Object-oriented Design and Patterns

Now updated to reflect the innovations of Java 5.0, Cay Horstmann′s Object–Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition continues to offer a student–oriented guide to object–oriented design. Drawing from his extensive experience as a programmer and teacher, Horstmann helps you appreciate the value of object–oriented design principles, and gives you a context for applying these principles and techniques in your own designs. Throughout the text, outstanding pedagogy, carefully developed exercises and examples, and a strong emphasis on problem solving make object–oriented design principles accessible to readers with limited programming experience. Cay Horstmann′s Object–Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition: ∗ Integrates the use of Java 5.0 constructs throughout, including generics and the java.util.concurrent library. ∗ Presents high–interest examples, including ones from the Java 5.0 library and user–interface programming. ∗ Uses concepts such as interfaces, inner classes, reflection, and multithreading to introduce advanced Java language concepts. ∗ Encourages you to master topics in object–oriented design, user–interface programming, and practical software development techniques. ∗ Illustrates design patterns and their application using the Swing user interface toolkit and the Java collections library. ∗ Introduces programming tools such as BlueJ, javadoc, and JUnit. ∗ Provides a crash course in Java for readers who know C++. Other Wiley books by Cay Horstmann Big Java, Second Edition, 0–471–70615–9 Java Concepts, Fourth Edition, 0–471–69704–4 Big C++ (with Timothy Budd), 0–471–47063–5 Computing Concepts with C++ Essentials, Third Edition, 0–471–16437–2