1. Outline Software Development Activities
Identifying Classes and Objects
Static Variables and Methods
Class Relationships
Interfaces
Enumerated Types Revisited
Method Design
Testing
GUI Design and Layout
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2. Program Development
The creation of software involves four basic activities:
establishing the requirements
creating a design
implementing the code
testing the implementation
These activities are not strictly linear – they overlap and interact
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3. Requirements
Software requirements specify the tasks that a program must accomplish
what to do, not how to do it
Often an initial set of requirements is provided, but they should be critiqued and expanded
It is difficult to establish detailed, unambiguous, and complete requirements
Careful attention to the requirements can save significant time and expense in the overall project
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4. Design
A software design specifies how a program will accomplish its requirements
A software design specifies how the solution can be broken down into manageable pieces and what each piece will do
An object-oriented design determines which classes and objects are needed, and specifies how they will interact
Low level design details include how individual methods will accomplish their tasks
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5. Implementation
Implementation is the process of translating a design into source code
Novice programmers often think that writing code is the heart of software development, but actually it should be the least creative step
Almost all important decisions are made during requirements and design stages
Implementation should focus on coding details, including style guidelines and documentation
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6. Testing
Testing attempts to ensure that the program will solve the intended problem under all the constraints specified in the requirements
A program should be thoroughly tested with the goal of finding errors
Debugging is the process of determining the cause of a problem and fixing it
We revisit the details of the testing process later in this chapter
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7. Outline Boolean Expressions The if Statement Comparing Data
The while Statement
Iterators
The ArrayList Class
Determining Event Sources
Check Boxes and Radio Buttons
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8. Flow of Control
Unless specified otherwise, the order of statement execution through a method is linear: one after another
Some programming statements allow us to make decisions and perform repetitions
These decisions are based on boolean expressions (also called conditions) that evaluate to true or false
The order of statement execution is called the flow of control
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9. Conditional Statements
A conditional statement lets us choose which statement will be executed next
They are sometimes called selection statements
Conditional statements give us the power to make basic decisions
The Java conditional statements are the:
if and if-else statement
switch statement
We'll explore the switch statement in Chapter 6
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10. Boolean Expressions
A condition often uses one of Java's equality operators or relational operators, which all return boolean results:
== equal to
!= not equal to
< less than
> greater than
<= less than or equal to
>= greater than or equal to
Note the difference between the equality operator (==) and the assignment operator (=)
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11. Boolean Expressions An if statement with its boolean condition:
if (sum > MAX)
delta = sum – MAX;
First, the condition is evaluated: the value of sum is either greater than the value of MAX, or it is not
If the condition is true, the assignment statement is executed; if it isn't, it is skipped
See Age.java
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12. //********************************************************************
// Age.java Author: Lewis/Loftus //
// Demonstrates the use of an if statement.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Age { //
// Reads the user's age and prints comments accordingly.
public static void main (String[] args)
final int MINOR = 21;
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.print ("Enter your age: ");
int age = scan.nextInt();
continue
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13. System.out.println ("You entered: " + age); if (age < MINOR)
continue
System.out.println ("You entered: " + age);
if (age < MINOR)
System.out.println ("Youth is a wonderful thing. Enjoy.");
System.out.println ("Age is a state of mind."); }
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14. Sample Run Another Sample Run Enter your age: 47 You entered: 47
Age is a state of mind.
continue
System.out.println ("You entered: " + age);
if (age < MINOR)
System.out.println ("Youth is a wonderful thing. Enjoy.");
System.out.println ("Age is a state of mind."); }
Another Sample Run
Enter your age: 12
You entered: 12
Youth is a wonderful thing. Enjoy.
Age is a state of mind.
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15. Logical Operators
Boolean expressions can also use the following logical operators:
! Logical NOT
&& Logical AND
|| Logical OR
They all take boolean operands and produce boolean results
Logical NOT is a unary operator (it operates on one operand)
Logical AND and logical OR are binary operators (each operates on two operands)
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16. Logical NOT
The logical NOT operation is also called logical negation or logical complement
If some boolean condition a is true, then !a is false; if a is false, then !a is true
Logical expressions can be shown using a truth table: a !a
true
false
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17. Logical AND and Logical OR
The logical AND expression
a && b
is true if both a and b are true, and false otherwise
The logical OR expression
a || b
is true if a or b or both are true, and false otherwise
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18. Logical AND and Logical OR
A truth table shows all possible true-false combinations of the terms
Since && and || each have two operands, there are four possible combinations of conditions a and b a b
a && b
a || b
true
false
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19. Logical Operators
Expressions that use logical operators can form complex conditions
if (total < MAX+5 && !found)
System.out.println ("Processing…");
All logical operators have lower precedence than the relational operators
The ! operator has higher precedence than && and ||
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20. Boolean Expressions
Specific expressions can be evaluated using truth tables
total < MAX
found
!found
total < MAX && !found
false
true
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21. Short-Circuited Operators
The processing of && and || is “short-circuited”
If the left operand is sufficient to determine the result, the right operand is not evaluated
if (count != 0 && total/count > MAX)
System.out.println ("Testing.");
This type of processing should be used carefully
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