Table of Contents

Preface.
Why We Wrote This Book. What This Book Is About. Who Should Read This Book? Conventions Used. How This Book Is Organized. How to Use This Book. Companion Web Site. Acknowledgments.

Introduction.
Why Patterns? History of the Patterns Movement. Basic Concepts in Patterns. Software Abstraction and Reuse. Summary.

COMMONLY USED PATTERNS.

1. Creational Patterns.
Introduction to Creational Patterns. Abstract Factory. Builder. Factory Method. Prototype. Singleton.2. Behavioral Patterns.
Introduction to Behavioral Patterns. Chain of Responsibility. Command. Interpreter. Iterator. Mediator. Memento. Observer. State. Strategy. Visitor. Template Method.3. Structural Patterns.
Introduction to Structural Patterns. Adapter. Bridge. Composite. Decorator. Façade. Flyweight. Half-Object Plus Protocol (HOPP). Proxy.4. System Patterns.
Introduction to System Patterns. Model-View-Controller (MVC). Session. Worker Thread. Callback. Successive Update. Router. Transaction.

II. PATTERNS IN THE JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.

5. Introduction to Java Programming Language Patterns.
6. Java Core APIs.
Event Handling. JavaBeans. AWT and Swing — The Graphical User Interface APIs. Collections Framework. Input-Output (I/O). Reflection.7. Distributed Technologies.
Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI). JDBC. RMI. CORBA.8. Jini and J2EE Architectures.
Jini. Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Servlets and JSPs. Enterprise JavaBeans.Appendix A: Full Code Examples.
System Requirements. Creational Pattern Code Examples. Abstract Factory. Builder. Factory Method. Prototype. Singleton. Chain of Responsibility. Command. Interpreter. Iterator. Mediator. Memento. Observer. State. Strategy. Visitor. Template Method. Adapter. Bridge. Composite. Decorator. Façade. Flyweight. Half-Object Plus Protocol (HOPP). Proxy. Model-View-Controller (MVC). Session. Worker Thread. Callback. Successive Update. Router. Transaction.Appendix B: Bibliography.
Index.

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About the Author

STEPHEN STELTING is an instructor for Sun Microsystems specializing in Java technology and object-oriented programming. For over a decade, he has worked in software development, consulting, and technical training. He currently develops new course content and teaches a wide variety of introductory and advanced courses.

OLAV MAASSEN is a courseware developer for Sun Educational Services and a Master Instructor for Sun Ed in the Netherlands. He is a certified Java Developer as well as an Enterprise Architect.