Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCING JAVA

• The Java Development Environment
• The Java Runtime Environment
• Licensing and OpenJDK
• Compiling and Executing Java Programs
• Java Programs
• Java SE and Java EE
• Integrated Development Environments

Session 2: THE JAVA LANGUAGE

• Variables
• Data Types
• Primitive and Reference Variables
• Declaring, Initializing and Releasing Variables
• Arithmetic and Comparison Operators
• Shortcut Operators
• Short-Circuit Operators
• Shift Operators
• Converting Data Types

Session 3: THE JAVA LANGUAGE (Continued)

• Statements and Semi-Colons
• IF ... ELSE and SWITCH CASE statements
• Loops
• Comments
• Arrays

Session 4: OBJECTS AND CLASSES

• Objects
• Encapsulation
• Classes
• Methods
• Strings
• Packages
• Class Member Data
• Defining and Using Constructors

Session 5: OBJECTS AND CLASSES (Continued)

• Static Initializers
• Static Imports
• Garbage Collection
• Object Lifetime
• Wrapper Classes
• Enumerations
• Inner Classes
• The Java Beans Component Model

Session 6: INHERITANCE

• Classes and Inheritance
• Methods in the Sub Class
• Polymorphism
• Other Inheritance Issues
• Converting Reference Types

Session 7: ABSTRACT CLASSES AND INTERFACES

• Abstraction
• Abstract Classes
• Abstract Class References
• Abstract Methods
• Abstraction Rules and Guidelines
• Interfaces
• Defining and Implementing an Interface
• Type Conversions and Interfaces

Session 8: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

• Composition
• Method Delegation
• Introduction to Design Patterns
• Pattern Examples - Delegate, Singleton, DAO and Decorator

Session 9: COLLECTIONS

• The java.util Package
• Lists
• Maps
• Sets
• Stack and Deque
• Diamond Syntax (Type Inference)
• How to Choose a Collection Class

• Generics
• The Enhanced FOR Loop
• Variable Method Arguments
• Auto Boxing

Session 11: EXCEPTIONS AND ASSERTIONS

• Syntax Errors
• Runtime Errors
• Logical Errors
• Exception Handling
• Exception Objects
• Handling Exceptions
• Try-with-resources
• Multi-catch
• User-Defined Exception Classes
• Exception Handling Guidelines
• Assertions

Session 12: FORMATTING STRINGS, DATES AND NUMBERS

• String Immutability
• String Class Methods
• The StringBuffer and StringBuilder Classes
• Text Input and Parsing
• Text Formatting
• Using Regular Expressions
• Date Formatting
• Number Formatting
• Localization
• Resource Bundles

Session 13: CREATING GUIS WITH SWING

• AWT: The Precursor to Swing
• The Java Event Model
• Swing Packages Overview
• Swing Components
• Swing Containers
• Swing Layouts

Session 14: FILE AND NETWORK INPUT/OUTPUT

• Byte Oriented Input and Output Streams
• Decoration
• Character Oriented Streams
• Standard I/O Streams
• Examples Using I/O Streams
• Java and URLs

Session 15: FILE AND NETOWRK INPUT/OUTPUT (Continued)

• Handling Files and Directories
• The Path Interface
• NIO2
• Reading and Editing Files
• Monitoring with WatchService

Session 16: OBJECT SERIALIZATION

• Introduction
• Examples
• Serialization Issues
• The Externalizable Interface
• Version Serialized Files

Session 17: THREADS AND CONCURRENCY

• What are Threads?
• Creating Threads
• Implementing the Runnable Interface
• Synchronizing Access to Resources
• Communicating Between Threads
• Immutable Objects
• Using the java.util.concurrency Package
• Executors and ThreadPools

Session 18: DATABASE CONNECTION WITH JDBC

• The JDBC API
• Adding JDBC Libraries
• Registering the JDBC Driver
• Connecting to the Database
• Creating and Executing Statements

Session 19: DATABASE CONNECTION WITH JDBC

• The PreparedStatement and CallableStatement Classes
• Using RowSet Classes
• Implementing the Data Access Object Pattern

Session 20: JAR FILES

• Creating Jar Files
• The Jar Manifest
• WAR Files
• EAR Files