Java
Installation
OpenJDK
- See http://openjdk.java.net/install/.
- How to Install Java on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux
- How To Install Oracle Java 12 (JDK 12) In Ubuntu, Linux Mint Or Debian (Using PPA)
On my Ubuntu 12.04, I have two versions.
$ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/X11/java /usr/share/java /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz $ java -version java version "1.6.0_38" $ sudo apt-get -y install openjdk-7-jdk $ ls -l /usr/lib/jvm total 12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 16 2013 java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 -> java-6-openjdk-amd64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 24 06:20 java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 -> java-7-openjdk-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Feb 20 08:43 java-6-openjdk-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 31 2014 java-6-openjdk-common drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 30 18:16 java-7-openjdk-amd64 $ ls -l /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 31 2014 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java
Question: how to switch to 1.6 or 1.7 version of java? (For example, snpEff requires java 1.7)
$ update-java-alternatives -l java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 1051 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 $ sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 update-java-alternatives: plugin alternative does not exist: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so $ update-java-alternatives -l java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 1051 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 $ java -version java version "1.7.0_95"
Question: How to install OpenJDK 8 on 14.04 LTS? (for example, Picard 2 requires Java 1.8)
$ sudo apt-get -y install openjdk-8-jdk # works for Ubuntu 14.10 and later # Unable to locate package openjdk-8-jdk on my Ubuntu 14.04
So the solution is to install Sun jdk.
Oracle JAVA
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/521145/how-to-install-oracle-java-on-ubuntu-14-04
- Install Java silently
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo debconf-set-selections echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | sudo debconf-set-selections sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer java -version
Multiple versions
If we have multiple versions of JRE/JDK, we can use the following command to set the default version
sudo update-alternatives --config java
This approach seems to be working in the case JAVA_HOME cannot be honored.
How to Set JAVA_HOME Variable in Ubuntu Linux Correctly
Some projects written in Java
- FastQC The code uses Java 2D graphics APIs in awt like BasicStroke, Color, Dimension, Graphics, Graphics2D, RenderingHints and javax.swing.JPanel. It also uses java.util.Vector.
Tutorial/Books
- Oracle Tutorial
- Head First Java
- Murach's Java Programming
- Interactive Java Tutorial
- Introduction to programming in Java
- Package, classpath
- codecademy
- CS106a textbook Eric Roberts, Stanford University.
Compile a simple Java program
javac HelloWorldApp.java # generate Example.class; bytecode version of the program java HelloWorldApp # run bytecode in Java Virtual Machine
Get a hello world program from http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/unix.html.
Note that the file name can not be arbitrary. It should match with the class name. For the above example, if we rename <HelloWorldApp.java> to <example.java>, we will get an error when we run java example on the command line.
Another example that requires command line argument.
// Sqrt.java public class Sqrt { public static void main(String[] args) { // read in the command-line argument double c = Double.parseDouble(args[0]); double epsilon = 1e-15; // relative error tolerance double t = c; // estimate of the square root of c // repeatedly apply Newton update step until desired precision is achieved while (Math.abs(t - c/t) > epsilon*t) { t = (c/t + t) / 2.0; } // print out the estimate of the square root of c System.out.println(t); } } $ javac Sqrt.java $ java Sqrt 9 3.0 $ java Sqrt 9.5 3.0822070014844885
NetBeans
Packaging and Deploying Desktop Java Applications
https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/javase-deploy.html
Set the Java version for a project
To change the Java version for a project if a newer version becomes available: right click on a project, then select properties
- Libraries - Java Platform - change the version from the drop-down list. I only see JDK 1.7.
If you want to use the new features of that version and you don't need the project to run under earlier versions of Java.
- Sources - Source/Binary format - change the version from the drop-down list. I can see a lot of choices.
Java Programming
Cheat sheet
http://introcs.cs.princeton.edu/java/11cheatsheet/
Main method
Main method has to be declared within a class declaration.
public class InvoiceApp { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Welcome to my app"); } }
Create objects of numerical variables, string, from a class
Eight primitive data types: byte ([-128,127]), short ([-32,768, 32,767]), int ([-2^31, 2^31-1]), long ([-2^63, 2^63-1]), float ([-3.4E38, 3.4E38]), double ([-1.7E308, 1.7E308]), char (2 bytes), boolean (1 byte).
int scoreCounter = 1; double unitPrice = 15.9; String firstName = "Joe"; String lastName = "Wang"; String name = firstName = " " + lastName; Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); double subtotal = sc.nextDouble(); // get a double entry from the console Date now = new Date(); String currentDate = now.toString(); // convert the date to a string
Common packages
- java.lang
- java.text
- java.util
- java.io
- java.sql
- java.applet
- java.awt
- java.awt.event
- javax.swing
Two ways to create an object from the Scanner class.
