Notes From Class

Week 1 : January 29 and January 31, 2002

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The notes are now available at the Engineering Copy Center for $34.
Please check the meet the class page to make sure our information on you is correct. We will take pictures next week.

Week 2 : February 5 and 7, 2002

You should be reading chapters 1, 2, 16 and 17 from the class reader.
For the Java programming assignments, students can use any open computer lab on campus. See: http://www.oit.umd.edu/wheretogo

Week 4 : February 19 and 21, 2002

Assignment 1. Due February 26. Use Java to solve:
- Problem 18.2, pg. 365 in Austin/Chancogne.
- Problem 3.10, pg. 92 in Austin/Chancogne.
Hand a documented copy of your source code, and samples of the program input/output.
If you couldn't come to class, we are covering: basic data types, variables and program control in C/Java. On Thursday we will look a scope/storage of variables/functions in C, and variable types in Java.

Week 5 : February 26 and 28, 2002

For information on "formatting numbers," see pg's 156-158 of the Java Tutorial, Third Edition.

Week 6 : March 5 and 7, 2002

Assignment 2. Due March 14. Use Java to solve: Problem 18.7, pg. 368 in Austin/Chancogne. Format the output so that it looks better than that shown on pg. 369. Hand a documented copy of your source code, and samples of the program input/output.
Note. I will give you a copy of the relevant mathematics for complex number arithmetic.

Week 7 : March 12 and 14, 2002

Here are the results of the experiment conducted by Vimal Mayank.

    1. I checked whether you can call the static methods (i.e. Class
       methods) by instantiating its object as done in the class. It works fine
       as intended. However I also tried to call the static method directly on
       the class name (i.e. by writing Planet.hide() ). It also works in the same
       way. Probably the confusion came becuase of the abstract classes
       context. There you can not instatiate the class.

    2. I also tried to call the hide method of the super class (Planet) from
       the hide method of the subclass (Earth) using super.hide() It does not
       work and compiler flags error (non static variable super cannot be
       referenced from a static context). 

    3. I also think that all the methods in the abstract class should be
       static. Please correct me if I am wrong. Because otherwise you can not
       call non static methods of the abstract class without instantiating them.

Week 8 : March 19 and 21, 2002

Midterm 1: (March 21). The exam will be closed book and will cover ......

Week 9 : March 26 and 28, 2002

Spring Break!

Week 10 : April 2 and 4, 2002

Assignment 3. Due April 16. Use Java and Swing to solve Problems 1, 2 and 5 from the Java Homework (Set 2) prepared by Greg Walsh in April, 2000.
If you missed class, please stop by my office and I will give you the handout.

Week 12 : April 9 and 11, 2002

Week 13 : April 16 and 18, 2002

Week 14 : April 23 and 25, 2002

Midterm 2: (April 25). The exam will be closed book and will cover ......

Week 15 : April 30 and May 2, 2002

Week 16 : May 7 and 9, 2002

Instead of coming to class on Thursday, let's just work on the term project.
If you need a handout on SAX and XML schemas, please stop by my office.

Week 17 : May 14, 2001

Review of Material on May 14.
Project deadline. Java and XML projects due, 5 pm on May 14. (I will need to see a demo of each project.)

Week 18

Final Exam (35%) : May 21, 2002, 1.30-3.30 pm. The exam will cover Java and XML and will be open book.