, but can be used as a foundation for making subclasses.
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The subroutinesin an interface are abstract methods, which must be executed in any
existing class that employ the interface. And as with abstract classes, even though you
can’t createanobject from an interface, developer can define a variable whose type is
given by the interface. Forexample, if Drawabledemo is an interface, and if Line and
FilledCircledemo are classes that implementDrawabledemo:
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Drawabledemofigure;
figure = new Line(); // figure now refers to an object of class Line

figure.draw(a); // calls draw() method from class Line

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figure = new FilledCircledemo(); // Now, figure refers to an object
// of class FilledCircle.
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figure.draw(a); // calls draw() method from class FilledCircle
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implements the Drawable demo interface. A statement like figure.draw(a), above, is
permissible because figure is of type Drawabledemo,and any Drawable object has a
draw() method. So, anything object figure symbolize to, thatobject have to have a
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●● It includes all the functions that a class can act upon. For example an interface for
a car would have to have break (), accelerate (), turn () methods.
●● A class whilst executing an interface must realize all the methods within the
interface. Nevertheless, it can choose not to employ all the methods if the class
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itself is abstract.
●● One of the well-liked interfaces in Java is the Comparator interface which is helpful
for organization containers.
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Every implementation class can encompass its own implementation for abstract
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construct an instance of implementation classes.
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There are several reasons for using interfaces, we have sum them in below five
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writing classes by executing interfaces given.
2. Using interfaces is the optimal way to take away developer’s project’s API to some
other projects. In other words, developers can provide interface methods to the
third-party vendors for their execution. To take example from now days, that bank
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can expose methods or interfaces to various shopping website to implement the

payment process .
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Example showing implementation of interfaces

import java.io.*;
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final int x = 10;

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void display();

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public void display()
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System.out.println(x);
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Let’s consider the example of vehicles like bicycle, car, bike, they have common
characteristics. So developer makes an interface and put all these common attributes.
And allows Bicycle, Bike, car etc executes all these functionalities in their personal
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class in their own way.
import java.io.*;
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interface Vechiledemo {
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void putBrakes(int x);
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public void modifyGear(int newg){
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public void increasespped(int increment){
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public void putBrakes(int decrement){
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class XYZ {
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public static void main (String[] args) {

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// doing some operations
Bicycle bicycle = new Bicycle();
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bicycle.modifyGear(2);
bicycle.increasespped(3);
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bicycle.putBrakes(1);
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Bike bike = new Bike();
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speed: 2 gear: 2
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The name of an interface can be utilized to identify the type of a reference. A
reference variable declared using an interface name as its kind can only reference
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instances of classes that employ that interface. For example, Javalanguagesupports

an interface called Runnable. Java language also provides a class called Thread that
executes Runnable. It can be represented as:
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Runnable r;
r = new Thread();
The Java language compiler does not lets a value to be allocated to a variable
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defining using an interface type if not the compiler can be sure that the object
referenced by the value implements the particular interface. Invoking a reference
variable to an interface type permits the variable to be allocated to that interface type,

because the invoke operation provides its own assurance that the object implements
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the specific interface. Except the compiler is able to establish the actual class of the
object that will be referenced at execution time, the cast produces code that verifies
at execution time that the object being invoke really does employed the specified
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interface. At execution time, if the object being invoke does not employ the needed
interface, a ClassCastException is thrown.
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In java language, an interface can extend to another interface. When an interface
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wants to extend to another interface, developer requires to use keyword extends. The
interface that extends another interface has its own members and all the members
declared in its parent interface too. The class which employ a child interface requires
giving code for the methods declared in both child and parent interfaces, or else, it
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1. Developer can declare all the constants into one interface and methods in other
interface. Developer can use constants in classes where methods are not necessary.
Letsse how developer can achieve this.
interface XYZ
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int x = 10;

int y = 20;
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}
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interface Abc extends XYZ
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{
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interface XYZ extends ABC

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interfaceParentInterface{
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voidchildMethod();

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classImplementingClassimplementsChildInterface{
publicvoidchildMethod(){
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System.out.println(“Welcome to Java!!”);
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publicvoidparentMethod(){
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publicclassExtendingAnInterface{
publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args){
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1. The interface in Java language is a instrument to achieve _________________ .
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3. Java language also provides a class called ___________________ that executes

Runnable.
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keyword ________________________ .
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●● An interface is a kind, just as a class is a type. Like a class, an interface declares
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methods. Unlike a class, an interface never executes methods; instead, classes

that implement the interface execute the methods declared by the interface. A
class can employ several interfaces.
●● To implement an interface, a category must create the entire set of methods
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defined by the interface. However, each class is liberal to determine the small print
of its own implementation. By assigning the interface keyword, Java allows you to

completely utilize the “one interface, multiple methods” aspect of polymorphism.

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about the class behavior.
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●● The Java language compiler does not lets a value to be allocated to a variable
defining using an interface type if not the compiler can be sure that the object
referenced by the value implements the particular interface.
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●● The interface that extends another interface has its own members and all the
members declared in its parent interface too. The class which employ a child
interface requires giving code for the methods declared in both child and parent
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interfaces, or else, it needs to be declared as abstract class.
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1. Create a program using extended interface?

1. What do you mean by Interface?
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2. How to implement Interface?
3. What do you mean by reference variable in interface?
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only reference instances of classes that employ that interface.
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developer requires to use keyword extends.
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Further Readings:
1. The Java Native Interface: Programmer’s Guide and Specification, Sheng
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2. Essential JNI: Java Native Interface, Rob Gordon

3. The Java Application Programming Interface, Frank Yellin and James Gosling
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1. abstraction
2. interface
3. Thread
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Unit - 4.2 : Interface Methods

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●● How many Types of Methods in interface
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●● What is Default method in interface
●● What are Static methods in interface
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Introduction
Designing interfaces have forever been a tough task because if we want to add
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supplementary methods in the interfaces, it will need change in all the employing
classes. As interface grows old, the number of classes employing it might develop to
an amount that it’s not possible to extend interfaces. That’s why when designing an
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application, most of the frameworks give a base employing class and then we expand it
and override methods that are appropriate for our application.
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interfaces. This ability is added for backward compatibility so that old interfaces can be
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utilized to influence the lambda expression capability of Java 8. For example, the List
interface is not having the forEach() method. If they put in this method as a conceptual
method then all List implementation class must have to give the implementation since it
is common usability is to iterate the list. So they had to bring in this concept to improve
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features and support for the backward classes.
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of these methods has to be given in a separate class. So, if a new method is needed
to be added in an interface, then its execution code has to be provided in the class
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implementing the identical interface. To overcome this problem, Java 8 has introduced
the concept of default methods which permits the interfaces to have methods with
execution without disturbing the classes that execute the interface.
The default methods were instigated to offer backward compatibility so that

accessible interfaces can use the lambda statement without executing the methods
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in the implementation class. Default methods are also called as defender methods or
virtual extension methods.

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interface TestInterface
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public void square(int x);
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default void show()
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b.show();
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Default Methods and Multiple Inheritance
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If both the implemented interfaces include default methods with same method
statement, the implementing class should clearly identify which default method is to be
used or it supposed to override the default method.
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Example to show multiple inheritance through default method
interface TestInterfacedemo
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public void show()
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TestInterface2.super.show();
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{
TestClass d = new TestClass();

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Static Methods in Interface are those methods, which are declared in the interface
with the keyword static. Unlike other methods in Interface, these static methods include
the total definition of the function and given that the definition is complete and the
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method is static, consequently these methods cannot be overridden or misrepresented

in the implementation class.
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declared in the interface, but cannot be overridden in execution Classes. To utilize a

static method, Interface name should be instantiated with it, as it is a component of the
Interface only.
Example 1: To demonstrate use of Static method in Interface.

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In this program, a simple static method is declared in an interface which is being

called in the main() method of the Implementation Class InterfaceDemo. Unlike the

default method, the static method defines in Interface hello(), cannot be overridden in
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implementing the class.
interface NewInterface {
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static void hello()
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void overrideMethod(String str);
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interface PrintDemo {
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public class InterfaceDemo implements PrintDemo {
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PrintDemo.hello();
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hello();
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Developer can use interfaces to call shared constants into multiple classes by
simply declaring an interface that contains variables that are initialized to the specified
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values. Once developer include that interface during a class (that is, once developer
“implement” the interface), all of these variable names are going to be in scope as
constants. (This is analogous to employing a header enter C/C++ to make an outsized
number of #defined constants or const declarations.) If an interface contains no

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methods, then any class that has such an interface doesn’t actually implement anything.
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final variables.
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Below program uses this system to implement an automatic “decision maker”:
import java.util.Random;
interface SharedConstantsdemo {
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int YES = 1;
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int MAYBE = 2;
int LATER = 3;
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int SOON = 4;
int NEVER = 5;
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class Question implements SharedConstantsdemo {
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int ask() {
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int a = (int) (100 * R.nextDouble());
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return YES; // 30%

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else if (a< 98)

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return SOON; // 13%
else
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return NEVER; // 2%
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class AskMedemo implements SharedConstants {
static void answer(int result) {

switch(result) {
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case NO:
System.out.println(“No”);
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break;
case YES:
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System.out.println(“Yes”);
break;
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case MAYBE:
System.out.println(“Maybe”);
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break;
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System.out.println(“Later”);
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break;
case SOON:
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System.out.println(“Soon”);
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break;
case NEVER:
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System.out.println(“Never”);
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Questiondemo q = new Questiondemo();
answer(q.ask());
answer(q.ask());
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answer(q.ask());
answer(q.ask());
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Notice that this program makes use of one of Java’s regular classes: Random. This
class contains pseudorandom numbers and provides them when they call. It provides
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several methods that allow you to obtain random numbers in the form required by your
program. In this program, developer used method nextDouble( ) is used. It returns

casual numbers between in the range 0.0 to 1.0.

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In this sample program, the two classes, Questiondemo and AskMedemo, both
implement the SharedConstantsdemo interface where NO, YES, MAYBE, SOON,
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LATER, and NEVER are defined. Inside each class, the code refers to these constants
as if each class had defined or inherited them directly.
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Output
Later
Soon
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No
Yes
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1. The interface in Java language is a instrument to achieve __________________ .
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2. Before Java 8, interfaces possibly will have only __________________ methods.
3. Static Methods in Interface are those methods, which are declared in the
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Developer can use ______________________ to call shared constants into multiple
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classes by simply declaring an interface that contains variables that are initialized to
the specified values.
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●● Java 8 comes up with a new concept of default method implementation in

interfaces. This ability is added for backward compatibility so that old interfaces
can be utilized to influence the lambda expression capability of Java 8.
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●● The Lambda expression is used to provide the implementation of an interface

which has functional interface. It saves a lot of code. In case of lambda
expression, we don’t need to define the method again for providing the
implementation. Here, we just write the implementation code.
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●● We can’t create instance(interface can’t be instantiated) of interface but we can

make reference of it that refers to the Object of its implementing class.
●● A class can implement more than one interface.
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●● An interface can extends another interface or interfaces (more than one interface).
●● A class that implements interface must implements all the methods in interface.
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●● All the methods are public and abstract. And all the fields are public, static, and
final.
●● It is used to achieve multiple inheritance.
●● It is used to achieve loose coupling.
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●● Alike to Default Method in Interface, the static method in an interface can be

declared in the interface, but cannot be overridden in execution Classes. To utilize

a static method, Interface name should be instantiated with it, as it is a component

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of the Interface only.
Activity
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1. What will be the output of below program
import java.io.*;
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{
// public, static and final
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final int a = 10;
// public and abstract
void display();
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}
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public void display()
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System.out.println(“Geek”);
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}
{
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TestClass t = new TestClass();
t.display();
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}
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1. Define different type of Methods in interface?
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2. What do you mean by default method in interface?

3. Define static methods in interface?
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4. What do you mean by constant variables in interface?
Glossary
●● Lambda expression: Lambda expression is a new and important feature of Java
which was included in Java SE 8. It provides a clear and concise way to represent
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one method interface using an expression. It is very useful in collection library. It

helps to iterate, filter and extract data from collection.

●● Interface: Like a class, an interface can have methods and variables, but the
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methods declared in an interface are by default abstract (only method signature,
no body).
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Further Readings:
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1. abstraction
2. abstract
3. Interface
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4. interfaces
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Unit - 4.3 : Multithreading

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Objectives
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●● Define Multithreading
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●● Understand the Concept of Thread in Multithreading
●● Define Lifecycle of Thread
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●● How to Implement a Thread
●● Compare Thread v/s Runnable method of creating thread
●● Define Methods of Thread class
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●● What are Thread Priorities
Introduction
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Contrasting to many other computer languages, Java language gives built-in
support for multithreaded programming. A multithreaded program includes two or more
parts that can execute alongside. Each fraction of such a program is called a thread,
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and each thread declares a separate way of execution. Thus, multithreading is a
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dedicated type of multitasking.
Developers are certainly familiar with multitasking, because it is supported by

nearly all modern operating systems. Nevertheless, there are two separate types of
multitasking: process-based and thread-based.
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Multithreading enables developer to write very efficient codes that make maximum
use of the CPU, because idle time can be reserved to a minimum. This is significant
for the interactive, networked environment in which Java language operates, because
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inactive time is common. For example, the broadcast rate of data over a system is
much slower than the rate at which the computer can process it. Even local file system
resources are read and written at a very slower pace than they can be processed by the
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CPU. And, of course, user contribution is much slower than the computer. In a single-
threaded environment, developer program has to wait for each of these everyday jobs
to end before it can go on to the next one—even though the CPU is sitting idle most of
the time. Multithreading lets you gain admission to this inactive time and put it to good
use.
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If developer have programmed for operating systems such as Windows, then you
are already recognizable with multithreaded programming. However, the fact that Java
language manages threads makes multithreading particularly suitable, because many
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of the details are handled for you.

Multithreading is a Java characteristic that lets simultaneous execution of two or
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more parts of a program for maximum consumption of CPU. Each part of such program
is called a thread. So, threads are light-weight processes inside a process.

Though, we use multithreading than multiprocessing because threads use a

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common memory area. They don’t assign separate memory region so saves memory,
and context-switching among the threads takes less time than process.
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There are two distinct types of multitasking: process based and thread-based. It is
important to understand the difference between the two.
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Process-based multitasking:
A process is, in core, a code that is executing. Thus, process-based multitasking
is the characteristic that lets your computer to run two or more programs alongside.
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For example, process-based multitasking facilitates you to run the Java compiler at the
same time that when you are working on a text editor. In process based multitasking, a
program is the smallest unit of code that can be transmitted through the scheduler.
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Thread-based multitasking:
The thread is the least unit of dispatch able code. This means that a single code
can carry out two or more tasks at the same time. For example, text editors can layout
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text at the same time that it is printing, providing these two events are being executed
by two separate threads. Thus, process-based multitasking engaged with the “big
picture,” and thread-based multitasking takes care of the details.
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Multitasking threads need less overhead than multitasking processes. Processes

are hardwearing tasks that want their separate location space. Inter-process
communication is luxurious and inadequate. Framework switching from one process to
an additional is also expensive.
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Alternatively, threads are lightweight. They allocate the similar address space
and agreeably share the same heavyweight process. Inter-thread communication is
reasonably priced, and context switching among one thread to another is not that costly.
While Java language codes make use of process based multitasking environments,
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process-based multitasking is not beneath the control of Java language.

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Advantages of Multithreading
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1. It doesn’t stop the user because threads are self-governing, and developer can carry
out multiple operations at the equivalent time.

2. To carry-out many operations at similar time, hence it saves lots o time

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3. Threads are independent, so it does not impact other threads if an exception occurs
in a single thread.
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4.3.2 Concept of Thread in Multithreading
In Java language, a single task is called a thread. The term “thread” refers to a
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“thread of control” or “thread of execution,” meaning a series of commands that
are executed one after another— the thread extends during time, connecting each
command to the next. In a multithreaded program, there can be many threads of
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execution, weaving during time in equivalent and creating the complete framework of
the program.
Every Java language program has at least one thread; when the Java virtual
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machine executes your program, it constructs a thread that is accountable for executing
the main routine of the code. This main thread can in turn construct other threads that
can carry on even after the main thread has terminated. In a GUI code, there is at
least one supplementary thread, which is in charge for managing events and drawing
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components on the display. This GUI thread is shaped when the first window is opened.
So in fact, developer has already done parallel programming! When a main schedule
opens a window, together the main thread and the GUI thread can carry on to execute
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As depicted in the figure above, a thread is executed inside the different processes.
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There is context-switching between the threads. There can be numerous processes

inside the operating system, and single process can have numerous threads.
Java language offer Thread class to attain thread programming. Thread class
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present constructors and methods to construct and carry out operations on a thread.
Thread class expand Object class and execute Runnable interface.
The Java language run-time system rely on threads for several things, and all the
class libraries are intended with multithreading in mind. In actual fact, Java language
uses threads to enable the whole environment to be asynchronous. This helps in
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reducing incompetence by avoiding the waste of CPU cycles.

