CS 2511 Midterm 2 Coverage and Topics

1. Text: Chapters 5, 6 and 9
   • Chapter 5: Patterns and GUI Programming
     • Iterator pattern
     • Observer pattern and model-view-controller architecture
     • Voice mail system GUI
     • Strategy pattern and layout managers
     • Composite pattern
     • Decorator pattern
     • Invoice application
   • Chapter 6: Inheritance and Abstract Classes
     • Implementing inheritance hierarchies
     • Invoking superclass constructors and methods
     • Using inheritance to do graphics
     • Abstract classes and the SceneEditor example
     • Abstract classes and the Template Method pattern
     • Inheritance hierarchies in the Java class library
   • Chapter 9: Multithreading
     • Creating and starting threads
     • Synchronizing threads
     • Animating with threads
2. Lab Exercises:
   • Listeners
   • Layout managers
   • Graphics
3. Other:
   • Problem Solving Framework (Assignment 3)
   • Object-Oriented Client-Server Framework (OCSF)

1. Identify design patterns used in given problem solutions.
2. Relate design patterns to UML diagrams.
3. Define a class that implements a given interface definition.
4. Write code that exploits polymorphism by using interface or abstract class types.
5. Write a listener for a GUI component by using an anonymous class.
6. Write a listener for a GUI component by extending a Swing library class.
7. Lay out a GUI panel with child components.
8. Trace code that has multiple catches for a try block (uses exception hierarchy).
9. Give the advantages of the client-server software architecture.
10. Describe the steps of client-server interaction in the OCSF.
11. Describe the classes and interfaces necessary to write multithreaded programs.
12. Describe how to avoid race conditions and deadlocks in multithreaded programs.