Java : A Framework for Program Design and Data Structures (2nd ed)

This book focuses on standard data structures topics while developing object-oriented programs.

The authors provide a Java language refresher that focuses on the key parts of Java that students need to specifically remember for this course.

The book then covers program design with classes, inheritance, polymorphism, recursion, and complexity analysis.

Throughout the book, the authors emphasize the software life cycle with numerous case studies of varying size and complexity.