The significance of a multithreaded environment is best understood in disparity

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to its counterpart. Single-threaded scheme use an approach known as an event loop
with polling. In this model, a single thread of control executes in an infinite loop, polling
a single event queue to make a decision what to do next. Once this polling system
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returns with, declare, a signal that a network file is all set to be read, then the event loop
transmits control to the suitable event handler.
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Till this event handler returns, system gets into an idle state. This takes too
much time of a CPU. It can also result in one part of a program taking control of the
system and avoiding any other events from being executed or processed. In common,
a singled-threaded environment, when a thread blocks (that is, suspends execution)
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because it is looking for some resources, the entire code stops executing.
The advantage of Java’s language multithreading is that the main loop/polling

system is eliminated. One thread can be break without impacting on the other parts
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of developer program. For example, the idle time created when a thread compile
data from a network or look for user contribution can be used somewhere else.
Multithreading permits animation loops to snooze for a second among each frame
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without affecting the whole system to pause. When a thread blocks in a Java language
program, only the single thread that is blocked pauses. All other threads continue to
execute.
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Threads presents in several states. A thread can be running. It can be ready to
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execute as soon as it gets CPU time. A running thread can be stopped, which for the
time being suspends its activity. A suspended thread can then be recommence, letting
it to pick up where it left off. A thread can be barren when looking for a resource.
At whatever time, a thread can be ended, which bring to an end to its execution
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immediately. Once terminated, a thread cannot be start again.
Messaging
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After developers divide his/her code into separate threads, developer requires
declaring how they will connect with each other. When programming with most other
languages, developer must depend on the operating system to set up communication
among threads. This adds overhead. By contrast, Java language provides a clean,
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low-cost method for two or more threads to communicate with each other, via calls
to predefined methods that all objects have. Java’s language messaging framework
permits a thread to enter a synchronized method on an object, and then stay there until
some other thread explicitly informs it to come out.
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Thread Priorities
Java language allocates to every thread a priority that declares how that thread
should be indulgence with respect to the others. Thread priorities are integers that state
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the comparative precedence of one thread to another. As a complete value, a priority is

worthless; a higher-priority thread doesn’t execute any faster as compared to a lower-
priority thread if it is the only thread executing. In its place, a thread’s priority is used to
determine when to jumps from one running thread to the next. This is called a context
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switch. The rules that determine when a context switch takes place are simple:

●● A thread can willingly hand over control. This is done by clearly yielding, sleeping,
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or blocking on pending I/O. In this scenario, all other threads are inspected, and
the highest-priority thread that is prepared to execute is given the CPU.
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●● A thread can be obstructing by a higher-priority thread. In this case, a lower-priority
thread that does not give up the processor is simply holds—no matter what it is
doing— by a higher-priority thread. On the whole, as soon as a higher-priority
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thread wants to executes, it does irrespective of any other process. This is called
preemptive multitasking.
In cases where two threads with the similar priority are challenging for CPU cycles,
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the circumstances are a bit difficult. For operating systems such as Windows, threads
of identical priority are time-sliced repeatedly in round-robin fashion. For other types
of operating systems, threads of equal priority have to willingly yield managed to their
peers. If they don’t, the other threads will not execute.
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Synchronization
Since multithreading brings in an asynchronous behavior to your code, there
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must be a way for developer to implement synchronicity when developer require
it. For example, if you want two threads to converse and contribute to a complicated
data structure, such as a linked list, developer need some way to make sure that they
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don’t argue among each other. That is, developer must stop one thread from writing
data while another thread is in the middle of reading it. For this purpose, Java language
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employs an elegant twist on an age-old model of inter-process synchronization: the
monitor. The monitor is a manage mechanism first explain by C.A.R. Hoare. Developer
can think of a screen as a very small box that can grasp only one thread. Once a thread
enters a screen, all other threads have to wait until that thread exits the screen. In this
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fashion, a monitor can be utilized to shield a shared asset from being influenced by
more than one thread at a time.
Most multithreaded systems expose screens as objects that your code must openly
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acquire and manipulate. Java language provides a cleaner solution. There is no class
“Monitor”; instead, each object has its own implied monitor that is automatically go into
when one of the object’s synchronized methods is invoked. Once a thread is within a
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synchronized method, no other thread can invoke any other synchronized method on
the same object. This facilitates developer to write very clear and crisp multithreaded
code, because synchronization support is built within the language.
The Main Thread

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The Main Thread when a Java language program sets up, one thread starts
executing right away. This is generally invoked the main thread of your code, because
it is the one that is running when his/her program starts. The main thread is vital for two
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reasons:
1. It is the thread from which other “child” threads will be generated.

2. Often, it must be the last thread to come to an end execution because it carry outs a
variety of shutdown actions.
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Although the main thread is constructed without human intervention when your
program is begins, it can be managed through a Thread object. To carry out this,

developer must get a reference to it by invoking the method currentThread( ), which is a

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public static member of Thread. Its general form can be represented as:
static Thread currentThread( )
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This method returns a reference to the thread in which it is invoked. Once
developer has a reference to the main thread, developer can control it just like any
other thread.
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Let’s look into below code and examine it
class CurrentThreadDemo1 {
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Thread td = Thread.CurrentThreadDemo();
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System.out.println(“Current thread: “ + td);
// change the name of the thread
td.setName(“My Thread”);
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System.out.println(“After name change: “ + td);
try {
for(int n = 7; n > 0; n--) {

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Thread.sleep(1000);
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} catch (InterruptedException e) {
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In this program, a reference to the current thread (the main thread, in this case) is
acquired by invoking CurrentThreadDemo( ), and this reference is stored in the local
variable td. Next, the program shows information about the thread. The program then
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invoke setName( ) to modify the internal name of the thread. Information as regards the
thread is then redisplayed. Next, a loop counts down from seven, pausing one second
between each line.
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The pause is achieved by the sleep( ) method. The argument to sleep( ) identify the
holdup period in milliseconds. Observe the try/catch block around this loop. The sleep( )
method in Thread may throw an InterruptedException. This would happen if some other
thread wanted to break off this sleeping one. This example just prints a message if it
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gets broken up. In a real code, developer would need to tackle this differently. Here is
the output generated by this program:

Output
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Current thread: Thread[main,7,main]
After name change: Thread[My Thread,7,main]
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Notice the output produced when td is used as an argument to println( ). Then

shows, in order: the name of the thread, its priority, and the given name of its group. By
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default, the name of the main thread is main.
Its priority is 7, which is the default value, and main is also the name of the group
of threads to which this thread fit in. A thread group is a data structure that manages the
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pahse of a collection of threads as a complete. After the name of the thread is modified,
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td is again output. This time, the new name of the thread is showed.

In Java language, a thread always exists in any one of the following states. These
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states are:
1. New
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2. Active
3. Blocked / Waiting
4. Timed Waiting
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5. Terminated
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Life Cycle of a Thread

1. New Thread: When a new thread is constructed, it is in the new state. The thread
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has not yet in progress to execute when thread is in this state. When a thread stays
in the new state, its code is yet to be run and hasn’t on track to execute.
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2. Runnable State: A thread which is ready to run is moved to runnable state. In this
state, a thread might actually be executing or it might be ready run at any point of
time. It is the accountability of the thread scheduler to provide the thread, time to run.
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A multi-threaded code assigns a fixed amount of time to each entity thread. Each and
every thread runs for a little while and then pauses and abandon the CPU to another
thread, so that other threads can acquire a chance to run. When this occurs, all
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such threads that are prepared to run, waiting for the CPU and the currently running
thread located in runnable state.
3. Blocked or Waiting: Whenever a thread is still for duration of time (not permanently)
then, either the thread is in the blocked phase or is in the waiting phase.
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For example, a thread (let’s say its name is X) may want to print some information
from the printer. However, at the similar time, the other thread (let’s say its name is Y)
is utilizing the printer to print some information. Consequently, thread X has to hang
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about for thread Y to utilize the printer. Thus, thread X is in the blocked Phase. X
thread in the blocked state is not capable to carry out any execution and thus never
use any cycle of the Central Processing Unit (CPU). Hence, we can say that thread
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X remains idle until the thread scheduler reinitiate thread X, which is in the waiting or
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blocked phase or state.
When the main thread calls the join() method then, it is thought that the main thread
is in the waiting state. The main thread then stops for the child threads to finish their
duties. When the child threads finish their job, an announcement is transmits to the
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main thread, which once more moves the thread from waiting to the active state.
If there are a group of threads in the waiting or blocked state, then it is the responsibility
of the thread scheduler to decide which thread to select and which one to negelect,
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and the chosen thread is then given the chance to run.

4. Timed Waiting: Sometimes, waiting for takes code to starvation. For example, a
thread (its name is X) has entered the significant section of a code and is not ready
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to leave that significant section. In such a scenario, another thread (its name is
Y) has to hold everlastingly, which leads to starvation. To keep away from such
circumstances, a timed waiting state is given to thread Y. Thus, thread located in
the waiting state for a definite duration of time, and not forever. A real example of
timed waiting is when we calls the sleep() method on a particular thread. The sleep()
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method locate the thread in the timed wait state. After the time complete, the thread
wakes up and beginning its execution from where it has left earlier.
5. Terminated State: A thread ends because of either of the following reasons:
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◌◌ Because it exists as planned. This take place when the code of thread has
completely executed by the program.
◌◌ Because there take place some abnormal incorrect event, like segmentation
error or an unhandled exception.
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A thread that located in a terminated state does no longer eat any cycles of CPU.

Implementing Thread States in Java

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In Java language, to get the present state of the thread, use Thread.getState()
method to get the present state of the thread. Java language provides java.lang.Thread.
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State class that declares the ENUM constants for the state of a thread, as synopsis of
which is given below:
1. Constant type: New
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public static final Thread.State NEW
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2. Constant type: Runnable
Expression: public static final Thread.State RUNNABLE
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Explanation: Thread state for a runnable thread. A thread in the runnable state is
running in the Java virtual machine but it might be looking for other resources from the
operating system such as processor.
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3. Constant type: Blocked
Expression: public static final Thread.State BLOCKED
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Explanation: Thread state for a thread blocked looking for a monitor lock. A thread
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in the blocked state is looking for a monitor lock to enter a synchronized block/method
or re-enter a synchronized block/method after invoking Object.wait().
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Expression: public static final Thread.State WAITING
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thread is in the waiting state due to invoking one of the following methods:
◌◌ Object.wait with no timeout

◌◌ Thread.join with no timeout
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◌◌ LockSupport.park
A thread in the waiting state is looking for another thread to carry out a meticulous
action.
5. Constant type: Timed Waiting

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Declaration: public static final Thread.State TIMED_WAITING
Explanation: Thread state for a waiting thread with a particular waiting time. A
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thread is in the timed waiting state due to invoking one of the methods described below
with a particular positive waiting time:
◌◌ Thread.sleep
◌◌ Object.wait with timeout
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◌◌ Thread.join with timeout

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◌◌ LockSupport.parkNanos
◌◌ LockSupport.parkUntil
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6. Constant type: Terminated
Expression: public static final Thread.State TERMINATED
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Explanation: Thread state for a terminated thread. The thread has finished
execution.
Example: Java code to demonstrate different thread state
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class thread implements Runnable
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public void run()
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// moving thread02 to timed waiting state
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Thread.sleep(200);
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public class Test implements Runnable
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public static Thread thread01;
public static Test ob;
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// thread1 constructed and is currently in the NEW state.
System.out.println(“State of thread01 after constructing it - “ + thread1.

getState());
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thread1.start();
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System.out.println(“State of thread1 after invoking .start() method on it -
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public void run()
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System.out.println(“State of thread02 after constructing it - “+ thread02.

getState());
thread02.start();
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System.out.println(“State of thread02 after invoking .start() method on

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//moving thread1 to timed waiting state

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Thread.sleep(200);
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State of thread1 after constructing it - NEW
State of thread1 after invoke .start() method on it - RUNNABLE
State of thread02 after constructing it - NEW

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State of thread02 after invoke .start() method on it - RUNNABLE
State of thread02 after invoke .sleep() method on it - TIMED_WAITING
State of thread1 while it invokedjoin() method on thread02 -WAITING

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State of thread02 when it has completes its execution – TERMINATED


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Creating a Thread
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In the most general sense, developer constructs a thread by defining an object of
type Thread. Java defines two ways in which this can be completed:
●● Developer can implement the Runnable interface.
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●● Developer can extend the Thread class, itself.
Common used method in thread class
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Class Declaration
public void run() is used to perform action for a thread.
public void start() starts the execution of the thread.JVM calls the
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run() method on the thread
public void sleep(long Causes the currently executing thread to sleep
miliseconds) (temporarily cease execution) for the specified
number of milliseconds
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public void join() waits for a thread to die.
public void jointlong waits for a thread to die for the specified
miliseconds) miliseconds.
public int getPriority() r returns the priority of the thread.
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public int setPriority(int changes the priority of the thread.
priority)
public String getName() returns the name of the thread.
public void setNamel String changes the name of the thread
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name)
public Thread currentThread) returns the reference of currently executing
thread
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public int getid) returns the id of the thread.

public Thread StategetState() returns the state of the thread.
public booleanisAlive) tests if the thread is alive
public void yield() causes the currently executing thread object to
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temporarily pause and allow other threads to

execute.
public void suspendi) is used to suspend the thread.
public void resume) is used to resume the suspended thread.
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public void stopi) is used to stop the thread.

public booleanis Daemont) tests if the thread is a daemon thread
public void marks the thread as daemon or user thread
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setDaemon(boolean b)
public void interrupt() interrupts the thread.
public boolesnisinterrupted) tests if the thread has been interrupted
public static boolean tests if the current thread has been interrupted.
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interrupted()

Implementing Runnable:
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The simplest way to construct a thread is to create a class that employs the
Runnable interface. Runnable abstracts a element of executable program. Developer
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can create a thread on any object that executes Runnable. To employ Runnable, a
class recquire only implement a single method known run( ), which is expressed like
this:
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public void run( )
Inside run( ), developer will declare the program that include the new thread. It is
significant to appreciate that run( ) can invoke other methods, use other classes, and
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define variables, just like the main thread is able to. The only disparity is that run( )
establishes the access point for another, simultaneous thread of execution inside his/
her program. This thread will completes when run( ) returns.
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After developerconstructs a class that implements Runnable, developer will
instantiate an object of typeThread from inside that class. Thread declares several
constructors. The one that we will use is shown below:
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Thread(Runnable threadObj, String threadDemo)
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interface.Thisdeclares where implementation of the thread will start. The name of the
new thread is specifiedbythreadDemo.After the new thread is constructed, it will not
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start executing until you call its start( )method,which is definedinside Thread. In core,
start( ) executes a call to run( ).
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// Create a second thread.
class NewThreaddemo implements Runnable {

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System.out.println(“Child thread: “ + td);
td.start(); // Begin the thread
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public void run() {
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for(int x = 5; x > 0; x--) {
System.out.println(“This is Child Thread: “ + x);
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System.out.println(“Exiting the child thread.”);
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class ThreadDemo {
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new NewThreaddemo(); // create a new thread
try {
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for(int x = 5; x > 0; x--) {
System.out.println(“First Thread: “ + x);
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System.out.println(“Main thread interrupted.”);
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td = new Thread(this, “Demo Thread”);

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call the run( )method on this object. Next, start( ) is invoked, which starts the thread of
execution starting at the run( ) method. This cause the child thread’s for loop to start.
After invokingstart( ),NewThreaddemo’s constructor returns to main( ). When the main
thread resumes, it go intoforloop. Both threads carry on executing, allocating the CPU,
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until their loops end.
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Child thread: Thread[Demo Thread,5,main]
First Thread: 5
This is Child Thread: 5

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First Thread: 3
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Exiting the child thread.
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First Thread: 2
First Thread: 1
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Main thread exiting.
As told earlier, in a multithreaded code, frequently the main thread has to be thelast
thread to end running. In fact, for some older Java Virtual Machines, if the main thread
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end beforea child thread has finished, then the Java run-time system may “suspend.”
The previous example of program make sure that the main thread finishes at the end,
because the main thread sleeps for 1,500milliseconds between iterations, but the child
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thread sleeps for only 700 milliseconds. This is the reason the child thread to end
earlier than the main thread.
Extending Thread
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Thread, and then to create a module of that class. The extending class have to override
the run( ) method, which is the starting point for the new thread. It must also invoke
start( ) to start running of the new thread.
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Here is the same program rewritten to define extend Thread:
// Create a second thread by extending Thread

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class NewThreadDemo extends Thread {
NewThreadDemo() {
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super(“Demo Thread”);
System.out.println(“This is Child thread: “ + this);
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// This is the starting point for the second thread.

