Core Java - J2SE

INTRODUCTION OF JAVA

• What is Java?
• How to Get Java
• A First Java Program
• Compiling and Interpreting Applications
• The JDK Directory Structure

DATA TYPES AND VARIABLES

• Primitive Datatypes ,Declarations
• Variable Names
• Numeric Literals,Character Literals
• String, String Literals
• Arrays, on-Primitive Datatypes, the Dot Operator
• Java

OPERATORS AND EXPRESSIONS

• Expressions
• Assignment Operator
• Arithmetic Operators
• Relational Operators
• Logical Operators
• Increment and Decrement Operators
• Operate-Assign Operators (+=, etc.)
• The Conditional Operator
• Operator Precedence
• Implicit Type Conversions
• The Cast Operator

CONTROL FLOW STATEMENTS

• Statements
• Conditional (if) Statements
• Data types and Variables 3
• Adding an else if
• Conditional (switch) Statements
• While and do-while Loops
• for Loops
• The continue Statement
• The break Statement

METHODS

• Methods
• Calling Methods
• Defining Methods
• Method Parameters
• Scope
• Method Parameters
• So, Why All the static?

OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• Classes and Objects
• Fields and Methods
• Encapsulation
• Access Control
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism

OBJECTS AND CLASSES

• Defining a Class
• Creating an Object
• Instance Data and Class Data
• Methods
• Constructors
• Access Modifiers
• Encapsulation

USING JAVA OBJECTS

• Printing to the Console
• Printf Format Strings
• String Builder and String Buffer
• Methods and Messages
• toString
• Parameter Passing
• Comparing and Identifying Objects, Destroying Objects

INHERITANCE IN JAVA

• Inheritance
• Inheritance in Java
• Casting
• Method Overriding
• Polymorphism
• super
• The Object Class
• PACKAGES
• The import Statement
• Static Imports
• Casting
• CLASSPATH and Import
• Defining Packages
• Package Scope

EXCEPTION HANDLING

• Exceptions Overview
• Catching Exceptions
• The finally Block
• Exception Methods
• Declaring Exceptions
• Defining and Throwing Exceptions
• Errors and Runtime Exceptions
• Assertions

INPUT/OUTPUT STREAMS

• Overview of Streams
• Bytes vs. Characters
• Converting Byte Streams to Character Streams
• File Object
• Binary Input and Output
• PrintWriter Class
• Basic and Filtered

COLLECTION FRAMEWORK

• The Collections Framework
• The Set Interface
• Set Implementation Classes
• The List Interface
• List Implementation Classes
• The Map Interface
• Map Implementation Classes

INNER CLASSES

• Inner Classes
• Member Classes
• Local Classes
• Anonymous Classes
• Instance Initializers
• Static Nested Classes

INTRODUCTION TO THREADS

• Non-Threaded Applications
• Threaded Applications
• Creating Threads
• Thread States
• Runnable Threads
• Coordinating Threads
• Interrupting Threads
• Runnable Interface, ThreadGroups

INTERFACES AND ABSTRACT CLASSES

• Separating Interface and Implementation
• UML Interfaces and Realization
• Defining Interfaces
• Implementing and Extending Interfaces
• Runnable Threads
• Abstract Classes

SERIALIZATION

• Object Serialization
• Serializable Interface
• Serialization API
• ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream
• The Serialization Engine
• Transient Fields
• readObject and writeObject
• Externalizable Interface

GENERICS

• Using Generics
• Type Erasure
• Type Boundaries
• Wildcards, Generic Methods
• Strengths and Weaknesses of Generics
• Legacy Code and Generics

ANNOTATIONS

• Uses for Meta-Data
• The Annotations Model
• Annotation Types and Annotations
• Built-In Annotations
• Annotations vs. Descriptors (XML)

REFLECTION

• Uses for Meta-Data
• The Reflection API, The Class Class
• The java.lang.reflect Package
• Reading Type Information
• Navigating Inheritance Trees
• Dynamic Instantiation, Dynamic Invocation
• Reflecting on Generics

ERROR HANDLING

• Error handling strategies
• return values vs exceptions
• Basic Exception Handling
• try/catch/finally/throw
• Debugging

REMOTE METHOD INVOCATION (RMI)

• Introduction
• RMI Architecture
• The Remote Interface
• The Remote Object
• Writing the Server
• The RMI Compiler
• Writing the Client
• Remote Method Arguments and Return Values
• Dynamic Loading of Stub Classes
• Remote RMI Client Example
• Running the Remote RMI Client Example
• JDBC
• Database basics
• SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL-Introduction and overview
• What Is the JDBC API?
• Driver Types
• Two-tier and Three-tier Models
• Connection Overview
• Transactions
• DriverManager Overview
• Statement Overview
• Sending Batch Updates
• ResultSet Overview
• Types of Result Sets
• Concurrency Types
• PreparedStatement Overview
• CallableStatement Overview
• ResultSetMetaData, Scrollable ResultSet,
• Prepared Statement, Callable Statement
• Performing Batch Update.