Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours

By Rogers Cadenhead

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Reader Services
  • Introduction
  • Hour 1. Becoming a Programmer
  • Hour 2. Writing Your First Program
  • Hour 3. Vacationing in Java
  • Hour 4. Understanding How Java Programs Work
  • Part II: Learning the Basics of Programming
  • Hour 5. Storing and Changing Information in a Program
  • Hour 6. Using Strings to Communicate
  • Hour 7. Using Conditional Tests to Make Decisions
  • Hour 8. Repeating an Action with Loops
  • Part III: Working with Information in New Ways
  • Hour 9. Storing Information with Arrays
  • Hour 10. Creating Your First Object
  • Hour 11. Describing What Your Object Is Like
  • Hour 12. Making the Most of Existing Objects
  • Part IV: Programming a Graphical User Interface
  • Hour 13. Building a Simple User Interface
  • Hour 14. Laying Out a User Interface
    • Using Layout Managers
    • Workshop: Laying Out an Application
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Activities
  • Hour 15. Responding to User Input
  • Hour 16. Building a Complex User Interface
  • Part V: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 17. Creating Interactive Web Programs
  • Hour 18. Handling Errors in a Program
  • Hour 19. Creating a Threaded Program
  • Hour 20. Reading and Writing Files
  • Part VI: Creating Multimedia Programs
  • Hour 21. Using Fonts and Color
  • Hour 22. Playing Sound Files
  • Hour 23. Working with Graphics
  • Hour 24. Creating Animation
  • Part VII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Tackling New Features of Java 2 Version 1.4
  • Appendix B. Using the Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Appendix C. Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit
  • Appendix D. Using Sun ONE Studio
  • Appendix E. Where to Go from Here: Java Resources
  • Appendix F. This Book's Web Site

Quiz

To see whether your brain cells are laid out properly, test your Java layout management skills by answering the following questions.

Questions

1. What container is often used when subdividing an interface into different layout managers?
   1. JWindow
   2. JPanel
   3. Container
2. What is the default layout manager for a panel?
   1. FlowLayout
   2. GridLayout
   3. There is no default
3. The BorderLayout class gets its name from where?
   1. The border of each component
   2. The way components are organized along the borders of a container
   3. Sheer capriciousness on the part of Java's developers

Answers

1. b. JPanel.
2. a. Panels use flow layout, but the default manager for frames, windows, and an applet window is grid layout.
3. b. The border position of components must be specified as they are added to a container with the use of directional variables such as BorderLayout.WEST and BorderLayout.EAST.

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