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public void run() {
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System.out.println(“This is Child Thread: “ + x);
Thread.sleep(700);

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System.out.println(“Child interrupted.”);
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System.out.println(“Exiting child thread.”);
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}
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class ExtendThread {
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new NewThread(); // create a new thread
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System.out.println(“Main Thread: “ + x);
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see, the childthread is created by instantiating an object of NewThreadDemo, which is

resultant from Thread.Notice the call to super( ) inside NewThreadDemo. This calls the
following form of theThread constructor:
public Thread(String threadst)

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4.3.5 Thread v/s Runnable method of creating thread
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Basis For
Thread Runnable
Comparison
Basic Each thread creates a unique Multiple threads share the
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object and gets associated with it. same objects.
Memory As each thread creates a unique As multiple threads share the
object, more memory required. same object less memory is
used.
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Extending In Java, multiple inheritance If a class define thread
not allowed hence, after a class implementing the Runnable
extends Thread class, it cannot interface it has a chance of
extend any other class. r extending one class.
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Use A user must extend thread class If you only want to
only if it wants to override the specialize run method then
other methods in Thread class. implementing Runnable is a
better option.
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Coupling Extending Thread class Implementing Runnable

introduces tight coupling as the interface introduces loose
class contains code of Thread coupling as the code of
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class and also the job assigned to Thread is separate from the
the thread. job of Threads.
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class RunnableDemo implements Runnable{
public void run(){
System.out.println(“Thread is running for Runnable Implementation Demo”);

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RunnableExample runnable=new RunnableExample();
Thread td1 =new Thread(runnable);
td1.start();
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Output
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Thread is running for Runnable Implementation Demo
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Example of Thread implementation:
class ThreadDemo extends Thread{
public void run(){
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System.out.println(“Thread Demo is running”);
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ThreadDemox=new ThreadDemo ();
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Output
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Creating Multiple Threads
So far, we have been with only two threads: the main thread and one child thread.
Though, developer program can initiate as much threads as it requires. For example,
the following code constructs three child threads:
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// Create multiple threads.
class NewThreadDemo implements Runnable {

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String name; // name of thread
Thread td1;
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NewThreadDemo(String threadname) {
name = threadname;
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System.out.println(“New thread: “ + td1);
td1.start(); // Start the thread

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public void run() {
try {
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System.out.println(name + “: “ + a);

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System.out.println(name + “Interrupted”);
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System.out.println(name + “ exiting.”);
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}
class MultiThreadDemo {
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new NewThreadDemo(“One”); // start threads
new NewThreadDemo(“Two”);
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new NewThreadDemo(“Three”);
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Thread.sleep(12000);
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System.out.println(“Main thread Interrupted”);
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Output
New thread: Thread[One,5,main]
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New thread: Thread[Three,5,main]
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Two: 2
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One exiting.
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Three exiting.
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threads. Each thread has a priority which is used by the thread scheduler to decide
which thread must run at which place. Java language provides a thread class that
has various method calls in order to administer the behavior of threads by giving
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constructors and methods to carry out operations on threads.
Method name Method Code Description

current Thread public static the currently executing thread.
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Thread current
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yield public static void Yield is a heuristic attempt to improve relative
yield() progression between threads that would otherwise
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over-utilise a CPU, Its use should be combined with

detailed profiling and benchmarking to ensure that it
actually has the desired effect.
sleep public static void Causes the c e currently executing thread to sleep
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sleep(long mills) (temporarily cease execution) for the specified

number of milliseconds, subject to the precision
and accuracy of system timers and schedulers. The
thread does not lose ownership of any monitors
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sleep public static void Causes the currently executing thread to sleep
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sleep(long mills, (temporarily cease execution) for the specified
int nanos) number of milliseconds plus the specified number of
in
nanoseconds, subject to the precision and accuracy
of system timers and schedulers. The thread does
not lose ownership of any monitors
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clone protected Object Throws Clone NotSupported Exception as a Thread
clone() can not be meaningfully cloned. Construct a new
Thread instead
start public void start() Causes this thread to begin execution the Java
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Virtual Machine calls the run method of this thread.
Run public void run() If this thread was constructed using a separate
Runnable run object, then that Runnable object’s
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run method is called, otherwise, this method does
nothing and returns.
stop public final void Forces the thread to stop executing
stop()
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interrupted public void Interrupts this thread
interrupt()
interrupted public static The interrupted status of the thread is cleared by
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this method. In other words, if this method were
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interrupted() to be called twice in succession, the second call
would return false funless the current thread were
interrupted again, after the first call had cleared its
interrupted status and before the second call had
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examined it. A thread interruption ignored because

a thread was not alive at the time of the Interrupt will
be reflected by this method returning false.
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is interrupted public boolean is Tests whether this thread has been interrupted. The
interrupted() interrupted status of the thread is unaffected by this
method. A thread interruption ignored because a
thread was not alive at the time of the interrupt will
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be reflected by this method returning false.

is interrupted public boolean is Tests if this thread is alive. A thread is alive fit has
Interrupted() been started and has not yet died.
is Alive public final First, the checkAccess method of thes thread
boolean is Alive() is called with no arguments. This may result in
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if the thread is alive, it is suspended and makes no
further progress unlest and until It is resumed.
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suspend public final void First, the checkAccess method of this thread
suspend() is called with no arguments. This may result in
throwing a SecurityException in the current thread) if
the thread is alive but suspended, it is resumed and
is permitted to make progress in its execution.
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resume public final void First the checkAccess method of this thread is called
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resume() with no arguments. This may result in throwing a
SecurityException otherwise, the priority of this
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and the main permitted pilarity of the thead’s thread
group.
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set Priority public final void Returns this thread’s priority.
set Priority (int
new Priority)
set Name public final void Changes the name of this thread to be equal to the
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set Name (String argument name. First the checkAccess method of
Name) this thread is called with no arguments. This may
result in throwing a SecurityException.
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get Name public final string Returns this thread’s name.
get Name()
get Thread public final Thread Returns the thread group to which this thread
Group Group get Thread belongs. This method returns null if this thread has
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Group() died (been stopped) Returns an estimate of the
number of active threads in the current thread’s
thread group and its subgroups. Recursively iterates
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group.
active Count public static int Copies into the specified array every active thread in
active count() the current thread’s thread group and its subgroups.
This method simply Invokes the ThreadGroup.
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enumerate(Thread[]) method of the current thread’s

thread group.
enumerate public static Counts the number of stack frames in this thread.
int enumerate The thread must be suspended.
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count Stack public int count Waits at mest millis milliseconds for this thread to
Frames stack frames() die. A timeout of 0 means to wait forever.
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join public final void Marks this thread as either a daemon thread or a
join (long millis) user thread. The Java Virtual Machine exits when
the only threads running are all daemon threads.
set Daemon public final void Tests if this thread is a daemon thread.
set Daemon
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(boolean on)
is Daemon public final Determines if the currently running thread has
boolean is permission t to modify this thread. if there is a
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Daemon() security manager its checkAccess method is s called

with this thread as its argument. This may result in
throwing a SecurityException
Check Access public final void Returns a string representation of this thread,
check access including the thread’s name. priority, and thread
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to string public string to Returns a string representation of this thread,

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string() including the thread’s name, priority, and thread
group.
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get Context public Class Returns the context ClassLoader for this Thread.
Class Loader Loader get The context ClassLoader is provided by the creator
Context Class of the thread for use by code running in this thread
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Loader() when loading classes and resources. If not set, the
default is the of the parent Thread ClassLoader
context text Classtoader of the primordial The thread
is typically set to the class loader used to load the
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set Context public void set Sets the context ClassLoader for this Thread The
Class Loader Context Class context ClassLoader can be set when a thread
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Loader (Class is created, and allows the creator of the thread
Loader cl) to provide the appropriate class loader through
getContextClassLoader to code running in the
thread when loading classes and resources
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holds Lock public static Sets the context ClassLoader for this Thread. The
boolean holds context Classtoader can be set when a thread
Lock (Object obj) is created, and allows the creator of the thread
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ContextClassLoader, to code running in the thread
when loading classes and resources if security
manager is present, its checkPermission method is
invoked with a RuntimePermission(“setContextClass
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Loader”) permission to see if setting the context

ClassLoader is permitted.
holds Lock public static Returns true if and only if the current thread holds
boolean holds the monitor lock on the specified
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Lock (Object obj) object This method is designed to allow a program

to assert that the current thread already holds a
specified lock
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get Stack public Stack Trace Returns an array of stack trace elements
Trace Element[] get representing the stack dump of this thread This
Stack Trace() method will return a zero-length array if this thread
has not started, has started but has not yet been
scheduled to run by the system, or has terminated. If
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the returned array is of non-zero length then the first

element of the array represents the top of the stack,
which is the most recent method invocation in the
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sequence. The last element of the array represents

the bottom of the stack, which is the least recent
method invocation in the sequence.
Using isAlive( ) and join( )

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Often developer wishes for the main thread to finish at the end. In the previous
examples, this is completed by invoking sleep( ) inside main( ), with a sufficient delay to

make sure that all child threads finish prior to the main thread. On the other hand, this is
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barely a reasonable solution, however there class provide us a solution for that
There are two ways to define whether a thread has ended or not.
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First, developer can call isAlive( ) on the thread. This method is declared by
Thread, and it can be represented as:
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final booleanisAlive( )
The isAlive( ) method returns true if the thread upon which it is invoke is still
running. It returns false else.
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While isAlive( ) is infrequently useful, the method that developer will more
commonly use to wait for a thread to finish is known join( ), its syntax is given below
final void join( ) throws InterruptedException
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This method stay until the thread on which it is invokes ends. Its name comes from
the idea of the invoking thread waiting until the particular thread joins it. Supplementary
forms of join( ) lets developer to indicate a maximum amount of time that developer
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want to wait for the particular thread to end.
Example to shoe isAlive() and join() method:
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Thread a;
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name = threadname;
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System.out.println(“New thread: “ + a);
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public void run() {
try {
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for(int x = 3; x > 0; x--) {
System.out.println(name + “: “ + x);
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Thread.sleep(1200);
System.out.println(name + “ interrupted.”);
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class DemoJoin {
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NewThreadDemo ob1 = new NewThreadDemo(“One”);
NewThreadDemo ob2 = new NewThreadDemo(“Two”);
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NewThreadDemo ob3 = new NewThreadDemo(“Three”);
System.out.println(“Thread One is alive: “
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+ ob1.a.isAlive());
System.out.println(“Thread Two is alive: “
+ ob2.a.isAlive());
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System.out.println(“Thread Three is alive: “
+ ob3.a.isAlive());
// wait for threads to complete

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ob1.a.join();
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ob3.a.join();

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System.out.println(“Thread One is alive: “
+ ob1.a.isAlive());
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System.out.println(“Thread Two is alive: “
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System.out.println(“Thread Three is alive: “
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New thread: Thread[Three,5,main]
Thread One is alive: true
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Thread Two is alive: true
Thread Three is alive: true
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Waiting for threads to complete.
One: 3
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Three: 3
One: 2
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Two: 2
Three: 2
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Two exiting.
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Thread One is alive: false
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Thread priority in Java language is a number allocated to a thread i.e. utilized by

Thread scheduler to identify which thread should be permissible to run.
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In Java language, each thread is dispersing a different priority that will choose the
preference in which it is scheduled for executing.
Thread priorities are symbolized by a number from 1 to 10 that specify the priority
of one thread to another. The thread with the uppermost priority is chosen by the
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scheduler to be executed primary.

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threads. In practice, the sum of CPU time that a thread find often based on several
factors in addition to its priority. (For example, how an operating system realizes
multitasking can influence the relative availability of CPU time.) A higher-priority thread
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is able to anticipate a lower-priority one. For instance, when a lower-priority thread is
executing and a higher-priority thread starts again (from sleeping or waiting on I/O, for
example), it will anticipate the lower priority thread.
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The default priority of a thread is 5. Thread class in Java language also provides
quite a few priority constants to describe the priority of a thread. These are:
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1. MIN_PRIORITY = 1
2. NORM_PRIORITY = 5
3. MAX_PRIORTY = 10
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These 3 constant can be represented as:
●● public static int MIN_PRIORITY
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●● public static int NORM_PRIORITY
●● public static int MAX_PRIORITY
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In all the previous examples, threads we have discussed are of the same priority
(equal priority). The threads of the similar priority are given equal time by Java
language scheduler.
Thread scheduler choose the thread for execution on the first-come, first-serve
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foundation. That is, the threads having identical priorities split the processor time on the
first-come, first-serve basis.
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When multiple threads are prepared for execution, the uppermost priority thread
is preferred and executed by Java virtual machine. In case when high priority threads
discontinue, give ways, or enters the blocked state, then a low priority thread starts
running.
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If any high priority thread goes into the runnable state, it will block the currently
running thread forcing it to shift to the runnable state. Note that the highest priority
thread forever prevents any lower priority thread to execute.
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How to get Priority of Current Thread in Java?

Thread class offers a method named getPriority() that is used by developer
to decide the priority of a thread. It returns the priority of a thread through which it is
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invoked.
Program to understand getpriority()

public class ABC implements Runnable
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public void run()

{
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System.out.println(Thread.currentThread()); // This method is static.
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ABC a = new ABC();
Thread x = new Thread(a, “NewThreadDemo”);
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System.out.println(“Priority of Thread: “ +x.getPriority());
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System.out.println(“Name of Thread: “ +x.getName());
x.start();
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}
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Priority of Thread: 5
Name of Thread: NewThreadDemo
Thread[NewThread,5,main]
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In the above code, the getPriority() method is invoked using reference variable x of
Thread class, therefore it returns the precedence of current thread through Thread.
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How to set Priority of Thread in Java:

The setPriority() of Thread class is used by developer to position the priority of a
thread. This method recognizes an integer value as an argument and locates that value
as priority of a thread through which it is invoked. SetPriority() can be represented as:
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ThreadName.setPriority(a);
Where, a is an integer value which variety from 1 to 10.

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Program to understand setpriority()

public class ABC implements Runnable
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public void run()
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread()); // This method is static.

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{
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ABC a = new ABC();
Thread x = new Thread(a, “NewThreadDemo”);
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x.setPriority(3); // Setting the priority of thread.
System.out.println(“Priority of Thread: “ +x.getPriority());
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System.out.println(“Name of Thread: “ +x.getName());
x.start();
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}
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Output:
Priority of Thread: 3
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Name of Thread: NewThreadDemo
Thread[NewThread,3,main]
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The below program exhibit two threads at unusual priorities, which do not execute
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on a preemptive platform in the same way as they execute on a non preemptive

platform.
class XYZ implements Runnable {

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long click = 0;
Thread x;
private volatile boolean running = true;

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public XYZ(int a) {
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x.setPriority(a);
public void run() {

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while (running) {
click++;

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}
public void stop() {
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running = false;
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public void start() {
x.start();
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class HiLoPri {
Thread.currentThread().setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
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XYZ hi = new XYZ(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY + 2);
XYZ lo = new XYZ(Thread.NORM_PRIORITY - 2);
lo.start();
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hi.start();
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Thread.sleep(10000);
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lo.stop();
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hi.stop();
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hi.x.join();
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System.out.println(“InterruptedException caught”);
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System.out.println(“Low-priority thread: “ + lo.click);
System.out.println(“High-priority thread: “ + hi.click);

}
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}
The output of this program, shown below when execute under Windows, indicates
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thatthe threads did background switch, even though neither willingly yielded the CPU
nor blockedfor I/O. The higher-priority thread got the greater part of the CPU time.
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Low-priority thread: 4408112
High-priority thread: 589626904
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1. Developers are certainly familiar with multitasking, because it is supported by
nearly all modern operating systems. Nevertheless, there are two separate types of
multitasking ___________________ and __________________.
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2. In Java language, a single task is called a __________________ .
3. _________________ scheme use an approach known as an event loop with polling.
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4. A thread’s priority is used to determine when to jumps from one running thread to the
next is called a ___________________ switch.
5.
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Most multithreaded systems expose screens as objects that your code must openly
_________________ and ________________ .
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6. A thread that located in a ___________ state does no longer eat any cycles of CPU.
7. In Java language, to get the present state of the thread, use ________________
method to get the present state of the thread.
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extends Thread.
9. Each thread is dispersing a different priority that will choose the preference in which
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it is ________________ for executing.
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●● Process-based multitasking is the characteristic that lets your computer to run two
or more programs alongside.
●● In a GUI code, there is at least one supplementary thread, which is in charge for
managing events and drawing components on the display. This GUI thread is
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shaped when the first window is opened. So in fact, developer has already done
parallel programming
●● Java language offer Thread class to attain thread programming. Thread class
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present constructors and methods to construct and carry out operations on a

thread. Thread class expand Object class and execute Runnable interface.
●● The advantage of Java’s language multithreading is that the main loop/polling
system is eliminated. One thread can be break without impacting on the other parts
of developer program. For example, the idle time created when a thread compile
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data from a network or look for user contribution can be used somewhere else.

●● Java language allocates to every thread a priority that declares how that thread
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should be indulgence with respect to the others. Thread priorities are integers that
state the comparative precedence of one thread to another.
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●● A thread can willingly hand over control. This is done by clearly yielding, sleeping,
or blocking on pending I/O. In this scenario, all other threads are inspected, and
the highest-priority thread that is prepared to execute is given the CPU.
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●● A thread can be obstructing by a higher-priority thread. In this case, a lower-priority
thread that does not give up the processor is simply holds—no matter what it is
doing— by a higher-priority thread. On the whole, as soon as a higher-priority
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thread wants to executes, it does irrespective of any other process. This is called
preemptive multitasking.
●● A thread always exists in any one of the following states. These states are:
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1. New
2. Active
3. Blocked / Waiting
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4. Timed Waiting
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Runnable interface. Runnable abstracts a element of executable program.
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●● Thread priority in Java language is a number allocated to a thread i.e. utilized by
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Thread scheduler to identify which thread should be permissible to run.

●● When multiple threads are prepared for execution, the uppermost priority thread is
preferred and executed by Java virtual machine. In case when high priority threads
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discontinue, give ways, or enters the blocked state, then a low priority thread starts
running.
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1. Create a program and include multiple thread and assign different priorities to them?

1. Define Multithreading:
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2. What do you understand from the word Thread in Multithreading?

3. Define a lifecycle of Thread?
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4. How to implement a Thread?

5. What are the differences between Thread and Runnable method of creating thread?
6. Define various methods of Thread class
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7. What are thread priorities?

Glossary
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●● Multithreading: Multithreading is a Java characteristic that lets simultaneous
execution of two or more parts of a program for maximum consumption of CPU.
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●● Thread: The term “thread” refers to a “thread of control” or “thread of execution,”
meaning a series of commands that are executed one after another— the thread
extends during time, connecting each command to the next.
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●● GUI: Graphical User Interface
●● CPU: Central processing Unit
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●● New Thread: When a new thread is constructed, it is in the new state.
●● Runnable State: A thread which is ready to run is moved to runnable state. In this
state, a thread might actually be executing or it might be ready run at any point of
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time.
●● Blocked or Waiting: Whenever a thread is still for duration of time (not
permanently) then, either the thread is in the blocked phase or is in the waiting
phase.
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●● Timed Waiting: Sometimes, waiting for takes code to starvation.
●● Terminated State: A thread ends because of either of the following reasons:
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completely executed by the program.
◌◌ Because there take place some abnormal incorrect event, like segmentation
error or an unhandled exception.
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2. thread
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6. terminated
7. Thread.getState()
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8. Construct
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Unit - 4.4 : Thread Synchronization

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Objectives
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●● Understand the concept of Synchronization
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●● How to Implement Synchronization in Thread
●● Define the Benefits and Loopholes of Synchronization
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●● Understanding the concept of Resuming and stopping Threads
●● A code snippet to demonstrate thread with and without synchronization
Introduction
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It is already mentioned in above segments that threads in Java language are
executing in the same memory space, and therefore it is easy to converse between two
threads. Inter-thread connections allow threads to talk to or wait on each other. Again,
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because all the threads in a code share the similar memory space, it is promising for
two threads to use the same variables and methods in object.
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Problems may happen when two or more threads are accessing the same data
alongside, for example, one thread stores data into the shared object and the other threads
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reads data, and there can be synchronization trouble if the first thread has not completed
storing the data earlier than the second one goes to read it. So developer needs to make
sure to utilize the data by only one thread process at a same time. Java language offer
unique language level support for such synchronization. In this segment we will learn how
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synchronization device and inter-thread communications are possible in Java language.

