Java 5 'Tiger' Programming

Course Objectives
This Course provides students with the skills to use Java 5 features. The syntax of the language features are covered in detail and best practises are discussed. During the Course the student will have the opportunity to use the features to ensure that the concepts and statements taught are fully understood and practical experience is gained. The Course is taught using a choice of IDE.

Course Details

• GENERICS
• Parameterised Collections
• Parameterised Types And Iterators
• Parameterised Maps
• Passing Parameterised Types As Method Arguments
• Sorting Data With Generics
• ADVANCED GENERICS
• Type Conversion With Generics
• Wildcards
• Writing Generic Types
• Restricting Type Parameters
• Generic Methods
• ENUMS
• Switching On Enums
• Enum Maps
• Adding Methods To Enums
• AUTOBOXING AND UNBOXING
• Incrementing And Decrementing
• Comparing Values
• Control Statements And Unboxing
• Calling Methods And Autoboxing
• VARARGS
• Sending Arguments
• How Do We Use The Data?
• ANNOTATIONS
• The Override Annotation
• The Deprecated Annotation
• The Suppresswarnings Annotation
• THE FOR-IN STATEMENT
• Writing Your Own Iterable Classes
• STATIC IMPORTS
• Static Imports And Enums
• Importing Multiple Members With The Same Name
• FORMATTING
• Formatting Options
• Precision
• Width
• Argument
• Flags
• VARIOUS NEW FEATURES
• Arrays
• Queues
• Overriding Return Types
• Stringbuilder

Course Environment Development will be performed using:

• the Java Development Kit (JDK) plus a text editor
• Eclipse
• JBuilder
• NetBeans
• Websphere Studio Application Developer
• Rational Application Developer

Course Format: Practical sessions make up a large part of the course, allowing delegates to demonstrate and reinforce the lectures given. Examples are used extensively. These are supplied at the start of the course and it is encouraged that the delegates execute and 'experiment' with these under the instructor's guidance as they are introduced. These examples are available to take away, along with the delegate's own work. The comprehensive Student Guide supplied is fully indexed serving as a useful reference tool long after the course has finished. Delegates will also be able to access a free help-line with technical questions relating to topics covered on the course.