Module Summary
- Introduction to object technology
- Principles of visual modelling: aims of modelling, importance of modelling and model driven
architecture (MDA)
- Concepts of object orientation I: object and class (states and operations), relationship
between objects and classes, package for organising design elements
o Java class
o Constructor methods
o Instance variables/ methods
o super vs this keyword in Java
o static vs non-static members
- Concepts of object orientation II:
o Abstraction – to distinguish characteristics among entities
o Encapsulation – to wrap object data and operations together as a single unit
Private/ protected visibility
o Modularity – to break-up complex problem into manageable unit
o Hierarchy – to identify the general objects and specialised objects
Generalisation – single inheritance and multiple inheritance
- UML Use case modelling
o Use case diagramming
o UML notations for the use case diagram
- UML Class diagram
o Class diagramming
o UML notations for the class diagram
o Class relationships: association, aggregation/ composition, inheritance, realisation,
dependency and etc
o Transform UML class diagram into Java code
- Inheritance and Polymorphism with code samples
o Single inheritance
o Multiple inheritance
o Multi-level inheritance
o Inheriting methods and overriding methods
- Abstraction and Polymorphism
o Abstract classes and methods
o Concrete class
o Interface in Java
o Interfaces vs abstract classes
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
o AWI & Swing package
o Swing components
o Window (JFrame) or container and input components
o Handling events
- Exception handling
o Exception class hierarchy
o Exception handler
o Handling exception with trycatch, trycatch-finally
o throws vs throw keyword in Java
o custom exception class
- File Input/ Output (IO)
o File types: text file and binary file
o Text IO - Reader/ Writer
o Binary IO – InputStream/ OutputStream
o IO Exception classes
o Handling IO exception
Exam information
- Section A: 20 MCQs (20 marks)
- Section B: 2 questions (25 marks)
Preparation to be able to:
- Coding in Java (object oriented programming)
- Coding in Java basic covering variable declaration and initialization, control structures,
expression evaluation, logical/arithmetic/(in/de)crement operators, ternary operator (?:),
java keywords (extends, this, super, static, private, protected, public), array and etc
- Trace output
