CSci 3601 Software Design and Development.

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Java APIs and other Java resources

• junit.framework.Assert class in junit 3.8.1 API at junit.org
• Java tutorials at java.sun.com - a very helpful resource, a great starting point for learning various pre-defined classes. Loads of working code!
• Java 5 (a.k.a. Java 1.5) APIs. Specifically:
  • LinkedList (see also Java 1.4 LinkedList API)
    A LinkedList is a Collection. Tutorial on collections may be helpful. Here is Java 1.4 tutorial on collections.
    Examples of using LinkedList
  • Object API (see definitions of hashCode() and clone() methods here).
• Java swing and events:
  • Java swing tutorial
  • A Visual Index to the Swing Components - pick what you need! Has links to tutorials on specific components.
  • Understanding swing: Swing architecture follows a so-called Model-View-Controller (MVC) design, also known as separable model architecture. A brief overview of this design and links to examples are given in Using Models, for a more detailed overview see A Swing Architecture Overview
  • Some small examples of Swing and events (from CSci 1211, Spring 2004): FirstSwing.java, SecondSwing.java (includes simple Event Listeners).
• Exercise on Swing and Listeners: you are given the following three classes that implement a GUI: GUI.class, MyItemListener.class, and MyListSelectionListener.class. Your task is to implement a GUI that works (roughly) the same way as the given one. Don't worry about testing the GUI at this poinrt (even though you still might want to test methods that manipulate strings and such). Some links that you may find helpful:
  BorderLayout API and Border Layout tutorial
  • GridLayout API and GridLayout tutorial.
  • JPanel API
  • JList API, ListSelectionListener interface API, ListSelectionEvent API
  • JTextArea API
  • Tutorial on panels: how to position many different elements within a GUI, OR a panel within a panel within a panel... (also see JPanel tutorial).
  • JCheckBox tutorial and JCheckBox API
• Threads:
  • Runnable Interface
  • Thread class
  • Thread tutorial

Software Design patterns, code examples and such

• Stack Lab:
  • Initial Source Code for Stack class
• Patterns for BinarySearchTreeLab: NullObject and Singleton (and Monostate, related to Singleton, but not used in the lab)
• Code for the "programming episode" in the textbook. Also, some intermediate code.
• Refactoring example from the book. Now try to refactor Priority Heap code from Data Structures Spring 2005. Here are the results of refactoring:
  • Sept. 28th, the first round of refactoring. An updated first round of refactoring.