JAVA

Expert Solutions

by Mark Wutka, et. al.

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Introduction

Chapter 1    What Is Java?

• Java as a Web Programming Language
• Java as an Applications Programming Language
• New Features on the Horizon
• Java as an Embedded Systems Language

Chapter 2    Embedding Applets in Web Pages

• No Java? No Problem
  • Displaying an Image in Place of an Applet
• Passing Parameters to Applets
• Improving Applet Startup Time

Chapter 3    Applet Security Restrictions

• Applet Security
• File Access Restrictions
• Network Restrictions
• Other Security Restrictions
• Getting Around Security Restrictions
  • Using Digital Signatures for Increased Access
  • Creating a Customized Security Manager

Chapter 4    Displaying Images

• Images in Java
• Displaying Simple Images
  • Shrinking and Stretching Images
• Creating Your Own Images
• Displaying Other Image Formats
  • The Microsoft Windows Bitmap (BMP) File Format
• Manipulating Images
  • Performing Image-Processing Algorithms
• Filtering Image Colors
  • Filtering Based on Pixel Position
• Downloading Images

Chapter 5    Animating Images

• Animation
• An Animation Driver
• Animating Image Sequences
• Animating Portions of an Image
• Animating with a Filter
• Cycling the Color Palette
• Animating Graphics
  • Redrawing the Entire Screen
  • Doing Animation with XOR
• Eliminating Flicker
  • Double-Buffering

Chapter 6    Communicating with a Web Server

• Java and Web Servers
• Getting Files Using the URL Class
• Getting Files Using Sockets
• Performing a Query with GET
• Posting Data with the URL Cl