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When two or more threads require admission to a shared resource, they require
some way to make sure that the resource will be used by only one thread at a time. The
procedure by which this is achieved is known synchronization. As you will see, Java
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language gives unique, language-level support for it.
Explanation to synchronization is the perception of the monitor (also called a

semaphore). A monitor is an object that is utilized as a reciprocally exclusive lock, or
mutex. Only one thread can possess a monitor at a particular time. When a thread
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obtain a lock, it is said to encompass entered the monitor. All other threads attempting
to go into the locked monitor will be hovering until the first thread exits the monitor.
These other threads are supposed to be waiting for the monitor. A thread that possess a
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monitor can reenter the same monitor if it so needs.
Most multithreaded method expose monitors as objects that developer program

must clearly obtain and manipulate. Java language gives a cleaner solution. There
is no class “Monitor”; in its place, Each object has its own understood monitor that is
automatically entered when one of the object’s. Synchronized methods is invoked.
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Once a thread is inside a synchronized method, no other Thread can invoke any other

synchronized system on the same object. This facilitates developer to write very clear
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and brief multithreaded code.
Let’s understand the concept of synchronization with a help of program.
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Suppose we want to sustain a bank account of customers. Several transactions,
such as deposits withdrawal some amount from an account etc. are possible. Now, for a
given account, if two or more transactions come concurrently then only one transaction
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should be allowed at a time instead of simultaneous transaction giving out so that data
inconsistency will never takes place. So, what developer needs to do is to synchronize
the transaction.
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class Accountdemo {
public int balance;
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public int accountNo;
void displayBalance() {
System.out.println(“Account No:” + accountNo + “Balance: “ + balance);
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System.out.println( amount + “ is deposited”);
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synchronized void withdraw(int amount){

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displayBalance();
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class TransactionDeposit implements Runnable{
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AccountdemoaccountX;
TransactionDeposit(Accountdemo x, int amount){
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this.amount = amount;
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public void run(){
accountX.deposit(amount);
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class TransactionWithdraw implements Runnable{
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int amount;
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TransactionWithdraw(Accountdemo y, int amount) {
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accountY.withdraw(amount);
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class Demonstration_119{
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Accountdemo ABC = new Accountdemo();
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ABC.accountNo = 0218;
TransactionDepositt1;
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t1 = new TransactionDeposit(ABC, 600);
t2 = new TransactionWithdraw(ABC,1000);
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600 is deposited
Account No:0218Balance: 1600

1000 is withdrawn
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Account No:0218Balance: 600
In the above code, the keyword synchronized is utilizedfor the methods void
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deposits() and void withdraw so that these two methods will never execute for the same
object instance concurrently.
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Using Synchronized Methods
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Synchronization is easy in Java language, because all objects have their own
implied monitor linked with them. To enter an object’s monitor, just invoke a method
that has been customized with the synchronized keyword. While a thread is within a
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synchronized method, all other threads that try to invoke it (or any other synchronized
method) on the similar instance have to wait. To exit the monitor and hand over control
of the object to the next coming up thread, the holder of the monitor just returns from
the synchronized method.
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To understand the requirement for synchronization, let’s begin with a simple
example that does not use it—but should have to use. The below program has three
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simple classes. The first one, Callmedemo, has a single method named call( ). The call(
) method obtain a String parameter called m. This method attempt to print the m string
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inside of square brackets. The interesting thing to notice is that after call( ) prints the
opening bracket and the m string, it calls Thread .sleep(1200), which pauses the current
thread for 1.2 second.
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The constructor of the next class, Callerdemo, takes a reference to an instance of

the Callmedemo class and a String, which are stored in target and m, respectively. The
constructor also constructs a new thread that will call this object’s run( ) method. The
thread is started instantly. The run( ) method of Callerdemo invokes the call( ) method
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on the target instance of Callmedemo, passing in the m string. Finally, the Synch
class starts by constructing a single instance of Callmedemo, and three instances of
Callerdemo, each with a exclusive message string. The same instance of Callmedemo
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is passed to each Callerdemo.
// This code is not synchronized.
class Callmedemo {
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void call(String m) {
System.out.print(“[“ + m);
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Thread.sleep(1200);
} catch(InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println(“Interrupted”);
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System.out.println(“]”);
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}
class Callerdemo implements Runnable {
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String m;
Callmedemotarget;
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Thread t;
public Callerdemo(Callmedemotarg, String s) {
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public void run() {
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Callmedemo target = new Callmedemo();

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Callerdemo ob1 = new Callerdemo(target, “Hello”);
Callerdemo ob2 = new Callerdemo(target, “Synchronized”);
Callerdemo ob3 = new Callerdemo(target, “World”);

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// wait for threads to end
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} catch(InterruptedException e) {
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Output
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Hello[Synchronized[World]
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As we can see in above code, by calling sleep( ), the call( ) method lets execution
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to switch to another thread. This consequences in the mixed-up output of the three
message strings. In this code, nothing exists to end all three threads from invoking the
same method, on the same object, at the similar time.
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This is called as a race condition, because the three threads are racing among
other to complete the method. This example used sleep( ) to compose the effects
repeatable and obvious. In most situations, a race situation is more subtle and less
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expected, because developer can’t be sure when the context switch will occur. This can
be a reason for program to run right one time and wrong the next.
To correct the previous code, developer must serialize access to call( ). i.e.,
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developer must restrict its right of entry to only one thread at a time. To do this,
developer simply require to precede call( )’s statement with the keyword synchronized,
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synchronized void call(String m) {
This stopss other threads from entering call( ) while another thread is utilizing it.
After synchronized has been added to call( ), the output of the program will look like
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this:
[Hello]
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[World]
Any time that developers have a method, or group of method, that influence the
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internal situation of an object in a multithreaded situation, developer should use the

synchronized keyword to safeguard the state from race conditions. Remember, once a
thread go into any synchronized method on an instance, no other thread can enter any
other synchronized method on the same time.
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Using Synchronized block

If developer want to synchronize right of entry to an object of a class or only a part
of a method to be synchronized then developer can use synchronized block for it. It is
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able to make any part of the object and method synchronized.
Using synchronized block for single thread at a time.
class First
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public void display(String k)

{
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System.out.print (“[“+k);
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{
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}
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{
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System.out.println (“]”);
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Second (First fp,String str)
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public void run()
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fobj.display(k);
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public class MyThread

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First fnew = new First();
Second ss = new Second(fnew, “welcome”);
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Second ss1= new Second (fnew,”To”);
Second ss2 = new Second(fnew, “Java”);
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final void suspend( )
final void resume( )

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Examples to show use of suspends and resume methods:

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Thread t;
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name = threadname;
x = new Thread(this, name);

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System.out.println(“New thread: “ + x);
x.start(); // Start the thread
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// This is the entry point for thread.
public void run() {
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for(int i = 15; i> 0; i--) {
System.out.println(name + “: “ + i);
Thread.sleep(200);
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System.out.println(“Suspending thread One”);
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ob2.x.suspend();
System.out.println(“Suspending thread Two”);
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ob2.x.resume();
System.out.println(“Resuming thread Two”);
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ob1.x.join();
ob2.x.join();

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One: 8
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Resuming thread Two

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Waiting for threads to finish.
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One: 5
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One: 4
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One: 2
Two: 1
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As the suspend( ), resume( ), and stop( ) methods declared by Thread seem to be
a completely sensible and suitable approach to managing the execution of threads, they
must not be utilized for new Java language programs. Here’s why.
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The suspend( ) method of the Thread class was criticize by Java 2 several years
ago. This was done because suspend( ) can from time to time root of serious system
failures. The resume( ) method is also criticize. It does not create problems, but cannot
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be used exclusive of the suspend( ) method as its complement.
Because developer can’t now use the suspend( ), resume( ), or stop( ) methods to
manage a thread, developer might be thinking that no way exists to pause, restart, or
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terminate a thread. But, luckily, this is not true. In its place, a thread must be considered
so that the run( ) method regularly checks to establish whether that thread should
suspend, resume, or stop its own execution. Typically, this is achieved by creating a flag
variable that signifies the execution condition of the thread.
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Providing this flag is set to “running,” the run( ) method must carry on to allow the
thread execute. If this variable is set to “suspend,” then the thread must break. If it is set
to “stop,” then the thread must end.
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The below example exemplify how the wait( ) and notify( ) methods that are
incorporated from Object can be used to manage the execution of a thread. This
example is identical to the program in the previous section. Though, the criticized
method calls have been removed.
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The NewThreadDemo class includes a boolean instance variable named

suspendFlag, which is utilized to manage the execution of the thread. It is set to false
by the constructor. The run( ) method includes a synchronized statement block that

looks for suspendFlag. If that variable is true, the wait( ) method is called to suspend
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the execution of the thread. The mysuspend( ) method puts suspendFlag to true. The
myresume( ) method sets suspendFlag to false and calls notify( ) to wake up the thread.
Finally, the main( ) method has been changed to call the mysuspend( ) and myresume(
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Thread t;
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booleansuspendFlag;
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t = new Thread(this, name);
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public void run() {
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System.out.println(name + “: “ + i);
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void mysuspend() {

suspendFlag = true;
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}
synchronized void myresume() {
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suspendFlag = false;
notify();
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class SuspendResume {
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Thread.sleep(1000);
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Thread.sleep(1000);
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System.out.println(“Resuming thread One”);
ob2.mysuspend();
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System.out.println(“Suspending thread Two”);
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System.out.println(“Resuming thread Two”);

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ob2.t.join();


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Output:
The output of this program is identical to the previous code output.
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4.4.5 A code snippet to demonstrate thread with and without
synchronization
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Multithreading Example without Synchronization:
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System.out.println(“Counter --- “ +i );
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System.out.println(“Thread interrupted.”);
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class ThreadDemo extends Thread {

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PrintDemo PD;
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threadName = name;
PD = pd;
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public void run() {
PD.printCount();
System.out.println(“Thread “ + threadName + “ exiting.”);

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public void start () {
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System.out.println(“Starting “ + threadName );
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Starting Thread - 2
Counter --- 5

Counter --- 4
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Counter --- 3
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Counter --- 4
Thread Thread - 1 exiting.
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Multithreading Example with Synchronization
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System.out.println(“Thread interrupted.”);
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class ThreadDemo extends Thread {
private Thread t;
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private String threadName;
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ThreadDemo( String name, PrintDemo pd) {
threadName = name;
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public void run() {

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PD.printCount();
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System.out.println(“Thread “ + threadName + “ exiting.”);
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public void start () {
System.out.println(“Starting “ + threadName );
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Starting Thread - 1
Starting Thread - 2

Counter --- 5
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1. Once a thread is inside a synchronized method, no other Thread can invoke any
other __________________ system on the same object.
2. Thread .sleep(1200), which pauses the current thread by ______________ second.
3. Prior to Java 2, a code utilized suspend( ) and resume( ), which are methods declared
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by Thread, to ______________ and ________________ the execution of a thread.

4. If developer wants to synchronize right of entry to an object of a class or only a part
of a method to be synchronized then developer can use __________________ for it.
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Summary
●● Synchronized methods is invoked. Once a thread is inside a synchronized method,
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no other Thread can invoke any other synchronized system on the same object.
This facilitates developer to write very clear and brief multithreaded code.
●● Synchronization is easy in Java language, because all objects have their own
implied monitor linked with them. To enter an object’s monitor, just invoke a
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method that has been customized with the synchronized keyword.

●● Multithreaded method expose monitors as objects that developer program must
clearly obtain and manipulate. Java language gives a cleaner solution. There is
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no class “Monitor”; in its place, Each object has its own understood monitor that is
automatically entered when one of the object’s.
●● The synchronised method is used to secure an object’s access to a shared
resource. When a thread calls a synchronised method, the lock for that object is
automatically acquired and released when the thread completes its task.
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●● The synchronized keyword in Java provides locking, which ensures mutually

exclusive access to the shared resource and prevents data race.
●● Synchronized keyword also prevents reordering of code statement by the compiler

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which can cause a subtle concurrent issue if we don’t use synchronized or volatile
keywords.
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●● Synchronized keyword involves locking and unlocking. before entering into a
synchronized method or block thread needs to acquire the lock, at this point it
reads data from main memory than cache and when it releases the lock, it flushes
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write operation into main memory which eliminates memory inconsistency errors.
Activity
1. What will be the output of below program?
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class Line
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synchronized public void getLine()
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for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
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}
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class Train extends Thread
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public void run()
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line.getLine();
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}
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{
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{
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train2.start();
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1. What do you understand from the term Synchronization
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2. How to implement Synchronization in Thread?

3. What are benefits and Loopholes of Synchronization?
4. What do you mean by resuming and stopping Threads
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5. Create a program to demonstrate thread with and without synchronization?
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●● Synchronization: When two or more threads require admission to a shared

resource, they require some way to make sure that the resource will be used
by only one thread at a time. The procedure by which this is achieved is known
synchronization.
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●● Suspend Method: The suspend() method of thread class puts the thread from
running to waiting state. This method is used if you want to stop the thread
execution and start it again when a certain event occurs. This method allows a

thread to temporarily cease execution. The suspended thread can be resumed

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using the resume() method.
●● Race condition: If a multiple threads want to operate on a same object
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simultaneously. There may be problem of data inconsistency. This condition is
called Race condition.
Further Readings:
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1. Java threads, Scott Oaks
2. Mastering Concurrency Programming with Java 8, Javier Fernández Gonzalez
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3. Programming Concurrency on the JVM: Mastering Synchronization, STM, and
Actors, Venkat Subramaniam
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1. synchronized
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Module - 5 : Applet and Graphics Programming

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Structure:
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5.1 Introduction to Applet Class
5.1.1 Introduction to applets
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5.1.4 Applet vs Application
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Unit - 5.1 : Introductions to Applet Class

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●● What are applets
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●● Lifecycle of Applet
●● Methods of Applet class
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●● Compare Applet v/s Application
●● Embedding Applet in HTML Page
●● A code snippet to implement Applet
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Introduction
Java language was launched on 23-Jan-1996(JDK 1.0) and at that time it only
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compatible CUI(Character User Interface) application. But in 1996 Visual Basic of
Microsoft was favored for GUI programming. So the Java developers in rush (i.e. within
7 days) have given the compatible for GUI from Operating System (OS). Now, the
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mechanism like button, etc. was platform-dependent (i.e. in each platform there will be
different size, shape button). But they did the connection of such mechanism from all
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platforms and gave a small library which contains these intersections and it is available
in AWT(Abstract Window Toolkit) technology but it doesn’t have advanced features like
dialogue box, etc.
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“Internet Explorer” was there of Microsoft but Microsoft believes in control. So “SUN
Micro-System” (the company which developed Java language) tie-up with other
company known as “Netscape” (which developed Java Script) and now a days the
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“Netscape” company is also known as “Mozilla Firefox” which we all be familiar with is a
browser. Now, these two companies have urbanized a technology called “SWING” and
the advantage is that the SWING mechanisms are produced by Java language itself.
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Therefore now it is independent as well as some additional attributes have also been
plug-in which were not in AWT technology. So we can articulate that SWING is much
more advanced as compared to AWT technology.
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Two Types of Applets

It is important to define at the beginning that there are two varieties of applets. The
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first are those based directly on the Applet class. These applets employ the Abstract
Window Toolkit (AWT) to give the graphic user interface (or use no GUI at all). This
style of applet has been available since Java language was first produced.
The second types of applets are those which are based on the Swing class
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JApplet. Swing applets utilize the Swing classes to offer the Graphical User Interface.
Swing offers a better-off and often easier-to-use user interface than does the AWT.
Therefore, Swing-based applets are now the most popular. However, traditional
AWT-based applets are still used by the developers, especially when only a very
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straightforward user interface is necessary. Consequently, both AWT- and Swing-based
applets are applicable.
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Because JApplet encapsulate Applet, all the features and characteristics of Applet
are also accessible in JApplet, and most of the information is applies to both types of
applets.
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Applets
Applets are little applications that are examined on an Internet server, elated
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over the Internet, without human intervention installed, and execute as part of a
web document. After an applet retrieve on the client side, it has restricted access
to resources so that it can construct a graphical user interface and run intricate
computations without introducing the threat of viruses or breaching data reliability.
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The essentials connected to the construction of an applet are accessible below,
because applets are not planned in the same way as the programs that have been used
so far. Applets vary from console-based applications in a number of key areas.
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public class SimpleAppletdemo extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics a) {
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This applet starts with two import statements. The first invoke the Abstract Window
Toolkit (AWT) classes. Applets work together with the end-user (either directly or
indirectly) with the help of AWT, not with the help of console-based I/O classes. The
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AWT includes sustain for a window-based, graphical user interface. As developer might
expect, the AWT is quite big and sophisticated. Luckily, this straightforward applet
makes very limited use of the AWT. The second call statement invokes the applet
package, which include the class Applet. Every applet that a developers create must be
a subclass of Applet.
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The next line in the code defines the class SimpleAppletdemo. This class must be
defined as public, because it will be used by code that is exterior the program.
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Inside SimpleAppletdemo, paint( ) function is defined. This method is declared in

