Object-Oriented Design in Java combines the best of thinking today in software engineering with the nuts and bolts-sample is written in Java. This result is a good introduction to both software engineering discipline and the power of Java to an effective object-oriented design (OOD). The text begins with a discussion about design and requirements in writing successful software. It offers a brief tour of Java syntax, which becomes useful in later sections on class design in Java. Here the author introduces the basics of Unified Modeling Language (UML) along with actual case studies of small model in the Java class hierarchy. Some of the most useful material is a leading writer discussion patterns - reusable designs for software - with examples written in Java.