With an import statement
import java.util.Scanner; Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
Without an import statement
java.util.Scanner sc = new java.util.Scanner(System.in);
Console for input/output
Use the System.out object to print output to the console (println() is a method). Here, System.out refers to an instance of the PrintStream class. Because this object is created automatically by Java, you don't have to include code that creates it in your program.
System.out.println("Total: " + total);
Use the Scanner class to read input from the console
import java.util.Scanner String name = sc.next(); int count = sc.nextInt(); double subtotal = sc.nextDouble(); String cityName = sc.nextLine();
Control statement
== , != equals(String) // Don't use string1 == string2; equalsIgnoreCase(String) if () { } else {} while () { } switch (switchExpression) { case label1: statements; break; case label2: statements; break; default: statements; break; }
Java classes useful for working with data
- java.text.NumberFomat
- java.lang.Math
- java.math.BigDecimal
- java.math.RoudingMode
Validate input
import.java.util.InputMismatchException; import.java.util.*; try { statements } catch (ExceptionClass exceptionName) { statements }
Define and use classes
public class Product { // instance variables private String code; // constructor public Product() {} // methods public void setCode(String code) {} public String getCode() {} // overload a method public void printToConsole(String sep) {} public void printToConsole() {} public void printToConsole(String sep, boolean printLine) {} }
Two ways to create an object of a class.
Two lines
className variableName; variableName = new ClassName(argumentList);
One line
ClassName variableName = new ClassName(argumentList);
static method
See p218 of Murach's Java Programming. In Chapter 4, static method can be used as the main method in the same class.
In this chapter, we learn to code static fields and methods in a separate class.
public class Product { private static int objectCount = 0; public Product() {} public static int getObjectCount() {} // get the static variable }
To call static methods
int productCount = Product.getObjectCount();
When to use static fields and methods: when you need to create objects from a class, you should use regular fields and methods. In contrast, if you just need to perform a single task like a calculation, you can use a static method. Then, you send the method the arguments it needs, and it returns the result that you need without ever creating an object. See also stackoverflow.
Inheritances
Access modifier protected means variables are available to classes in the same package and to subclasses.
Below is an example of creating a subclass.
public class Book extends Product { private String author; public Book() { super(); // call constructor of Product superclass } @Override public String toString() // override the toString method { return super.toString() + // call method of Product superclass "Author: " + author + "\n"; } }
Interfaces
In C++, a class can inherit more than one class. This is know as multiple inheritance. Although Java does not support multiple inheritance, it support a special type of coding element known as an interface.
// define an interface using the interface keyword public interface Printable { public abstract void print(); } // a Product class that implements the Printable interface public class Product implements Printable { private String code; public Product(String code) { this.code = code; } public void print() { System.out.println("Code: " + code); } }
To use the print method of the Product class
// product is both a Product object and a Printable object. Printable product = new Product("java"); product.print();
Interfaces are similar to abstract classes.
For example, a Printable interface is written as
public interface Printable { public abstract void print(); }
and a Printable abstract class looks like
public abstract class Printable { public abstract void print(); }
Each of abstract class and interface has its own advantages.
Inheritance with interfaces
When an interface inherits other interfaces, any class that implements that interface must implement all of the methods declared by that interface and the inherited interfaces.
public interface ProductReader {} public interface ProductWriter {} public interface ProductConstants {} public interface ProductDAO extends ProductReader, ProductWriter, ProductConstants {}
DAO stands for "Data Access Object".
packages
When we work with packages, we need to make sure that the name of the package corresponds with the name of the directory for the package.
src -- taichi -- package1 class11Name.java class12Name.java -- package2 class2Name.java
Then in class11Name.java
package taichi.package1; public class class11Name {...}
and in class2Name.java
package taichi.package2; import taichi.package1.*; public class class2Name {...}
Libraries
If we want to make the packages of an application available to other applications, you can store them in a library.
After you create the project, you compile it to create a Java Archive (JAR) file that contains the packages and classes for the library. The jar file is stored in the dist subdirectory of the project's root directory, and it has the same name as the project.
To run a jar file, issue java -jar XXXX.jar.
Array
Collection, generics
Dates, strings
Text and binary files
Swing
Hello World Example
For example, create a new subdirectory 'start' and put HelloWorldSwing.java there. Then we can build and run the swing program by
javac start/HelloWorldSwing.java # Or javac HelloWorldSwing.java if we are in start directory java start.HelloWorldSwing
Quit Button Example
Note that it is necessary to create the directory com/zetcode according to package statement in java code. Also the filename must be consistent with the class name.
mkdir com mkdir com/zetcode nano com/zetcode/QuitButtonExample.java javac com/zetcode/QuitButtonExample.java java com/zetcode/QuitButtonExample