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Java is a widely-used programming language known for its simplicity, object-oriented nature, and portability. It has different editions for various applications, including Standard, Enterprise, and Micro Editions. The document also covers the anatomy of a Java program, including comments, packages, reserved words, modifiers, statements, blocks, identifiers, classes, methods, and the main method.

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Java is a widely-used programming language known for its simplicity, object-oriented nature, and portability. It has different editions for various applications, including Standard, Enterprise, and Micro Editions. The document also covers the anatomy of a Java program, including comments, packages, reserved words, modifiers, statements, blocks, identifiers, classes, methods, and the main method.

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Java - is a popular programming language, created in

1995.
Characteristics of Java
 Java is simple
 Java is object-oriented
 Java is distributed
 Java is interpreted
 Java is robust
 Java is secure
 Java is architecture-neutral
 Java is portable
 Java’s performance
 Java is multithreaded
 Java is dynamic
JDK Editions
 Java Standard Edition (J2SE)
 J2SE can be used to develop client-side standalone
applications or applets.
 Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
 J2EE can be used to develop server-side
applications such as Java servlets and Java
ServerPages.
 Java Micro Edition (J2ME).
 J2ME can be used to develop applications for
mobile devices such as cell phones.
A Simple Application
Example
//This application program prints Welcome
//to Java!
package chapter1;

public class Welcome {


public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}
Creating and Compiling Programs
On command line
– javac file.java
Anatomy of a Java Program
 Comments
 Package
 Reserved words
 Modifiers
 Statements
 Blocks
 identifiers
 Classes
 Methods
 The main method
Comments
 Comments are ignored and are treated as white space
 They should be written to enhance readability
 Explain what a piece of code does (its interface)
 Explain any special tricks, limitations, …
 Java has three comment formats:
 // comment to end of line
 /* comment until
closing */
Package
 compiles the source code in Welcome.java, generates
Welcome.class, and stores Welcome.class
Reserved Words
 Reserved words or keywords are words
that have a specific meaning to the
compiler and cannot be used for other
purposes in the program. For example,
when the compiler sees the word class,
it understands that the word after
class is the name for the class. Other
reserved words in Example are public,
static, and void.
Modifiers
 Java uses certain reserved words called modifiers
that specify the properties of the data, methods, and
classes and how they can be used. Examples of
modifiers are public and static. Other modifiers are
private, final, abstract, and protected. A public
datum, method, or class can be accessed by other
programs. A private datum or method cannot be
accessed by other programs.
Statements
 A statement represents an action or a
sequence of actions. The statement
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!")
in the program in Example s a statement
to display the greeting "Welcome to
Java!" Every statement in Java ends
with a semicolon (;).
Blocks
 A pair of braces in a program forms a
block that groups components of a
program.
Identifiers: Syntax
 Identifiers are the words a programmer uses in a
program
 Identifier syntactic rules:
 Can be made up of any length of
 letters
 digits
 underscore character (_)
 dollar sign ($)
 Cannot begin with a digit
 Java is case sensitive
 User and user are completely different identifiers
Identifiers: Semantics
 Identifiers names can come from the following sources
 Fixed in Java as reserved words
 public, class, static, void, method, …
 Chosen by the programmer to denote something
 HelloWorld, main, args
 Chosen by a programmer whose code we use:
 String, System, out, println
Classes
 The class is the essential Java
construct. A class is a template or
blueprint for objects.
Methods
 What is System.out.println? It is a method: a
collection of statements that performs a sequence of
operations to display a message on the console.
 It is used by invoking a statement with a string
argument. The string argument is enclosed within
parentheses. In this case, the argument is "Welcome
to Java!" You can call the same println method with a
different argument to print a different message.
main Method
The main method provides the control of
program flow. The Java interpreter
executes the application by invoking the
main method.

The main method looks like this:

public static void main(String[] args) {


// Statements;
}
References
 Introduction to
Java Programming, 4E (Y. Daniel Liang)
 Java elements

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