Final Exam Topics

The final examination will be cumulative. Look at each of the topic sheets for the other tests for a detailed list of topics. Most of the test questions will be very similar to questions from earlier tests or on concepts covered on earlier tests.

Topics covered since Test #3:

• Graphical User Interfaces in Java
  • Java components (containers, frames, panels, buttons, textareas, textfields, labels) - know the basic ideas for working with these; know the difference between a frame and a panel, know what lightweight and heavyweight containers are
  • Events - know what an event is, know how your program can find out which component triggered an event, know the connection between events and listeners
  • Listeners - know what a listener is, know what an ActionListener is, know what method one must implement to implement an ActionListener, know what one must do to set up a connection between a listener object and a component.
  • Dialog boxes - know what these are (you do not need to know details here - for example you don't need to know the methods you use for the dialog boxes)
  • Know how to get the contents out of a textfield or textarea, know what type that data is, know how to convert it to a numeric type (int or double) if necessary, understand when it is necessary to do the conversion, know how to put something into a textarea, textfield or label (and know what type of data that must be).

• Know the basic ideas of designing classes (Section 6.2)

• Understand static variables and static methods (Section 6.3)

• Understand the various types of class dependencies (Section 6.4)

• Understand what the this reference is (page 310)

• Understand the equals method and be able to write an equals method for a class.

• Know about character codes (Unicode and ASCII) and how we can work with characters and their codes using casting.

• Be able to construct a circuit given the desired output of the circuit (either given an input/output table or a description of the output).