C SC 205 Lecture 1: Introduction and OO Concepts
major resources: Data Structures and the Java Collections Framework Second Edition, William Collins, McGraw-Hill, 2005
Introduction to Programming and OO Design using Java, Niño and Hosch, Wiley & Sons, 2002

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Monday September 10 (week 1)

Course Introduction

• syllabus (including objectives) and schedule
• context of this course in the curriculum
• where this couse fits in the inside-out approach
• where we are in the software development lifecycle
• in this course, we transition from being a client (consumer) of Java classes/libraries to also being a supplier (producer)

Basic OO Concepts

• object
• class
• knowing the difference between object and class
• object has: identity, state, and behavior
• fields (instance variables)
• methods (accessor and mutator)
• static fields and methods as attributes of the class, shared by all object instances
• instantiation
• Java primitive and reference types
• constructors
• mutability
• encapsulation and information hiding, complementary but not the same
• client sees only specification, supplier provides implementation

The java.lang.String class