AWT and has to be overridden by the applet. paint( ) is called each time that the applet
must redisplay its result. This situation can arise for quite a lot of reasons. For example,
the window in which the applet is executing can be overwritten by an additional window
and then uncovered. Or, the applet window can be minimized and then come back.
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paint( ) is also called when the applet starts execution. Whatever the reason, whenever
the applet have to redraw its result, paint( ) is called. The paint( ) method has one

stricture of type Graphics. This parameter includes the graphics context, which defines
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the graphics environment in which the applet is executing. This context is utilized
whenever output to the applet is needed.
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Inside paint( ) is a invoke to drawString( ), which is a associate of the Graphics
class. This method outputs a string start at the particular a,b location. It has the
following syntax:
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void drawString(String message, int a, int b)
Here, message is the string to be output starting at a,b. In Java language window,
the upper-left corner is location 0,0. The call to drawString( ) in the applet causes the
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message “A Simple Java Applet” to be displayed starting at location 10,10.
If you have pay attention to the code you would have realize that the applet does
not have a main( ) method. Unlike Java language code, applets do not start execution
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at main( ). Actually, many of applets don’t still have a main( ) method. In its place, an
applet starts execution when the name of its class is passed or invoked to an applet
viewer or to a network browser.
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After developer enter the source code for SimpleApplet, compile it in the same way
that developer have been compiling codes. Though, executing SimpleApplet involves
a special procedure. In fact, there are two ways in which developer can execute an
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1. Running the applet inside a Java-compatible web browser.
2. Using an applet viewer, such as the regular tool, appletviewer. An applet viewer runs
developer applet in a window. This is usually the quickest and simplest way to check
your applet
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Both of these methods are defined below.
To run an applet in a web browser, developer need to write a short HTML text file
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that includes a tag that loads the applet. At present, Java language suggests using the
APPLET tag for this purpose. Here is the HTML code that runs SimpleApplet:
<applet code=”SimpleApplet” width=300 height=80>

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</applet>
The width and height expression defines the dimensions of the display area used
by the applet. After developercreate this file, developer can run this on his/her browser
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and then load this file, which causes SimpleApplet to be executed.
To runSimpleApplet with an applet viewer, developer might also execute the HTML
file shown above. For example, if the earlier HTML file is known as RunAppdemo.html,
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then the following command line will executeSimpleApplet:
C:\>appletviewer RunAppdemo.html
Though, a more suitable method exists that developer can use to accelerate
testing. Simply contain a comment at the head of his/her Java language source code
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file that includes the APPLET tag. By doing so, developer code is documented with a
prototype of the needed HTML statements, and developer can test your compiled

applet just by opening the applet viewer with your Java language source code file. If
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developers use this method, the SimpleApplet source code file looks like this:
import java.awt.*;
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import java.applet.*;
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<applet code=”SimpleApplet” width=300 height=80>
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public class SimpleAppletdemo extends Applet {
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Applet Architecture
An applet is a window-based program or code. As such, Applet architecture is
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unlike from the console-based programs.
First, applets are derived by an event. It is significant to recognize in a broad way

how the event-driven architecture impacts the plan of an applet. An applet seems like
a set of interrupt service routines. An applet waits till an event happened. The run-time
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system informs the applet about an event by invoking an event handler that has been
given by the applet. Once this occurs, the applets have to take suitable action and then
swiftly return.
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This is a vital point. For the majority part, developer applet should not enter a
“mode” of operation in which it manages control for an extensive period. In its place, it
must carry out precise actions in reply to events and then return control to the run-time
system. In those phases in which developer applet needed to carry out a frequent task
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on its own (for example, displaying a scrolling message across its window), developer
must start an extra thread of execution.

Second, the end-user starts interacting with an applet not the other way around.
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As you know, in a non windowed program, when the program needs contribution from
the user, it will prompt the user and then invoke some input method, such as readLine(
). But this not works in an applet. In its place, the user connects with the applet as they
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wants, when they want.
These communications are being forwarded to the applet as proceedings to
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which the applet must act in response. For example, when an end-user presses any
key inside the applet’s window, a key-pressed event is generated. Whenever the end
user communicates with one of these controls, always there will be an event which is
generated.
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While the architecture of an applet is not as simple to recognize as that of a
console-based program, Java language makes it easier. If developer has written
programs for Windows, developer must know how threatening that environment can
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be. Luckily, Java language provides a much cleaner approach that is more rapidly
mastered.
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All but the most insignificant applets override a set of methods that gives the basic
instrument by which the browser or applet viewer interfaces to the applet and manages
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its execution. Four of these functions are init( ), start( ), stop( ), and destroy( ), relate to
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all applets and are decaled by Applet. Default implementations for all of these methods
are given. Applets do not reacquire to override those methods they do not employ.
Though, only very simple applets will not require declaring all of them.
AWT-based applets will also supersede the paint( ) method, which is declared by
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the AWT Component class. This method is invoked when the applet’s output need to be
redisplayed. (Swing-based applets use a different mechanism to accomplish this task.).
Example showing how 5 methods assembled
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/*
<applet code=”AppletSkel” width 320 height=120>
</applet>
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public class AppletSkeldemo extends Applet {

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public void init() {
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// Called when the applet is stopped.
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// suspends execution
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/* Called when applet is terminated. This is the last
method executed. */
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public void destroy() {
// perform shutdown activities
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// Called when an applet’s window must be restored.
public void paint(Graphics g) {

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1. init( ): The init( ) method is the first method which is invoked. This is where developer
should initialize the variables which will be used in program. This method is called
only once during the execution time of your applet. It can be represent as:
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2. start( ): This is the second phase called after init(). It is also invoked to restart an
applet after it has been stopped. Whereas init( ) is called once—the first time when
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an applet is loaded—start( ) is called all time an applet’s HTML document is showed

onscreen. So, if a end-user leaves a web page and return back, the applet resumes
running from start( ). This can be represent as:
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public void start()
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3. paint( ) The paint( ) method is invoked each time your applet’s result must be redrawn.
This situation can happen for quite a few reasons. For example,the applet window
possibly will be minimized and then restored or the window in which the applet is
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running may be hide by another window and then unhide. paint( ) is also called when
the applet starts execution. There might be any reason but when the applet must
redraw its output, paint( ) method is invoked. The paint( ) method has only single
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parameter which of Graphics type. This parameter will include the graphics context,
which declares the graphics environment in which the applet is running. It can be
expressed as:
public void paint(Graphics graphics)
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4. stop( ): The stop( ) method is invoked when a web browser exits the HTML document
including the applet—when it goes to another page, for example. When stop( ) is
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invoked, the applet is probably executing. Developer should use stop( ) to hang
threads that don’t require to execute when the applet is not able to be seen. You can
restart them when it appears again and invoke the start( ) if the user returns to the
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page. Its syntax will look like this.
public void stop()
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5. destroy( ): The destroy( ) method is invoked when the environment defines that your
applet desires to be detached completely from memory. At this point, developer
should free up any resources the applet may be utilizing. It can be represent as:
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import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
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public class Triangledemo extends JApplet {
int a[] = new int[3];
int b[] = new int[3];
int painted;
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//First phase of applet life cycle

public void init()

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{
infomsgdemo(“init”);
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double c = 81;
double d = 100;
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double e = 100;
double phi = -Math.PI / 2.0;
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double delta = 2.0*Math.PI / 3.0;
for (int i=0; i<3; i++) {
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a[i] = (int)(d + c*Math.cos(phi+i*delta));
b[i] = (int)(e + c*Math.sin(phi+i*delta));
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painted = 0;
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public void start()
{
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infomsgdemo(“start”);
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//Third phase of applet life cycle
public void stop()
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infomsgdemo(“stop”);
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public void destroy()
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infomsgdemo(“destroy”);
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public void paint(Graphics g)

infomsgdemo(“paint “ + ++painted);
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g.drawLine(a[0],b[0],a[1],b[1]);
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public void infomsgdemo(String str)
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System.out.println(str);
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getDocumentBase( ) and getCodeBase( )
Time and again, Developer will construct applets that will require to explicitly
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loading media and text. Java language will permits the applet to load data from the
index holding the HTML file that initiated the applet (the document base) and the
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index from which the applet’s class file was loaded (the code base). These directories
are gives back as URL objects by getDocumentBase( ) and getCodeBase( ). They
can be joined with a string that names the file developer wants to load. To really
load another file, developer will utilize the showDocument( )method declared by the
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AppletContextinterface.The below applet show how to usethesegetDocumentBase( )

and getCodeBase( ) methods:
import java.awt.*;
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import java.net.*;
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<applet code=”Bases” width=320 height=150>
</applet>
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public class Basesdemo extends Applet{

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// Display code and document bases.
String i;
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URL url = getCodeBase(); // get code base
i = “Code base: “ + url.toString();

a.drawString(i, 20, 30);

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url = getDocumentBase(); // get document base
i = “Document base: “ + url.toString();
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a.drawString(msg, 30, 50);
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AppletContext and showDocument( )
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One application of Java language is to use lively images and animation to offer
a graphical means of navigating the Web that is more striking than easy text-based
links. To permit your applet to shift control to another URL, developer must use the
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showDocument( ) method declared by the AppletContext interface.
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Applet Context is an interface that allows developer to get information from the
applet’s running environment. The context of the at present executing applet is get by a
call to the getAppletContext( ) method declared by Applet.
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Inside an applet, once developer have obtained the applet’s context, developer
can get another document into view by invoking showDocument( )method. This
showDocument() method has no return value and throws no exception if it fails to
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execute, so need to use it cautiously.
There are two showDocument( ) methods. The method showDocument(URL)

shows the document at the particular URL.
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The method showDocument(URL, String) shows the particular document at the

particular location inside the browser window. Developer can also identify a name,
which causes the document to be revealed in a new browser window by that name.
Example of applet demonstrates AppletContext and showDocument( ).

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import java.awt.*;
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import java.net.*;
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<applet code=”ACDemo” width=320 height=100>

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</applet>
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public class ACDemo extends Applet{

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AppletContext ac = getAppletContext();
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URL url = getCodeBase(); // get url of this applet
try {
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ac.showDocument(new URL(url+”Test.html”));
} catch(MalformedURLException e) {
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showStatus(“URL not found”);
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Applet getApplet(String Returns the applet specified by appletName if it is within
appletName) the current applet context. Otherwise, null is returned.
Enumeration<Applet>
getApplets()
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within the current applet context.
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AudioClip Returns an AudioClip object that encapsulates the audio
getAudioClip(URL urt) clip found at the location specified by urt.
Image getimage(URL ur) Returns an Image object that encapsulates the image
found at the location specified by url.
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InputStream Returns the stream linked to key. Keys are linked

getStream(String key) to streams by using the setStream() method. A null
reference is returned if no stream is linked to key.
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Iterator<String> Returns an iterator for the keys associated with the

getStreamKeys() invoking object. The keys are linked to streams. See
getStream() and setStream()
void setStream(String key Links the stream specified by strm to the key passed in
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InputStream strm) key The key is deleted from the invoking object if strm is
null.
void showDocument(URL Brings the document at the URL specified by url into
urf) view. This method may not be supported by applet
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viewers.
void showDocument(URL Brings the document at the URL specified by urf into
urf, view. This method may not be supported by applet
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viewers. The placement of the document is specified by

where as described in the text.
void showStatus(String str) Displays str in status window.
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Passing Parameters to Applets

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The APPLET tag in HTML permits developer to pass parameters to your applet. To
get back a parameter, developer use the getParameter( ) method. It returns the value
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of the particular parameter in the form of a String object. Therefore, for Boolean and
numeric values, developer will required to transform their string representations into
their internal Types.
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Example to explain passing parameters:
// Use Parameters
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import java.awt.*;
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<applet code=”ParamDemo” width=200 height=60>
<param name=fontName value=Courier>
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public class ParamDemo extends Applet{

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String a;
int b;
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float leading;
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// Initialize the string to be displayed.
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a = getParameter(“a”);
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a = “Not Found”;
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param = getParameter(“b”);
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param = getParameter(“leading”);
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if(param != null) // if not found
leading = Float.valueOf(param).floatValue();
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leading = 0;
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param = getParameter(“accountEnabled”);
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g.drawString(“Font name: “ + a, 0, 10);

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g.drawString(“Font size: “ + b, 0, 26);
g.drawString(“Leading: “ + leading, 0, 42);
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Using the Status Window

In addition to showing information in its window, an applet is able to generate result

message to the status window of the browser or applet viewer on which it is executing.
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For this developer require to invoke showStatus( ) with the string that developer want
displayed. The status window is an ideal place to give the end-user advice about what
is happening in the applet, put forward options, or possibly report some types of issues.
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The status window also makes an excellent debugging help, because it gives developer
a straightforward way to output information about your applet.
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Example of applet using showStatus( ):
// Using the Status Window.
import java.awt.*;
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<applet code=”StatusWindow” width=200 height=30>
</applet>
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public class StatusWindow extends Applet{

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setBackground(Color.blue);
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a.drawString(“This is in the applet window.”, 20, 30);

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Applet Display Methods:

To set the background color of an applet’s window, developer need to use
setBackground( ). To set the foreground color (the color in which text is shown, for
example), use setForeground( ). These methods are declared by Component, and they
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have the following syntax:
void setBackground(Color newColor)

void setForeground(Color newColor)

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Here, newColor defines the new color which developer want to use. The class
Color declares the constants revealed here that can be used to identify colors: Colors
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Color.black Color.magenta
Color.blue Color.orange
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Color.cyan Color.pink
Color.darkGray Color.red
Color.gray Color.white
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Color.green Color.yellow
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An excellent place to set the foreground and background colors is inside the init( )
method. Certainly developer can change these colors as frequently as essential during
the running of his/her applet.
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Developer can obtain the current settings for the background and foreground
colors by invoking getBackground( ) and getForeground( ), in that order. They are also
declared by Component and are shown here:
Color getBackground( )
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import java.awt.*;
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public class Sample extends Applet{
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setBackground(Color.cyan);
setForeground(Color.red);
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a += “ Inside paint( ).”;
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A Simple Banner Applet
To demonstrate repaint( ), a simple banner applet is urbanized. This applet moves
a message, from right to left, across the applet’s window. Since the moving of the
message is a recurring task, it is done by another thread, created by the applet when it
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is started. The banner applet is shown here:
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</applet>
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public class SimpleBannerDemo extends Applet implements Runnable {

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String s = “ A Simple Moving Banner.”;
Thread a = null;
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int state;
booleanstopFlag;
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setBackground(Color.cyan);

setForeground(Color.red);
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stopFlag = false;
a.start();
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public void run() {
char c;
// Display banner
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for( ; ; ) {
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Let’s see how this applet work. First, notice that SimpleBannerDemo extends
Applet, as predicted, but it also implements Runnable. This is essential, since the applet
will be constructing a second thread of execution that will be used to move the banner.
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Inside init( ), the foreground and background colors of the applet are declared.
After starting, the run-time system invoksstart( ) to start the applet running. Inside
start( ), a new thread of execution is constructed and allocated to the Thread variable a.
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Then, the boolean variable stopFlag, which controls the running of the applet, is kept to
false. Next, the thread is initiated by a invoke to a.start( ). Remember that a.start( ) calls
a method declared by Thread, which causes run( ) to begin executing. It does not basis
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Inside run( ), the characters in the string contained in s are frequently rotated
left. flanked by each rotation, a call to repaint( ) is complete. This finally causes the
paint( ) method to be called, and the current contents of s are displayed. Between
each iteration, run( ) sleeps for a section of a second. The net effect of run( ) is that the
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contents of s are scrolled right to left in a continuously moving display. The stopFlag
variable is checked on each step. When it is true, the run( ) method ends.
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The AudioClip Interface

The AudioClip interface declares methods: play( ) (play a clip from the starting),
stop( ) (end playing the clip), and loop( ) (play the loop endlessly). Developer can load
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an audio clip using getAudioClip( ) method.
5.1.4 Applet v/s Application
Java Application:
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Java Application is just like a Java language program that executes on a

fundamental operating system with the support of a virtual machine. It is also
recognized as an application program. The graphical user interface is not essential to
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Java Applet:
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An applet is a Java language program that can be entrenched into a web page.
It runs within the web browser and works at user side. An applet is surrounded in an
HTML page using the APPLET or OBJECT tag and hosted on a web server. Applets are
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used to create the web site more lively and enjoyable.
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Difference between Applet and application
Parameters Java Application Java Applet

Meaning and A Java Application is a type A Java Applet is a small
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Main() Method The execution of the Java The Java applet initializes
application begins with the main() through the init(). It does
method The usage of the main() is not require the usage of any
a prerequisite here. main() method.
Execution It cannot run alone, but it requires It cannot run independently
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IRE for its execution. but requires APIs for its

execution [Ex APIs like Web
API).
Installation One needs to install a Jave A Java applet does not

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application priorly and explicitly on require any prior installation.
a local computer.
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Communication it is possible to establish it cannot really establish
among other communication with the other communication with the other
Servers servers. servers.
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Read The Java applications are capable A Java applet cannot perform
and Write of performing the read and write these applications on any
Operations operations on various files present local computer.
in a local computer.
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Restrictions These can easily access the file or These cannot access the
data present in a computer system file or data available on any
or device. system or local computers.
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Security Jave applications are pretty Java applets are not very
trusted, and thus, come with no trusted Thus, they require
security concerns. security.
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The HTML APPLET Tag

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Sun Micro system currently suggests that the APPLET tag be used to initiate an
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applet from both an HTML document and from an applet viewer. An applet viewer will
carry out each APPLET tag that it finds in a separate window, while web browsers will
permit many applets on a single page.
The representation for a fuller form of the APPLET tag is shown below.
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< APPLET
[CODEBASE = codebaseURL]
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CODE = appletFile
[ALT = alternateText]
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[NAME = appletInstanceName]
WIDTH = pixels HEIGHT = pixels
[ALIGN = alignment]
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[VSPACE = pixels] [HSPACE = pixels]
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[< PARAM NAME = AttributeName VALUE = AttributeValue>]
[< PARAM NAME = AttributeName2 VALUE = AttributeValue>]
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[HTML Displayed in the absence of Java]

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</APPLET>
Each of them is explained in the below table:

CODEBASE CODEBASE is an optional attribute that specifies the base URL

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of the applet code, which is the directory that will be searched for
the applet’s executable class file (specified by the CODE tag). The
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HTML document’s URL directory is used as the CODEBASE if this
attribute is not specified. The CODEBASE does not have to be on
the host from which the HTML document was read.
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CODE CODE is a required attribute that gives the name of the file
containing your applet’s compiled .class file. This file is relative to
the code base URL of the applet, which is the directory that the
HTML file was in or the directory indicated by CODEBASE if set.
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ALT The ALT tag is an optional attribute used to specify a short text
message that should be displayed if the browser recognizes the
APPLET tag but can’t currently run Java applets. This is distinct
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from the alternate HTML you provide for browsers that don’t
support applets.
NAME NAME is an optional attribute used to specify a name for the applet
instance, Applets must be named in order for other applets on the
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same page to find them by name and communicate with them. To
obtain an applet by name, use getApplet(), which is defined by the
AppletContext interface.
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WIDTH and HEIGHT are required attributes that give the size (in
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HEIGHT pixels) of the applet display area.
ALIGN ALIGN is an optional attribute that specifies the alignment of the
applet. This attribute is treated the same as the HTML IMG tag with
these possible values: LEFT, RIGHT, TOP BOTTOM, MIDDLE,
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BASELINE, TEXTTOP ABSMIDDLE, and ABSBOTTOM.

