Homework 7
CSSE 221 – Fundamentals of Software Development Honors
Fall 2008–2009
Recall the
Due Dates
and
(from the syllabus)
the
Late (and early) Assignment Policy
and guidelines for
maintaining Academic Integrity.
Also recall that you can get help on any of these problems during the
CSSE lab assistant hours,
and you can use the Assignments Discussion Forum
on Angel to discuss, clarify, or get help on these problems.
Things to do
- Read Chapter 9, Interfaces and Polymorphism, Sections 1 through 3
of Big Java.
- Do and self-check all the Self Check problems
that you encounter in this reading.
- You don't have to write down the answers to those Self Check problems;
just do them in your head and then check your answers against
the answers given at the end of the chapter.
- Note that one of your written problems (below)
asks you how many of these Self-Check problems you actually did.
- Read Chapter 10, Inheritance, Sections 1 through 4
of Big Java.
- Do and self-check all the Self Check problems
that you encounter in this reading.
- You don't have to write down the answers to those Self Check problems;
just do them in your head and then check your answers against
the answers given at the end of the chapter.
- Note that one of your written problems (below)
asks you how many of these Self-Check problems you actually did.
- The home page of Sun's Java Tutorials at
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
says:
The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use
the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds
of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons. Groups of related
lessons are organized into "trails".
Skim the following pages
(DON'T follow their links unless you want to!) from the Java Tutorials:
- Do the written problems below.
Written problems
Write your answers to these questions.
Turn your answers in via the appropriate Homework Drop Box on Angel.
- There are 7 Self-Check problems in Sections 9.1 through 9.3 (part of your reading for this homework).
How many of these 7 Self-Check problems did you read, think about briefly, and check your answer
against the answer at the back of the chapter?
- Your answer to this problem is simply a number between 0 and 7 -- I believe
that you will be truthful.
- I hope that you did them all! It takes just a few minutes to do so!
- Do Review Exercise R9.3 on page 430
(end of Chapter 9) of Big Java.
- Do Review Exercise R9.4 on page 430
(end of Chapter 9) of Big Java.
- Do Review Exercise R9.5 on page 430
(end of Chapter 9) of Big Java.
- There are 9 Self-Check problems in Sections 10.1 through 10.4 (part of your reading for this homework).
How many of these 9 Self-Check problems did you read, think about briefly, and check your answer
against the answer at the back of the chapter?
- Your answer to this problem is simply a number between 0 and 9 -- I believe
that you will be truthful.
- I hope that you did them all! It takes just a few minutes to do so!
- Do Review Exercise R10.5 on page 490
(end of Chapter 10) of Big Java.
- Swing provides an Accessibility API. In 20 words or less, what does that mean?
- Swing provides for Internationalization. In 20 words or less, what does that mean?
- List 4 Swing components shown at A Visual Guide to Swing Components (Java Look and Feel)
at:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ui/features/components.html