Java Programming

Training Course Objectives:
This course will cover all aspects of Java programming from an introductory level right through to a strong standard of Java programming. The course will teach from scratch or refresh existing knowledge by focusing on the Java language and object-oriented principles.
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Training Course Contents: Introduction

• Java architecture overview
• Introduction to the JVM
• Java program structure

Declarations & Access Control

• Declare, initialise and construct base types.
• Classes/methods/variables and associated modifiers.
• Packages
• Constructor methods

Flow Control and Exceptions

• Switch statements
• Loops and loop options
• Proper use of exceptions
• Exception recognition
• Using assertions

Garbage Collection

• Understand garbage collection behaviour and eligibility.

Language Fundamentals

• Package declarations
• Imports
• Class/interface/innerclass/variable declarations.
• Implementing interfaces
• Command line arguments
• Keywords
• Primitives and object types

Operators and Assignments

• Understand and determine operators and their effects.

Overloading Runtime Type

• Understand encapsulation
• Write tightly encapsulated code.
• Invoke overloaded/overridden methods and parental or overloaded constructors.
• Understand polymorphism and inheritance in object oriented design.

Threads

• Define/instantiate/start new threads.
• java. lang. Thread
• java. lang. Runnable
• Understand thread execution & inter-thread communication.

java. lang Package & Classes

• Using java. lang. Math
• Understand String objects
• Wrapper classes and associated methods.

The Collections Framework

• Arrays and collection classes/interfaces.
• Map/List/Set implementations and appropriate use.

Java Applications

• Build a simple command-line application.
• Intro to AWT and Swing
• Layout Managers
• JFrame and JPanel containers
• User Interface Events
• Adapter Classes

Introduction to Java Applets

• What is a Java applet?
• Applet lifecycle methods
• Basic applet configuration
• Build a simple applet
• Applets and Swing
• Using HTML Converter

I/O and Streams

• java. io package
• Readers/Writers
• Creating/processing streams
• The Serialization Interface

Introduction to JDBC

• Using Java driver types
• Statement, PreparedStatement and CallableStatement.
• Using the ResultSet
• Using the ResultSetMetaData
• Best practice and potential pitfalls.

Remote Method Invocation

• Distributed computing with Java RMI architecture and layers
• Interfaces/Stubs/Skeletons
• Serializing remote objects
• Building and running an RMI system.