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+---
+language: java
+contributors:
+ - ["Jake Prather", "http://github.com/JakeHP"]
+ - ["Jakukyo Friel", "http://weakish.github.io"]
+ - ["Madison Dickson", "http://github.com/mix3d"]
+ - ["Simon Morgan", "http://sjm.io/"]
+filename: LearnJava.java
+---
+
+Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer
+programming language.
+[Read more here.](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/)
+
+```java
// Single-line comments start with //
/*
Multi-line comments look like this.
@@ -402,26 +417,26 @@ class PennyFarthing extends Bicycle {
// Example - Food:
public interface Edible {
- public void eat(); // Any class that implements this interface, must
+ public void eat(); // Any class that implements this interface, must
// implement this method.
}
public interface Digestible {
- public void digest();
+ public void digest();
}
// We can now create a class that implements both of these interfaces.
public class Fruit implements Edible, Digestible {
@Override
- public void eat() {
- // ...
- }
+ public void eat() {
+ // ...
+ }
@Override
- public void digest() {
- // ...
- }
+ public void digest() {
+ // ...
+ }
}
// In Java, you can extend only one class, but you can implement many
@@ -429,10 +444,51 @@ public class Fruit implements Edible, Digestible {
public class ExampleClass extends ExampleClassParent implements InterfaceOne,
InterfaceTwo {
@Override
- public void InterfaceOneMethod() {
- }
+ public void InterfaceOneMethod() {
+ }
@Override
- public void InterfaceTwoMethod() {
- }
+ public void InterfaceTwoMethod() {
+ }
}
+```
+
+## Further Reading
+
+The links provided here below are just to get an understanding of the topic, feel free to Google and find specific examples.
+
+**Official Oracle Guides**:
+
+* [Java Tutorial Trail from Sun / Oracle](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/index.html)
+
+* [Java Access level modifiers](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/accesscontrol.html)
+
+* [Object-Oriented Programming Concepts](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/index.html):
+ * [Inheritance](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/subclasses.html)
+ * [Polymorphism](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/polymorphism.html)
+ * [Abstraction](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/abstract.html)
+
+* [Exceptions](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/index.html)
+
+* [Interfaces](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/createinterface.html)
+
+* [Generics](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/index.html)
+
+* [Java Code Conventions](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html)
+
+**Online Practice and Tutorials**
+
+* [Learneroo.com - Learn Java](http://www.learneroo.com)
+
+* [Codingbat.com](http://codingbat.com/java)
+
+
+**Books**:
+
+* [Head First Java](http://www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfjava/)
+
+* [Thinking in Java](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/)
+
+* [Objects First with Java](http://www.amazon.com/Objects-First-Java-Practical-Introduction/dp/0132492660)
+
+* [Java The Complete Reference](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071606300)