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[...]... the material upon which this xi xii PR EFA C E book is based There are too many of you to individually name, but your influence on Java Software Solutions and Java Software Structures is evident in Java Foundations Special thanks go to Ruth Dannenfelser, Cory Samaha, and Zach Zappala at the College of New Jersey for their help with solutions to the database projects And our continued thanks go to Jason... Expressions 837 Appendix I Javadoc Documentation Generator 839 Doc Comments 840 Tags 841 Files Generated 841 Appendix J Java Syntax 845 Index 859 xxv This page intentionally left blank Second Edition Java Foundations ™ Introduction to Program Design & Data Structures This page intentionally left blank Introduction 1 CHAPTER OBJECTIVES ■ Introduce the Java programming language ■ Describe the steps involved... software We begin by examining a very basic Java program and using it to explore some initial programming concepts We then lay the groundwork for software development on a larger scale, exploring the foundations of problem solving, the activities involved in software development, and the principles of object-oriented programming 1 2 C HA PT ER 1 Introduction 1.1 The Java Programming Language A computer... Like a class definition, a method is also delimited by braces 3 4 C HA PT ER 1 L I S T I N G Introduction 1 1 //******************************************************************** // Lincoln.java Java Foundations // // Demonstrates the basic structure of a Java application //******************************************************************** public class Lincoln { // .