VSPACE and These attributes are optional VSPACE specifies the space, in
HSPACE pixels, above and below the applet. HSPACE specifies the space,
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in pixels, on each side of the applet. They’re treated the same as

the IMG tag’s VSPACE and HSPACE attributes.
PARAM The PARAM tag allows you to specify applet-specific arguments
NAME and in an HTML page. Applets access their attributes with the
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VALUE getParameter() method.
Displaying Image using applet:

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import java.net.*;
public class ImageDemo extends Applet {
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private AppletContextcontext;

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String iURL = this.getParameter(“image”);
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iURL = “java.jpg”;
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try {
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image = context.getImage(url);
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// Display in browser status bar
context.showStatus(“Could not load image!”);
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s.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 200, 84, null);

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s.drawString(“www.demo.com”, 35, 100);
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import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
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private AudioClipclip;
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if(aURL == null) {
aURL = “default.au”;

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try {
URL url = new URL(this.getDocumentBase(), aURL);
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clip = context.getAudioClip(url);
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context.showStatus(“Could not load audio file!”);
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if(clip != null) {
clip.loop();
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if(clip != null) {
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1. To run an applet in a web browser, developer need to write a short ________________
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text file that includes a tag that loads the applet.

2. An applet is a window-based _________________ or _______________.
3. Developer applet should not enter a “mode” of operation in which it manages
___________________ for an extensive period.
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4. Applets are derived by an ____________________ .

5. __________________ is an interface that allows developer to get information from
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the applet’s running environment.

6. To set the background color of an applet’s window, developer need to use
________________ .
7. Sun Micro system currently suggests that the __________________ tag be used to
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initiate an applet from both an HTML document and from an applet viewer.

Summary
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●● An applet is a type of programme that is embedded in a website to generate
dynamic content. It operates on the client side and runs within the browser.
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●● Applets are little applications that are examined on an Internet server, elated over
the Internet, without human intervention installed, and execute as part of a web
document.
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●● There are two ways in which developer can execute an applet:
◌◌ Running the applet inside a Java-compatible web browser.
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◌◌ Using an applet viewer, such as the regular tool, appletviewer. An applet
viewer runs developer applet in a window. This is usually the quickest and
simplest way to check your applet
●● It is significant to recognize in a broad way how the event-driven architecture
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impacts the plan of an applet. An applet seems like a set of interrupt service
routines. An applet waits till an event happened.
●● All but the most insignificant applets override a set of methods that gives the
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basic instrument by which the browser or applet viewer interfaces to the applet
and manages its execution. Four of these functions are init( ), start( ), stop( ), and
destroy( ), relate to all applets and are decaled by Applet.
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Java Application is just like a Java language program that executes on a
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fundamental operating system with the support of a virtual machine. It is also
recognized as an application program. The graphical user interface is not essential
to run the java applications.
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Activity
1. Create a program to insert below image using applet?
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1. What do you mean by applets?
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2. Define lifecycle of Applet?

3. What are different methods of Applet class?
4. What is difference between Applet and Application?
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5. How to insert Applet in HTML Page?

6. Write a code to implement Applet?

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●● CUI: Character User Interface
●● GUI: Graphic User Interface
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●● OS: Operating System
●● AWT: Abstract Window Toolkit
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●● HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
●● <applet code=”SimpleApplet” width=300 height=80>
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●● </applet>
●● The width and height expression defines the dimensions of the display area used
by the applet. After developer creates this file, developer can run this on his/her
browser and then load this file, which causes Simple Applet to be executed.
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●● init( ): The init( ) method is the first method which is invoked. This is where
developer should initialize the variables which will be used in program.
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●● start( ): This is the second phase called after init(). It is also invoked to restart an
applet after it has been stopped.
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●● stop( ): The stop( ) method is invoked when a web browser exits the HTML
document including the applet
●● destroy( ): The destroy( ) method is invoked when the environment defines that
your applet desires to be detached completely from memory.
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CODEBASE CODEBASE is an optional attribute that specifies the base URL of

the applet code, which is the directory that will be searched for the
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applet’s executable class file (specified by the CODE tag). The HTML
document’s URL directory is used as the CODEBASE if this attribute
is not specified. The CODEBASE does not have to be on the host
from which the HTML document was read.
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CODE CODE is a required attribute that gives the name of the file containing
your applet’s compiled .class file. This file is relative to the code base
URL of the applet, which is the directory that the HTML file was in or
the directory indicated by CODEBASE if set.
ALT The ALT tag is an optional attribute used to specify a short text
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message that should be displayed if the browser recognizes the

APPLET tag but can’t currently run Java applets. This is distinct
from the alternate HTML you provide for browsers that don’t support
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applets.
NAME NAME is an optional attribute used to specify a name for the applet
instance, Applets must be named in order for other applets on the
same page to find them by name and communicate with them. To
obtain an applet by name, use getApplet(), which is defined by the
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AppletContext interface.

WIDTH and WIDTH and HEIGHT are required attributes that give the size (in
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HEIGHT pixels) of the applet display area.
ALIGN ALIGN is an optional attribute that specifies the alignment of the
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applet. This attribute is treated the same as the HTML IMG tag with
these possible values: LEFT, RIGHT, TOP BOTTOM, MIDDLE,
BASELINE, TEXTTOP ABSMIDDLE, and ABSBOTTOM.
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VSPACE and These attributes are optional VSPACE specifies the space, in pixels,
HSPACE above and below the applet. HSPACE specifies the space, in pixels,
on each side of the applet. They’re treated the same as the IMG tag’s
VSPACE and HSPACE attributes.
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PARAM The PARAM tag allows you to specify applet-specific arguments in an
NAME and HTML page. Applets access their attributes with the getParameter()
VALUE method.
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Further Readings:
1. An Introduction to Programming with Java Applets, Elizabeth Boese
2. Java Applet Powerpack, Tad Ringo, Robin Drake
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3. Programming Concurrency on the JVM: Mastering Synchronization, STM, and
Actors, Venkat Subramaniam
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The Java Application Programming Interface, Frank Yellin and James Gosling
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5. Developing Professional Java Applets, K. C. Hopson and Stephen E. Ingram

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1. HTML
2. program or code
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3. control
4. event
5. Applet Context
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6. setBackground( )
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Unit - 5.2 : Introduction to Graphic class

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Objectives
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●● Describe Graphic class
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●● What are Methods in Graphic class
●● A code snippet to create different shapes.
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●● How to use loops in applet
Introduction
The AWT supports a rich collection of graphics methods. All graphics are pinched
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relative to a window. This can be the major window of an applet, a child window of an
applet, or a separate application window. The source of each window is at the top-left
corner and is 0,0. Coordinates are described in pixels. All result to a window takes place
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all the way through a graphics context. A graphics context is embedded by the Graphics
class and is received in two ways:
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The Graphics class declares a number of drawing functions. Each shape is able
to be drawn edge-only or filled. Objects are drawn and filled in the at present selected
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graphics color, which is always black by default. When a graphics object is made that
surpass the dimensions of the window, output is without human intervention clipped to
fit into applet window.
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The Graphics class can be defined as conceptual super class for all graphics
contexts which permit an application to draw onto mechanism that can be display on
various devices or against off-screen images as well.
A Graphics object includes all state information necessary for the basic rendering
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Expression for Java.awt.Graphics class is:
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public abstract class Graphics extends Object
Example using Graphic class
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package com.tutorialspoint.gui;
import java.awt.*;
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import java.awt.geom.*;
public class GraphicsDemo extends Frame {
public GraphicsDemo(){
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super(“Java Demo”);
prepareGUI();
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public static void main(String[] args){

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GraphicsDemoGraphicsDemo = new GraphicsDemo();
GraphicsDemo.setVisible(true);
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private void prepareGUI(){
setSize(400,400);
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addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEventwindowEvent){
System.exit(0);
}
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});

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public void paint(Graphics gp) {
gp.setColor(Color.GRAY);
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Font font = new Font(“Courier New”, Font.PLAIN, 20);
gp.setFont(font);
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gp.drawString(“Welcome to Java”, 50, 150);
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}
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Some of the common method in graphic class:
Method Description
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drawstring (String str, Draws the text given by the string str. The string is drawn
int x, int y) using the current color and font of the graphics context. x
specifies the position of the left end of the string. y is the y
coordinate of the baseline of the string. The baseline is a
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horizontal line on which the characters rest. Some parts of

the characters, such as the tail on a y or g. extend below the
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drawLine(int x1, int -Draws a line from the point (x1 y1) to the point (x2,y2)
y1, int x2, int y2) The line is drawn as if with a pen that hangs one pixel to
the right and one pixel down from the (x,y) point where the
pen is located. For example, if g refers to an object of type
Graphics, then the command g.drawLine(x,y,x,y). which
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corresponds to putting the pen down at a point, colors the

single pixel with upper left corner at the point (xy).
drawOval(int x; int y, Draws the outline of an oval. The oval is one that just fits
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int width, int height) inside the rectangle specified by x, y, width, and height. If
width equals height, the oval is a circle.
fillArc(int x; int y, int Draw a filled-in arc. This looks like a wedge of pie, whose
width, int height, crust is the arc that would be drawn by the drawArc method.
int startAngle, int
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arcAngle)

draw Ract (Int x, Draws the outline of a rectangle. The upper left comer is
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int y, int width, int at (x,y), and the width and height of the rectangle are as
height)— specified. If width equals height, then the rectangle is a
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square. If the width or the height is negative, then nothing
is drawn. The rectangle is drawn with the same pen that is
used for drawLine(). This means that the actual width of the
rectangle as drawn is width+1, and similarly for the height.
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There is an extra pixel along the right edge and the bottom
edge. For example, if you want to draw a rectangle around
the edges of the component, you can say drawRect(0, 0,
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getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1),” where g is a graphics context
for the component. If you use gdrawRect(0, 0, getWidth().
getHeight) then the right and bottom edges of the rectangle
will be drawn outside the component.
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drawRoundRect(int Draws the outline of a rectangle with rounded corners. The
x, Inty, int width, int basic rectangle is specified by x, y, width, and height, but
height, int xdiam, int the corners are rounded. The degree of rounding is given
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ydiam) by adiam and ydiam. The corners are arcs of an ellipse with
horizontal diameter xdiam and vertical diameter ydiam. A
typical value for xdiam and ydiam is 16, but the value used
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should really depend on how big the rectangle is
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drawsDRect(int x, Draws the outline of a rectangle that is supposed to have a
int y, int width, Int three dimensional effect, as if it is raised from the screen or
height, boolean pushed into the screen. The basic rectangle is specified by
raised) x, y, width, and height The raised parameter tells whether
the rectangle seems to be raised from the screen or pushed
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into it. The 3D effect is achieved by using brighter and

darker versions of the drawing color for different edges of
the rectangle. The documentation recommends setting the
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drawing color equal to the background color before using this

method The effect won’t work well for some colors.
drawArc(int x, Inty, Draws part of the oval that just fits inside the rectangle
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int width, int height, specified by x, y, width, and height. The part drawn is an
int startAngle, int arc that extends arcAngle degrees from a starting angle at
arcAngle) startAngle degrees. Angles are measured with 0 degrees at
the 3 ddock position (the positive direction of the horizontal
axis). Positive angles are measured counterdockwise from
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cero, and negative angles are measured clockwise. To get

an arc of a circle, make sure that width is equal to height
illRoundRect(int x, Int Draws a filled-in rounded rectangle
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y, int width, int height,

int xdiam, int ydiam)
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fillRect(int x, Inty, int Draws a filled-in rectangle. This fills in the interior of the
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width, int height) rectangle that would be drawn by drawRect(x,y,width,height).
The extra piel along the bottom and right edges is not
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included. The width and height parameters give the exact
width and height of the rectangle For example, if you wanted
to fill in the entire component, you could say’g AllRect(0, 0,
getWidth(), getHeight());
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1. Drawing Lines
Lines are drawn by using of the drawLine( ) method.
// Draw lines
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public class Lines extends Applet {

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gp.drawLine(0, 0, 80, 100);
gp.drawLine(0, 50, 100, 0);

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gp.drawLine(40, 25, 150, 180);
gp.drawLine(75, 80, 400, 400);
gp.drawLine(20, 150, 400, 40);

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gp.drawLine(5, 290, 65, 19);
}
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2. Program to draw a ellipse using drawLine function

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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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public class ellipse extends JApplet {
public void init()
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{
setSize(300, 300);
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}
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{
center of the
int x, y;
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x = 150;
y = 175;
double A = 75, B = 50, px = 0, py = 0;

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g.setColor(Color.red);
for (int i = 0; i<= 360; i++) {

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double x, y;
a = A * Math.sin(Math.toRadians(i));
b = B * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(i));
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if (i != 0) {
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g.drawLine((int)px + x, (int)py + y,
(int)x + x, (int)y + y);
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// store the previous points
px = a;
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py = b;
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3. Draw a rectangle using drawLine(int x, int y, int x1, int y1)
import java.awt.*;
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public class rectangle extends JApplet {
public void init()

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setSize(400, 400);
repaint();
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public void paint(Graphics gp)

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// set Color for rectangle
gp.setColor(Color.green);
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// draw a rectangle by drawing four lines
gp.drawLine(100, 100, 100, 300);

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gp.drawLine(100, 300, 300, 300);
gp.drawLine(300, 300, 300, 100);
gp.drawLine(300, 100, 100, 100);

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different types of rectangle, filled rectangle, rounded rectangle, filled round
rectangle. They can be represented as:
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void drawRect(int top, int left, int w, int h);
void fillRect(int top, int left, int w, int h);
void drawRoundRect(int top, int left, int w, int h, int xDiam, int yDiam);
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void fillRoundRect(int top, int left, int w, int h, int xDiam, int yDiam);
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/*
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<applet code=”Rectangles” width=300 height=200>
</applet>
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public class Rectangles extends Applet {

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gp.drawRect(20, 20, 60, 50);
gp.fillRect(110, 10, 60, 40);
gp.drawRoundRect(190, 20, 60, 50, 15, 15);
gp.fillRoundRect(70, 90, 160, 100, 30, 40);

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}
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5. Java Program to draw a ellipse using drawOval(int x, int y, int width, int
height)
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public class ellipse extends JApplet {
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// set size
setSize(400, 400);
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repaint();
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{
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g.setColor(Color.red);
// draw a ellipse
g.drawOval(100, 100, 150, 100);

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6. Drawing Arcs: Arc can be drawn using method drawArc( ) and fillArc( ). It can
be represent as:
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void drawArc(int top, int left, int width, int height, int startAngle,
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int sweepAngle)
void fillArc(int top, int left, int width, int height, int startAngle,
int sweepAngle)
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/*
<applet code=”Arcs” width=300 height=200>

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</applet>
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public class Arcs extends Applet {

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gp.drawArc(10, 40, 70, 70, 0, 75);
gp.fillArc(100, 40, 70, 70, 0, 75);

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gp.drawArc(10, 100, 70, 80, 0, 175);
gp.fillArc(100, 100, 70, 90, 0, 270);
gp.drawArc(200, 80, 80, 80, 0, 180);

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7. Drawing Polygons Polygon can be draw using method drawPolygon( ) and
fillPolygon( ), These can be represented as:
void drawPolygon(int x[ ], int y[ ], int numPoints)
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void fillPolygon(int x[ ], int y[ ], int numPoints)
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/*
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<applet code=”HourGlass” width=230 height=210>
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</applet>
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public class HourGlass extends Applet {

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int xpoints[] = {30, 200, 30, 200, 30};

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int ypoints[] = {30, 30, 200, 200, 30};
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gp.drawPolygon(xpoints, ypoints, num);
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1. Implementing for loop in applet
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import java.awt.*;
public class ControlLoopAppletdemo extends Applet
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{
public void paint(Graphics gs)
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{
for(int a=1;a<=4;a++)
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{
if(a%2==0)
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{
gs.fillOval(90,a*50+10,50,50);
gs.setColor(Color.black);
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}
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{
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gs.drawOval(90,a*50+10,50,50);
gs.setColor(Color.red);
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/* <applet code=ControlLoopApplet width=300 height=300>
</applet> */
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2. Implementing while loop in Applet

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import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
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import java.awt.event.*;
public class PieAppletWhile extends Applet {
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public void paint (Graphics gp)
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// The starting coordinates for each pie slice:
int x = 50, y = 50;
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int w = 100, h = 100;
// Number of slices. We’ll set it to 20, as an example.
int numSlices = 20;
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int degrees = (int) (360.0 / numSlices);
int startAngle = 0;
int slice = 1;
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// First slice is different.
if (slice != 1) {
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startAngle = startAngle + degrees;
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if (slice % 2 == 0) {
g.setColor (Color.yellow);
g.fillArc (x,y,w,h, startAngle, degrees);

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g.setColor (Color.red);
g.fillArc (x,y,w,h, startAngle, degrees);
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// Increment counter:
slice ++;

} // end-while
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}
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3. Loop in Animation applet
import java.awt.*;
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import java.applet.Applet;
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public class BouncingBallApplet extends Applet implements Runnable {
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int ff;
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public void init ()
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dd = 100;
// We are going to use “null” as a true/false indicator.
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animatorThread = null;
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ff = 0;
// If there isnt’ an animator thread, create one.
if (animatorThread == null) {
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animatorThread.start ();
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// Stop the animation by indicating “false”.

animatorThread = null;
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public void run ()
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{
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while (animatorThread != null) {
ff ++;
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repaint ();
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break;
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public void paint (Graphics gp)
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// Set foreground and background colors.
setBackground (Color.red);
gp.setColor (Color.white);
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// d.width is the width, d.height is the height.
Dimension d = getSize();
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gp.fillOval (0, 0, d.width/2, d.height/2);
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// On even frames, draw the ball at the bottom.
gp.fillOval (0, d.height/2, d.width/2, d.height/2);

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1. The Graphics class declares a number of ____________________ functions.
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2. A ___________________________ includes all state information necessary for the
basic rendering operations that Java language supports.
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●● A number of drawing functions are declared in the Graphics class. Each shape can
be drawn either edge-only or filled. Objects are drawn and filled in the graphics
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colour that is currently selected, which is always black by default. When a graphics
object is created that exceeds the dimensions of the window, the output is clipped
to fit into the applet window without the need for human intervention.
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1. What is Graphic class?

