Core Java and OOP Fundamentals

This unit covers essential Java language features and object‑oriented programming principles used in game programming and design. Students deepen skills in encapsulation, inheritance and abstraction, exception handling and I/O, and fundamental data types and control flow to prepare for building larger game systems.

Learning Objectives

• Apply encapsulation and access control by creating classes that use public, private, default members, and inner classes to protect data and define clear interfaces
• Implement inheritance and abstraction by constructing class hierarchies that use subclasses, abstract classes, and method overriding to achieve polymorphic behavior
• Implement robust error handling and environment setup by using try/catch constructs, processing command-line arguments, retrieving data from files or resources, and installing/configuring the Java Development Kit
• Analyze and use Java primitive types, nested control flow, parameter passing, numeric formatting, and object lifecycle concepts to write correct and efficient Java programs