Table of Contents
Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii
About the Author xix
Introduction xxi
Part I: Language Usage 1
Chapter 1: Basic Usage of Objects 3
1.1 The Core: Objects as Small and Active Entities 3
1.2 Developing with Objects 9
1.3 Fields 18
1.4 Methods 30
1.5 Exceptions 58
1.6 Constructors 71
1.7 Packages 77
1.8 Basics of Using Classes and Objects 79
Chapter 2: Fundamental Object Structures 97
2.1 Propagating State Changes: Observer 97
2.2 Compound Objects 108
2.3 Hierarchical Structures 116
2.4 Wrappers: Adapters, Proxies, and Decorators 136
Chapter 3: Abstraction and Hierarchy 143
3.1 Inheritance 143
3.2 Interfaces 167
Part II: Contracts 185
Chapter 4: Contracts for Objects 187
4.1 The Core: Assertions Plus Encapsulation 188
4.2 Elaborating the Concepts by Example 201
4.3 Motivating Contracts with Hindsight 214
4.4 Invariants and Callbacks 215
4.5 Checking Assertions at Runtime 218
4.6 The System Boundary 219
4.7 Arguing About the Correctness of Programs 223
Chapter 5: Testing 243
5.1 The Core: Unit Testing 244
5.2 The Test First Principle 250
5.3 Writing and Running Unit Tests 253
5.4 Applications and Motivations for Testing 266
Chapter 6: Fine Print in Contracts 285
6.1 Design-by-Contract 285
6.2 Contracts and Compound Objects 297
6.3 Exceptions and Contracts 327
6.4 Inheritance and Subtyping 329
Part III: Events 339
Chapter 7: Introduction to the Standard Widget Toolkit 341
7.1 The Core: Widgets, Layouts, and Events 342
7.2 The WindowBuilder: A Graphical Editor for UIs 351
7.3 Developing with Frameworks 355
7.4 SWT and the Native Interface 363
7.5 Compound Widgets 367
7.6 Dialogs 374
7.7 Mediator Pattern 380
7.8 Custom Painting for Widgets 383
7.9 Timers 387
7.10 Background Jobs 393
7.11 Review: Events and Contracts 407
Chapter 8: A Brief Introduction to Threads 413
8.1 The Core: Parallel Code Execution 413
8.2 Correctness in the Presence of Threads 416
8.3 Notifications Between Threads 423
8.4 Asynchronous Messages 431
8.5 Open Calls for Notification 434
8.6 Deadlocks 437
Chapter 9: Structuring Applications with Graphical Interfaces 443
9.1 The Core: Model-View Separation 444
9.2 The Model-View-Controller Pattern 453
9.3 The JFace Layer 472
9.4 The MVC Pattern at the Application Level 494
9.5 Undo/Redo 505
9.6 Wrapping Up 520
Chapter 10: State Machines 523
10.1 The Core: An Object’s State and Reactions 524
10.2 State Machines in Real-World Scenarios 533
10.3 Implementing Finite State Machines 547
Part IV: Responsibility-Driven Design 565
Chapter 11: Responsibility-Driven Design 567
11.1 The Core: Networks of Collaborating Objects 568
11.2 The Single Responsibility Principle 586
11.3 Exploring Objects and Responsibilities 593
11.4 Responsibilities and Hierarchy 616
11.5 Fundamental Goals and Strategies 620
Chapter 12: Design Strategies 637
12.1 Coupling and Cohesion 638
12.2 Designing for Flexibility 652
12.3 Extensibility 678
12.4 Reusability 710
Part V: Appendix 727
Appendix A Working with Eclipse Plugins 729
A.1 OSGi: A Module System for Java 730
A.2 Launching Plugins 744
A.3 Where to Go from Here 749
Bibliography 751
Index 769