2. What are different methods in Graphic class?
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●● Graphics Class: The Graphics class can be defined as conceptual super class for
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all graphics contexts which permit an application to draw onto mechanism that can
be display on various devices or against off-screen images as well.

Method Description
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drawstring (String Draws the text given by the string str. The string is drawn using
str, int x, int y) the current color and font of the graphics context. x specifies the
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position of the left end of the string. y is the y coordinate of the
baseline of the string. The baseline is a horizontal line on which
the characters rest. Some parts of the characters, such as the
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tail on a y or g. extend below the baseline
drawLine(int x1, int -Draws a line from the point (x1 y1) to the point (x2,y2) The line
y1, int x2, int y2) is drawn as if with a pen that hangs one pixel to the right and
one pixel down from the (x,y) point where the pen is located.
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command g.drawLine(x,y,x,y). which corresponds to putting
the pen down at a point, colors the single pixel with upper left
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corner at the point (xy).
drawOval(int x; Draws the outline of an oval. The oval is one that just fits inside
int y, int width, int the rectangle specified by x, y, width, and height. If width equals
height) height, the oval is a circle.
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fillArc(int x; int y, int Draw a filled-in arc. This looks like a wedge of pie, whose crust
width, int height, is the arc that would be drawn by the drawArc method.
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int y, int width, int and the width and height of the rectangle are as specified. If
height)— width equals height, then the rectangle is a square. If the width
or the height is negative, then nothing is drawn. The rectangle
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is drawn with the same pen that is used for drawLine(). This
means that the actual width of the rectangle as drawn is
width+1, and similarly for the height. There is an extra pixel
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along the right edge and the bottom edge. For example, if you
want to draw a rectangle around the edges of the component,
you can say drawRect(0, 0, getWidth()-1, getHeight()-1),”
where g is a graphics context for the component. If you use
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gdrawRect(0, 0, getWidth().getHeight) then the right and bottom

edges of the rectangle will be drawn outside the component.
drawRoundRect(int Draws the outline of a rectangle with rounded corners. The
x, Inty, int width, int basic rectangle is specified by x, y, width, and height, but the
height, int xdiam, corners are rounded. The degree of rounding is given by adiam
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int ydiam) and ydiam. The corners are arcs of an ellipse with horizontal
diameter xdiam and vertical diameter ydiam. A typical value for
xdiam and ydiam is 16, but the value used should really depend
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drawsDRect(int x, Draws the outline of a rectangle that is supposed to have a

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int y, int width, Int three dimensional effect, as if it is raised from the screen or
height, boolean pushed into the screen. The basic rectangle is specified by
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raised) x, y, width, and height The raised parameter tells whether the
rectangle seems to be raised from the screen or pushed into it.
The 3D effect is achieved by using brighter and darker versions
of the drawing color for different edges of the rectangle. The
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the background color before using this method The effect won’t
work well for some colors.
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drawArc(int x, Inty, Draws part of the oval that just fits inside the rectangle specified
int width, int height, by x, y, width, and height. The part drawn is an arc that extends
int startAngle, int arcAngle degrees from a starting angle at startAngle degrees.
arcAngle) Angles are measured with 0 degrees at the 3 ddock position
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(the positive direction of the horizontal axis). Positive angles are
measured counterdockwise from cero, and negative angles are
measured clockwise. To get an arc of a circle, make sure that
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width is equal to height
illRoundRect(int x, Draws a filled-in rounded rectangle
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fillRect(int x, Inty, Draws a filled-in rectangle. This fills in the interior of the
int width, int height) rectangle that would be drawn by drawRect(x,y,width,height).
The extra piel along the bottom and right edges is not included.
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The width and height parameters give the exact width and
height of the rectangle For example, if you wanted to fill in the
entire component, you could say’g AllRect(0, 0, getWidth(),
getHeight());
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Further Readings:
1. Graphic Java 1.2: Mastering the JFC, David M. Geary Java Applet Powerpack,
Tad Ringo, Robin Drake
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2. Java 2D graphics, Jonathan Knudsen

4. Developing Professional Java Applets, K. C. Hopson and Stephen E. Ingram
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1. Drawing
2. Graphics object
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Unit - 5.3 : Introduction to AWT

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●● What are AWT package
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●● Define the classess in AWT package
●● What is the Role of Layout manager in applet
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●● A code snipet to implement applet with layout manager
Introduction
The AWT Abstract window toolkit includes several classes and methods that permit
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developer to create and manage windows. It is also the basis on which Swing is made.
The AWT is quite big and a full explanation would easily fill an entire book. Therefore, it
is not doable to describe in detail every AWT class, method, or instance variable.
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Although a frequent use of the AWT is in applets, it is also utilized to construct
stand-alone windows that execute in a GUI environment, such as Windows. To execute
them, developer need to use an applet viewer or a Java-compatible web browser.
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interfaces based on Swing. Because Swing provides better-off implementations than
does the AWT of some general GUI controls, such as buttons, lists, and check boxes,
it is easy to jump to the end that the AWT is no longer significant, that it has been
outdated by Swing. This assumption is, however, quite incorrect. As mentioned, Swing
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is built on the AWT. Thus, many features of the AWT are also features of Swing.

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Java AWT components are platform-dependent i.e. components are showed

according to the analysis of OS. AWT is heavy weight i.e. its components are using the
resources of underlying operating system (OS).
The java.awt package provides different classes for AWT API such as Event,
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choice, AWTevent, polygon, List, Robot, panel etc.
The AWT describes windows according to a class hierarchy that adds usability and
specificity with each segments. The two most widespread windows are those which
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are carryout from Panel, which is utilized by applets, and those which were taken out
from Frame, which construct a standard application window. Much of the performance
of these windows is carries out from their parent classes. Consequently, a explanation
of the class hierarchies connecting these two classes is essential to their perceptive.
Below Figure displays the class hierarchy for Panel and Frame.
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The class hierarchy for Panel and Frame
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Component
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In starting of the Abstract Window Toolkit hierarchy is the Component class.
Component is a conceptual class that contains all of the characteristics of a visual
component. All user interface basics that are showed on the monitor and that connect
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with the end-user are the subclasses of Component. It declares over a hundred public
methods that are accountable for administrating events, such as mouse click and
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keyboard input by user, positioning of window and sizing the window. A Component
object is accountable for identification of the recent foreground and background colors
and the resently selected text font.
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Container
The Container class is a child class for Component. It has multiple methods that
permits other Component objects to be encapsulate in it. Other Container objects can
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be stocked within a Container. This makes it a multi-tiered containment structure. A

container is accountable for positioning out several components that it includes.
Panel
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The Panel class is an actual subclass of Container. It doesn’t put in any fresh
methods; it simply execute Container. A Panel may well be considering of as a
repeatedly nestable, existing screen part. Panel is the superclass for Applet. When
screen output is heading for an applet, it is traced on the exterior of a Panel object. In
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essence, a Panel is a window that does not enclose any of these title bar, menu bar,
or border. This is why at client side they don’t see this substance when an applet is
execute with in a browser. When you execute an applet by means of an applet viewer,
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the applet viewer just only gives the title and border.
Other components can be added by a developer using a Panel object by its

add( ) method. Once these mechanism have been added, developer can point and
restructured them manually using the components that are declared by setLocation( ),
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setSize( ), setPreferredSize( ), or setBounds( ).

Window
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The Window class constructs a top-level window. A top-level window is not included
within any other object; it sits in a straight line on the monitor. Usually, developer won’t
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create Window stuff directly. In its place, developer will use a subclass of Window called
Frame, which is explained next.
Frame
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Frame contains what is usually consideration as “window.” It is a subclass of
Window and unilike panel it has a title bar, menu bar, borders, and resizing corners.
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If developer constructs a Frame object from inside an applet, it will have a caution
message, like “Java Applet Window,” to the end-user that an applet window has been
constructed. This communication warns end-users that the window they see was
initiated by an applet and not by software executing on their computer. When a Frame
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window is produced by a stand-alone function rather than an applet, a normal window is
formed.
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The AWT classes are included in the java.awt package. It is one of Java’s language
biggest packages. Luckily, it is logically ordered in a top-down, hierarchical fashion, it is
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easier to recognize some of the many AWT classes are list below in table.
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Class Description
AWT Event Encapsulates AWT events.
AWT Event Multicaster Dispatches events to multiple listeners.
Border Layout The border layout manager Border layouts use five
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components: North, South, East West, and Center.

Button Creates a push button control.
Canvas A blank, semantics-free window.
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Card Layout The card layout manager Card layouts emulate index cards.
Only the one on top is showing.
Check box Creates a check box control.
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Check box group Creates a group of check box controls.

Check box menultem Creates an on/off menu item
Choice Creates a pop-up list.
Color Manages colors in a portable, platform-independent fashion.
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Component An abstract superclass for various AWT components.

Container A subclass of Component that can hold other components.
Curson Encapsulates a bitmapped cursor Creates a dialog window.
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Dialong Specifies the dimensions of an object. The width is stored in

width and the height is stored in height
Event Encapsulates events.
Event Queue Queues events.
File Dialog Creates a window from which a file can be selected.
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Flow Layout The flow layout manager. Flow layout positions components
left to right, top to bottom.

Font Encapsulates a type font.

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Font Metrics Encapsulates various information related to a font. This
information helps you display text in a window.
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Frame Creates a standard window that has a title bar, resize
corners, and a menu bar.
Graphics Encapsulates the graphics context. This context is used by
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the various output methods to display output in a window.
Graphics Device Describes a graphics device such as a screen or printer.
Graphics Environment Describes the collection of available Font and
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GraphicsDevice objects.
Grid Bag Constraints Defines various constraints relating to the GridBagLayout
class.
Grid Bag Layout The grid bag layout manager. Grid bag layout displays
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components subject to the constraints specified by
GridBagConstraints.
Grid Layout The grid layout manager. Grid layout displays components
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in a two-dimensional grid.
Image Encapsulates graphical images.
Insets Encapsulates the borders of a container.
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List Creates a list from which the user can choose. Similar to the
standard Windows list box.
Media Tracker Manages media objects.
Menu Creates a pull-down menu.
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Menu Bar Creates a menu bar.

Menu Component An abstract class implemented by various menu classes.
Menu Item Creates a menu item.
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Menu Shortcut Encapsulates a keyboard shortcut for a menu item.

Panel The simplest concrete subclass of Container.
Point Encapsulates a Cartesian coordinate pair, stored in x and y.
Polygon Encapsulates a polygon.
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Pop up Menu Encapsulates a pop-up menu.

Print Job An abstract class that represents a print job.
Rectangle Encapsulates a rectangle.
Robot Supports automated testing of AWT-based applications.
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Scrollbar Creates a scroll bar control.

Scroll Pane A container that provides horizontal and/or vertical scroll
bars for another component.
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System Colour Contains the colors of GUI widgets such as windows, scroll
bars, text, and others.
Text Area Creates a multiline edit control.
Text Component A superclass for TextArea and TextField.
Text Field Creates a single-line edit control.
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Handling Events in a Frame Window

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Since Frame is a subclass of Component, it contains all the characteristics
declared by Component. This means that developer can use and run a frame window
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just like developer administer an applet’s main window.
// Handle mouse events in both child and applet windows.
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import java.awt.*;
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/*
<applet code=”WindowEvents” width=280 height=40>
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</applet>
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// Create a subclass of Frame.
class SampleFrame extends Frame
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int msX=10, msY=40;
int mvX=0, mvY=0;

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SampleFrame(String title) {
super(title);
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// register this object to receive its own mouse events
addMouseListener(this);
addMouseMotionListener(this);
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// create an object to handle window events
MyWindowAdapter adapter = new MyWindowAdapter(this);
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addWindowListener(adapter);
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// Handle mouse clicked.
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
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// Handle mouse entered.
public void mouseEntered(MouseEventevtObj) {

// save coordinates
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msX = 20;
msY = 64;
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s = “Mouse just entered child.”;
repaint();
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}
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public void mouseExited(MouseEventevtObj) {
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msX = 20;
msY = 64;
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public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
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msX = me.getX();
msY = me.getY();
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s = “Down”;
repaint();
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// Handle mouse released.
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
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msX = me.getX();
msY = me.getY();
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s = “Up”;
repaint();
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// Handle mouse dragged.
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) {

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msX = me.getX();
msY = me.getY();
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mvX = me.getX();
mvY = me.getY();
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s = “*”;
repaint();
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// Handle mouse moved.
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public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me) {
// save coordinates
mvX = me.getX();
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mvY = me.getY();
repaint(0, 0, 80, 60);
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gp.drawString(s, msX, msY);

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gp.drawString(“Mouse at “ + mvX + “, “ + mvY, 10, 40);
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class MyWindowAdapter extends WindowAdapter {
SampleFramesampleFrame;
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public MyWindowAdapter(SampleFramesampleFrame) {
this.sampleFrame = sampleFrame;
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public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
sampleFrame.setVisible(false);
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// Applet window.
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public class WindowEvents extends Applet
implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {

SampleFramef;
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String s = “”;
int msX=0, msY=10;
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int mvX=0, mvY=0;
// Create a frame window.
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f = new SampleFrame(“Handle Mouse Events”);
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f.setSize(200, 100);
f.setVisible(true);
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addMouseMotionListener(this);
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f.setVisible(true);
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// Handle mouse entered.

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public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
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msY = 24;
s = “Mouse just entered applet window.”;

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repaint();

// Handle mouse exited.

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public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
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msY = 24;
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s = “Mouse just left applet window.”;
repaint();
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// Handle button pressed.
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// save coordinates
msX = me.getX();
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msY = me.getY();
s = “Down”;
repaint();
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// save coordinates
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msX = me.getX();
msY = me.getY();
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repaint();
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public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) {
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msY = me.getY();
mvX = me.getX();
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mvY = me.getY();
s = “*”;

repaint();
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public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me) {
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mvX = me.getX();
mvY = me.getY();
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gp.drawString(s, msX, msY);
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gp.drawString(“Mouse at “ + mvX + “, “ + mvY, 0, 10);
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A layout manager is a request of any class that executes the LayoutManager

interface. The layout manager is declared by the setLayout( ) method. If no invoke to
setLayout( ) is made, then the default layout manager is utilized automatically.
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The LayoutManagers are used to position components in a defined manner. The

Java LayoutManagers helps developer to manage the positioning and size of the
objects in GUI forms.

