Module Overview

Module Title: OO Programming Module Code: MIT3446 Module Value: 3.0 Duration: 15 weeks Class-Contact Hours: Lecture 15

hrs Lab/Tutor 30hrs

Assessment Scheme

Continuous Assessment 50%– 1 Test 20% each, Total 20%– 1 Assignment 15%– 2 Lab Works 15%

Sessional Examination 50%

Content Area

1. Object-Oriented Programming Concepts– OOP versus Procedural Programming

Encapsulation Inheritance Polymorphism

– Class and Objects

2. Graphical User Interface (GUI)- Event Handling- Exception Handling

Content Area

3. Java Programming– Java Programming Environment– Java Applets– Object Creation and Initialization– Class Derivation and Inheritance– Message-passing– Polymorphism and Overloading– Control of Access and Visibility

Textbooks/References:

An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java, C. Thomas Wu, McGraw Hill

JAVA How to Program, Deitel & Deitel, Prentice Hall

The Java Tutorial Second Edition, Campione & Walrath, Addison-Wesley

Web Sites:

Java Technology Home Page http://java.sun.com/

Getting Started with Java(TM) Technology http://java.sun.com/starter.html

The Java Language Environment: Contents http://java.sun.com/docs/white/langenv/

Applets http://java.sun.com/applets/index.html

C, C++ and Java

C is procedural C++ = C + Object Oriented Programming.

You can program in C++ without using objects Java is pure object oriented You cannot

program in Java without using objects The development of Java is based on C and C+

+

Java

Developed by the Sun Microsystems (James Gosling)

Originated as a language for consumer appliances at Sun in 1991

Java Applets: Java programs that run within a Web browser

Java Applications: A complete stand-alone program

Special Features of Java

Java is Simple– no header files– no structures– no pointer arithmetic

Special Features of Java

Java is Compiled– Java source code is compiled into byte-

code .class file– byte-codes: machine independent– JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to interpret the

byte-codes.

Special Features of Java

Garbage Collection– built-in program to scan memory and frees any

memory that is no longer in use– easier memory management