AP Computer Science A: Java Programming Classes and Objects

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• classes
• objects and object-oriented design
• fields and visibility
• constructors, mutators and accessor methods
• encapsulation
• interfaces
• the List interface
• method overriding

Syllabus:

1. Unit Name or Timeframe: Methods and Classes

• Object-oriented design and encapsulation
• Top-down development and functional decomposition
• State and behavior
• Fields and visibility
• Methods and parameters
• Calling methods and passing parameters by-value and by-reference
• Constructors and instantiation
• The static keyword
• Scope
• Method overloading
• Encapsulation
• Accessors and mutators
• Immutable objects
   

2. Unit Name or Timeframe: Interfaces

• Interfaces and abstraction
• Interface implementation
• Reference types
• List interface and iterators
• Comparable interface
   

3. Unit Name or Timeframe: Inheritance 

• Inheritance and the Object class
• Public and private data and methods
• The super, this, and null references
• Encapsulation and information hiding
• Inheritance using extends, recognizing single-inheritance
• Equality vs identity
• has-a vs is-a relationships involving inheritance and aggregation
• Method overriding
• The instance of operator

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