Course Content
Introduction to Java
- Cornerstones of the Java Platform
- Java Advantages
- The Java Programming Language
- The Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
- Core Java Libraries
- Extension Libraries
Developing Software Using Java
- Applications, Applets, Web Components
- Java SE, Java EE, Java ME
- Installing the JDK
- Compiling and Running Java from the Command Line
- The main() Method
- package and import Statements
- JAR Files
- Class Loading and CLASSPATH
- Online API Documentation
- JDK Tools
- Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
Java Syntax Fundamentals
- Comments
- Identifiers
- Reserved Words
- Classes
- Statements and Blocks
- Variables, Constants, Literals
- Scope of Variables
- Methods
- Method Overloading
- static Members
- Static Import
- Naming Conventions
Data Types and Operators
- Primitive Types
- Boolean, Integer, Floating-Point and Character Types
- Unicode Characters and Strings
- Type Conversion and Casting
- Expressions and Operators
- Arithmetic Operators
- Increment/Decrement Operators
- Division and Remainder Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Relational Comparison and Logical Operators
- Conditional Operator
- Bitwise Operators
- Order of Evaluation
- Operator Precedence and Associativity
Flow of Control
- if/else Statement
- Combining ifs
- while and do/while Loops
- for Loop and Loop Counters
- break and continue
- Break to Labeled Loops
- switch Statement
- return Statement
- Exit Status
Using Java Classes and Objects
- Classes as Data Types
- Objects and References
- Memory in the JVM
- Object Initialization
- Objects as Arguments to Methods
- Objects as Return Values
- Garbage Collection
- Primitive Wrapper Classes - Integer, Double, etc.
- Autoboxing and Unboxing
Strings
- String Manipulation
- StringBuffer and StringBuilder
- Simple Number/String Conversion
Arrays
- Declaring and Allocating Arrays
- Multi-Dimensional Array
- Array Literals
- The java.util.Arrays Class
- Command-Line Arguments
- Enhanced for Loop
- Arrays as Method Arguments
- Variable-Length Arglists (varargs)
- Autoboxing and varargs
Developing Java Classes
- Object-Oriented (OO) Concepts
- Methods, Member Variables
- Accessing Members
- Tight Encapsulation
- Access Control Modifiers
- Constructors and Finalizer
- Using this
- Class Variables - Static Members and Static Blocks
- Instance Variables
- Local Variables
- Variables and Initialization
- Inner Classes
- Anonymous Classes
- JavaBeans
- Driver Classes
Inheritance
- Extending Java Classes
- Accessing Superclass Constructors and Members
- Overriding Methods
- Abstract CLasses and Methods
- Polymorphism
- Overriding Methods of java.lang.Object
- equals(), toString(), hashCode()
- Final Classes and Methods
- Multiple Inheritance
- Interfaces
- Casting Object References
- Documenting Classes with the javadoc Utility
- Unit Testing
Type Safety
- Annotations
- Java SE Built-In Annotations
- Defining New Annotations
- Enumerated Types
- Constants and Constrained Values
- Defining and Declaring enums
- enum Values
- enums and switch Statements
- values() and valueOf()
- Generic Classes
- Generic Type Parameters
- Using Type Parameters inClass, Variable and Method Declarations
- Using a Generic Class
- Bounded Type Parameters
The Collections Framework
- The java.util Package
- Container Objects
- Arrays as Containers
- Legacy Container Classes - Vector, Hashtable, Enumeration
- Legacy Container Generic Forms
- Collections Interfaces - Collection<E>, List<E>, Set<E>, SortedSet<E>
- Map Interfaces - Map<K,V>
- Coding to the Interface
- List<E>, Set<E>, Queue<E> and Map<K,V> implementations
- Iterating Collections with the Iterator<E> Interface
- Collections and the Enhanced for Loop
- Choosing the Correct Implementation and Interface
- The java.util.Collections Utility Class
- Sorting Using the Comparable Interface
Exceptions and Exception Handling
- The Throwable Hierarchy: Error, RuntimeException and Checked Exception
- Methods that Throw Exceptions
- Handling Exceptions with try-catch-finally Blocks
- Application-Defined Exceptions
- Throwing an Exception
- Assertions
- Enabling Assertions at Run-Time
asic Input and Output (I/O)
- The java.io Package
- Using Stream Classes
- Combining Streams
- flush() and close()
- Console Input and Output
- Navigating the File System
- File Streams
- Character File Input and Output
- Reader and Writer Interfaces
- BufferedReader and BufferedWriter
- Binary File I/O - DataOutputStream and DataInputStream
- Object Streams - ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream
- Serialization and Versioning
- Random Access Files
- Formatted Input and Output
- Formatter
- Format specifiers, printf() and format()
- java.text Classes for Formatting Dates, Numbers, Currencies
- Input with Scanner
Network Programming
- The java.net Package
- IP Addresses and Port Numbers
- Client/Server Socket Programming
- URL and URLConnection Classes
- Communicating with Web Servers
- HTTP GET and POST Operations
- Posting to a Server-Side Program
Threads
- Life and States of a Thread
- Creating and Starting a Thread
- java.lang.Runnable and java.lang.Thread
- Stopping a Thread
- Inter-Thread Communication
- Thread-Safe Access to Shared Objects and Variables
- Synchronized Code
- Sleeping
- Interrupting a Blocked Thread
- wait(), notify(), notifyAll() Example
- Thread Scheduling
- Thread Groups
- Writing a Multithreaded Server
Java Database Connectivity
- The java.sql Package
- JDBC Architecture and Drivers
- SQL Exceptions
- DriverManager, Connection, Statement and ResultSet Interfaces
- Examining Database MetaData
- Basic Query and Update
- Improving Performance with PreparedStatement and CallableStatement Interfaces
- JDBC Transaction Management
Java Web Applications
- Java Enterprise Edition
- Java EE Application Servers
- Web Application Directory and WAR files
- Deploying a Web Application - The web.xml File
- Servlet Architecture
- The javax.servlet Package
- Servlet Classes and Interfaces
- Writing a Servlet
- HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse
- Handling HTML Forms
- Retrieving Request Parameters
JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
- JSP Lifecycle
- Elements of a JSP
- Directives, Declarative, Scriptlets
- Writing a JSP
- Objects Available in a JSP
- Repeated content in JSPs
- Translation-Time and Request-Time Includes
- Using JavaBeans in a JSP
- Session Management
- Mixing JSPs and Servlets
- Installing and Using Tag Libraries
- The JSP taglib Directive
- The Tag Library Descriptor