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void setLayout(LayoutManagerObj)
In above expression, Obj is a reference to the preferred layout manager. If
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developer wish to disable the layout manager and position components manually then
he/she recquire pass null for Obj. If developer do this then developer will require to
determine the figure and location of each component manually, using the setBounds( )
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method declared by Component. Normally, developer will want to use a layout manager.
Java language has several predefined LayoutManager classes out which some are
explained below:
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BorderLayout
The BorderLayout class executes a common layout style for top-level windows. It
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has 4 narrow, fixed-width components at the edges and one large area in the center.
The four sides are known to as north, south, east, and west. The core area is called the
center. BorderLayout can be express as
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BorderLayout( )
BorderLayout(int ha, int vb)
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The first expression construct a default border layout. The second allows developer
to identify the horizontal and vertical space left between components in ha and vb, in
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that order.
BorderLayout declares the following constants that identify the regions:
Border Layout.CENTER Border Layout.SOUTH

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Border Layout.EAST Border Layout.WEST

Border Layout.NORTH
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Example for Border Layout:
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import java.util.*;
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public class BorderLayoutDemo extends Applet {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
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add(new Button(“This is across the top.”),
BorderLayout.NORTH);

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BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(new Button(“Right”), BorderLayout.EAST);
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add(new Button(“Left”), BorderLayout.WEST);
String s = “Welcome to the world of Java “ +
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“here we study how to use;\n” +
“Border layout in program “ +
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“code.\n\n\n”
add(new TextArea(s), BorderLayout.CENTER);
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FlowLayout
FlowLayout is the default layout. FlowLayout executes an easy layout style, which
is like to how words flow in a text editor. The path of the layout is administered by
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the container’s component direction property, which, by default, is left to right, top to
bottom. So, by default, components are laid out line-by-line starting at the upper-left
corner. In all cases, when a line is filled till the end, layout moves to the next line. A
small space is left among each component, on top of and ends, as well as left and right.
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FlowLayout can be expressed as:
FlowLayout( )
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FlowLayout(int ha)
FlowLayout(int ha, int ht, int vt)
The first statement creates the default layout, which enter components at center
and leaves five pixels of space between each component. The second statement lets
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developer to specify how each line is needs to be aligned. Valid values for ha are as
follows:

FlowLayout.LEFT
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FlowLayout.CENTER
FlowLayout.RIGHT
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FlowLayout.LEADING
FlowLayout.TRAILING
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The third statement lets developer to specify the horizontal and vertical space left
among the components in ht and vt, respectively.
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Checkbox code using left aligned flowlayout
import java.awt.*;
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/*
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<applet code=”FlowLayoutDemo” width=250 height=200>
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public class FlowLayoutDemo extends Applet
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String s = “”;
Checkbox Win7, Win2010, Linux, macOS;

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// set left-aligned flow layout
setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
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Win7 = new Checkbox(“Win07”, null, true);
Win2010 = new Checkbox(“Windows 2010”);
Linux = new Checkbox(“Linux”);

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macOS = new Checkbox(“MacOS OS”);
add(Win7);
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add(Win2010);
add(Linux);
add(macOS);
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// register to receive item events
Win7.addItemListener(this);

Win2010.addItemListener(this);
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Linux.addItemListener(this);
macOS.addItemListener(this);
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public void itemStateChanged(ItemEventie) {
repaint();
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s = “Current state: “;
gp.drawString(s, 6, 80);
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s = “ Windows 7: “ + Win7.getState();
s = “ Windows 2010: “ + Win2010.getState();

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s = “ MacOS: “ + macOS.getState();
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GridLayout
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GridLayout puts out components in a 2-D grid. When developer Invoke a
GridLayout, developer define the number of rows and columns he/she requires. The
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GridLayout can be expressed as:
GridLayout( )
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GridLayout(int nR, int nC)
GridLayout(int nR, int nC, int ht, int vt)
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create a grid layout with the particular number of rows and columns. The third
statements lets developer to specify the horizontal and vertical space left between
components in ht and vt, respectively. Either nR or nC can be zero. Specifying nR as
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zero result-in unlimited-length columns. Specifying nC as zero result-in unlimited-length
rows.
CardLayout
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The CardLayout class is exclusive between the other layout managers in that it
stores quite a few diverse layouts. This can be helpful for user interfaces with elective
components that can be animatedly enabled and disabled upon user contribution.
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Developer can arrange the other layouts and have them hidden, ready to be activated
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when required. CardLayout method can be represented as:
CardLayout( );
CardLayout(int ht, int vt);

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The first statements creates a default card layout. The second statement lets
developer to identify the horizontal and vertical space left between components in ht
and vt respectively.
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cards are characteristically seized in an object of type Panel. This panel have to have
CardLayout selected as its layout manager. The cards that shape the deck are also
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characteristically objects of type Panel. Therefore, developers have to construct a

panel that includes the deck and a panel for each card in the deck. After that, developer
require to add to the suitable panel the components that shape each card. Developer
then adds these panels to the panel for which CardLayout is the layout manager.
Finally, developers add this panel to the window screen. Once these steps are done,
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Developer must present some method for the user to select among cards. One general
approach is to comprise one push button for each card in the deck.
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When all card panels are added to a panel, they are generally given a name.
Therefore, usually, developer will use this statement of add( ) when adding cards to a
panel:
void add(Component paneldemo, Object N)

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paneldemo.

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invoking one of the following methods declared by CardLayout:
void first(Container d)
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void last(Container d)
void next(Container d)
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void previous(Container d)
void show(Container d, String cN)
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Here, d is a reference to the container that kept the cards, and cN is the name
of a card. Calling first( ) generate the first card in the d to be shown. To show the last
card, call last( ) method to be invoked. To show the next card, call next( ) method to be
invoked . To show the previous card, call previous( ) method to be invoked. Both next(
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) and previous( ) without human intervention cycle back to the top or bottom of the d ,
respectively. The show( ) method shows the card whose name is passed in cN.
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GridBagLayout
Even though the previous layouts are completely acceptable for loads of
uses, some situations will require developer to take a bit more power over how the
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components needs to be arranged. A superior way to do this is to use a grid bag layout,
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which is defined by the GridBagLayout class. What makes the grid bag useful is that
developer can define the relative placement of components by specifying their positions
inside cells within a grid. The main benefit to the grid bag is that each component can
have different size, and each row in the grid can have a different number of columns.
This is why the layout is called a grid bag. It’s a compilation of small grids joined
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together.
The location and size of each component in a grid bag are defined by a set
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of constraints associated to it. The constraints are included in an object of type

GridBagConstraints. Constraints contains the height and width of a cell, and the
position of a component, its alignment, and its anchor point inside the cell.
The common modus operandi for using a grid bag is to first generate a new
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GridBagLayout object and to make it the current layout manager. Then, set the
constraints that be relevant to each component that will be added to the grid bag.
Finally, add those components to the layout manager.
GridBagLayout can be declared as:

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GridBagLayout()
The key to productively using GridBagLayout is the appropriate setting of the

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constraints, which are included in a GridBagConstraints object. GridBagConstraints

declare several fields that developer can set to administer the size, placement, and
spacing of a component. These are show in below table:
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Fleid Purpose
int anchor Specifies the location of a component within a cell. The default is
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GridBagConstraints.CENTER.
int fill Specifies how a component is resized if the component is smaller
than its cell Valid values are GridBagConstraints NONE (the
default). GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL GridBagConstraints.
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VERTICAL Grid BagConstraints.BOTH.
int gridheight Specifies the height of component in terms of cells. The default is 1.
int gridwidth Specifies the width of component in terms of cells. The default is 1.
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int gridx Specifies the X coordinate of the cell to which the component will be
added. The default value is Grid BagConstraints RELATIVE.
int gridy Specifies the Y coordinate of the cell to which the component will be
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added. The default value is Grid BagConstraints RELATIVE
Insets insets Specifies the Insets Default insets are all zero.
int ipadx Specifies extra horizontal space that surrounds a component within
a cell. The default is 0.
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int ipady Specifies extra vertical space that surrounds a component within a
cell The default is 0.
double weightx
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Specifies a weight value that determines the horizontal spacing
between cells and the edges of the container that holds them. The
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default value is 0.0. The greater the weight, the more space that
is allocated. If all values are 0.0, extra space is distributed evenly
between the edges of the window.
double weighty Specifies a weight value that determines the vertical spacing
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between cells and the edges of the container that holds them. The
default value is 0.0. The greater the weight, the more space that
is allocated. If all values are 0.0, extra space is distributed evenly
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GridBagConstraints also declares several static fields that contain standard

constraint values, such as GridBagConstraints.CENTER and GridBagConstraints.
VERTICAL.
When a component is smaller than its cell, developer can use the anchor field to
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identify where inside the cell component’s top-left corner will be situated. There are
three types of values that you can give to anchor. The first are absolute declared below
GridBagConstraints.CENTER GridBagConstraints.SOUTH
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GridBagConstraints.EAST GridBagConstraints.SOUTHEAST
GridBagConstraints.NORTH GridBagConstraints.SOUTHWEST
GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST GridBagConstraints.WEST
GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST
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As their names suggest, these values helps the component to be placed at the
specific locations. The second type of values that can be given to anchor is relative, The
relative values are shown here:
GridBagConstraints.FIRST_LINE_END GridBagConstraints.LINE_END
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GridBagConstraints.FIRST_LINE_START GridBagConstraints.LINE_START
GridBagConstraints.LAST_LINE_END GridBagConstraints.PAGE_END
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GridBagConstraints.LAST_LINE_START GridBagConstraints.PAGE_START
Their names describe the placement. The third type of values that can be given
to anchor were added by Java SE 6. They allow you to position components vertically
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relative to the baseline of the row. They are shown here:
GridBagConstraints.BASELINE GridBagConstraints.
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BASELINE_LEADING
GridBagConstraints.BASELINE_TRAILING GridBagConstraints.ABOVE_
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GridBagConstraints.ABOVE_BASELINE_ GridBagConstraints.ABOVE_
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LEADING BASELINE_TRAILING
GridBagConstraints.BELOW_BASELINE GridBagConstraints.BELOW_
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GridBagConstraints.BELOW_BASELINE_
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1. Creating a grid layout:
import java.awt.*;
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/*
<applet code=”GridLayoutDemo” width=300 height=200>

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</applet>
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public class GridLayoutDemo extends Applet {
static final int a = 4;

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setLayout(new GridLayout(a, a));
setFont(new Font(“SansSerif”, Font.BOLD, 24));

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for(int x = 0; x < a; x++) {
for(int y = 0; y<a; y++) {
int k = x * a + y;
if(k > 0)
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add(new Button(“” + k));

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}
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}
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2. Creating a program using GridBaglayout
import java.awt.*;
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/*
<applet code=”GridBagDemo” width=250 height=200>

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</applet>
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public class GridBagDemo extends Applet
implements ItemListener {
String msg = “”;

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Checkbox winXP, winVista, solaris, mac;
GridBagLayoutgB = new GridBagLayout();

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GridBagConstraintsgbc = new GridBagConstraints();
setLayout(gB);
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// Define check boxes.
winXP = new Checkbox(“Windows XP “, null, true);
winVista = new Checkbox(“Windows Vista”);

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solaris = new Checkbox(“Solaris”);
mac = new Checkbox(“Mac OS”);

// Define the grid bag.

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// Use default row weight of 0 for first row.
gC.weightx = 1.0; // use a column weight of 1
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gC.ipadx = 200; // pad by 200 units
gC.insets = new Insets(4, 4, 0, 0); // inset slightly from top left
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gC.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST;
gC.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
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gB.setConstraints(winXP, gC);
gC.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
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gB.setConstraints(winVista, gC);
// Give second row a weight of 1.
gC.weighty = 1.0;
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gC.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.RELATIVE;
gB.setConstraints(solaris, gC);
gC.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
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gB.setConstraints(mac, gC);
// Add the components.

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add(winXP);
add(winVista);
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add(solaris);
add(mac);
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winXP.addItemListener(this);
winVista.addItemListener(this);
solaris.addItemListener(this);
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mac.addItemListener(this);
}
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// Repaint when status of a check box changes.
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEventie) {
repaint();
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// Display current state of the check boxes.


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msg = “Current state: “;
g.drawString(msg, 6, 80);
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msg = “ Windows XP: “ + winXP.getState();
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msg = “ Windows Vista: “ + winVista.getState();
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msg = “ Solaris: “ + solaris.getState();
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msg = “ Mac: “ + mac.getState();
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}
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3. Creating a program using cardlayout

import java.awt.*;
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/*
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<applet code=”CardLayoutDemo” width=300 height=100>
</applet>
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public class CardLayoutDemo extends Applet
implements ActionListener, MouseListener {

Checkbox win07, win2010, linux, mac;

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Panel osCards;
CardLayoutcardLO;
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Button Win, Other;
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Win = new Button(“Windows”);
Other = new Button(“Other”);
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add(Win);
add(Other);
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cardLO = new CardLayout();
osCards = new Panel();
osCards.setLayout(cardLO); // set panel layout to card layout
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win07 = new Checkbox(“Windows 07”, null, true);
win2010 = new Checkbox(“Windows 2010”);
linux = new Checkbox(“linux”);

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mac = new Checkbox(“Mac OS”);
// add Windows check boxes to a panel

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Panel winPan = new Panel();
winPan.add(win07);
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winPan.add(win2010);
// add other OS check boxes to a panel
Panel otherPan = new Panel();

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otherPan.add(linux);
otherPan.add(mac);
// add panels to card deck panel

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osCards.add(winPan, “Windows”);
osCards.add(otherPan, “Other”);
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// add cards to main applet panel
add(osCards);
// register to receive action events

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Win.addActionListener(this);
Other.addActionListener(this);

// register mouse events

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// Cycle through panels.
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cardLO.next(osCards);
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// Provide empty implementations for the other MouseListener methods.
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}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
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public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
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public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {

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if(ae.getSource() == Win) {
cardLO.show(osCards, “Windows”);
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1. Java AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit) is an API to expand ____________________ .
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2. Java AWT components are ________________________ i.e. components are
showed according to the analysis of OS.
3. The AWT classes are included in the _________________________ .
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4. Since Frame is a subclass of Component, it contains all the characteristics declared
by ________________________ .
5. FlowLayout is the ______________________ layout.
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Summary
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The AWT describes windows according to a class hierarchy that adds usability
and specificity with each segments. The two most widespread windows are those
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which are carryout from Panel, which is utilized by applets, and those which were
taken out from Frame, which construct a standard application window.
●● Today, most Java language programs utilize user interfaces based on Swing.
Because Swing provides better-off implementations than does the AWT of some
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general GUI controls, such as buttons, lists, and check boxes, it is easy to jump to
the end that the AWT is no longer significant, that it has been outdated by Swing.
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●● A layout manager is a request of any class that executes the LayoutManager

interface. The layout manager is declared by the setLayout( ) method. If no invoke
to setLayout( ) is made, then the default layout manager is utilized automatically.
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1. What is Graphic class?
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2. What are different methods in Graphic class?

3. How to use loops in applet?

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●● OS: Operating System
●● Component: In starting of the Abstract Window Toolkit hierarchy is the Component
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class. Component is a conceptual class that contains all of the characteristics of a
visual component.
●● Container: The Container class is a child class for Component. It has multiple
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methods that permits other Component objects to be encapsulate in it.
●● Panel: The Panel class is an actual subclass of Container. It doesn’t put in any
fresh methods; it simply execute Container.
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●● Window: The Window class constructs a top-level window. A top-level window is
not included within any other object; it sits in a straight line on the monitor.
●● BorderLayout: The BorderLayout class executes a common layout style for top-
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level windows.
●● FlowLayout: FlowLayout is the default layout. FlowLayout executes an easy layout
style, which is like to how words flow in a text editor.
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GridLayout: GridLayout puts out components in a 2-D grid.
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Further Readings:
1. Java AWT reference, John Zukowski
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2. Learn Java GUI Applications 11th Edition: A JFC Swing Tutorial, Philip Conrod,
Lou Tylee
3. Graphic Java 1.2: Mastering the JFC, David M. Geary Java Applet Powerpack,
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Tad Ringo, Robin Drake

4. Java 2D graphics, Jonathan Knudsen
5. Java AWT reference, John Zukowski
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1. Graphical User Interface
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2. platform-dependent
3. java.awt package
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4. Component
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1.3.6 Arrays, Methods

1.4.2 Concept of method overriding with code snippet,, Final classes

Module - 2 : Package and Exception in Java 206

2.1.2 Type of Packages

2.1.5 Interfaces: Implementing Interfaces

2.2.2 Exception Handling by using Try-Catch

Module - 3: Package and Exception in Java 171

3.3.2 Properties of StringBuffer Class

Module - 4 : Interface and Threads in Java 241

4.1.2 Code snippet showing implementation of Interface

4.2.1 Type of Methods in interface

4.2.3 Static methods in interface

4.3.3 Lifecycle of Thread

5.3 Introduction to AWT

5.3.3 Role of Layout manager in applet

Module – 1 : OOP and Introduction to Java

1.3.3 Conditional Expressions, if then else clause

1.3.5 Loops,Switch case

1.4.1 Type of Inherirtance with code snippets

1.4.4 Concept of Final classes with code snippet

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Unit - 1.1 : Introduction to Object Oriented

A paradigm is often thought of as a method of programming, which involves

are used successfully. The structured programming paradigm with C as implementing

The object-oriented programming may be a different approach to programming.

manage the ever-increasing size and complexity of programs.

Object-oriented programming (OOP) promises wide reusability features through

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Building Blocks of Programs

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Since the real-world problem domain is characterized by objects and their

interactions, a software application developed using the object-oriented programming

procedural programming approach is employed.

Another problem with strict top-down programming is that it makes it difficult to

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So, in practice, top-down design is usually combined with bottom-up design. In

The reusable components should be as “modular” as possible. A module may be

Modules that would support this type of information-hiding became common in

Objects and Their Interactions in the Real World

Naina. They are customers of Pepperfry, a company dealing in luxurious furniture.

Mukesh, a salesperson, to place their order.

In making his request known to Ashok, Ashok sends a message to Mukesh, “I

In response to Ashok’s message, Mukesh replies to Ashok by returning the result

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Mukesh, as a salesperson at Pepperfry, has a responsibility towards Ashok. He

1. He determines if there is sufficient stock to satisfy Ashok’s request.

Objects and Their Interactions in Programming

are objects that interact by sending messages. Ashok is thus a message-sending

The takeOrder request from Ashok to Mukesh is an example of a message. It

A method contains a number of operations detailing how Mukesh is to satisfy the

Figure below summarizes the relationships of these terms:

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of methods. In object oriented programming, computer programs are planned using

Programming languages examples are JAVA, C++, PYTHON.

Difference between Procedure Oriented Programming and Object Oriented

Procedure Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming

follows Top Down approach OOP follows Bottom Up approach.

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1.1.2 Concept of Classes and Object

It is an essential unit of Object-Oriented Programming and represents the actual

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An Object is often defined as an instance of a category. An object contains an

An object attribute definition permits objects to have independent attribute values.

Structurally, Ashok and Ravi can be represented as follows:

phone number = 1234567890

buy() {send a purchase request to a salesperson}

getBudget() {return budget}

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phone number = 2134567890

getBudget() {return budget}

buy() {send a purchase request to a salesperson}