Is Java a Magic OOP Bullet?
The focus of this chapter has been to introduce the concepts of good OOP and to outline some of the standard notation used to document object-oriented designs. The chapter has intentionally avoided complicated coding implementations; the rest of this book will help you build the knowledge to do that.
Now that you have seen many of the fundamentals of OOP programming, at least at a high level, it should be pointed out why it was important to cover these topics before getting into the specifics of Java programming. Java isn't a magic bullet for creating OOP programs. Although Java embraces the OOP paradigm, it is still possible (and not unusual) for programmers to write structured programs using Java. Unfortunately, ...
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