Java Programming

Intensive and hands-on, the course emphasises becoming productive quickly as a Java® application developer. This course quickly covers the Java language syntax and then moves into the object-oriented features of the language.

Students will then use several of the provided API packages, such as I/O streams, collections, Swing GUI programming, and accessing a database with JDBC. This course is current to Java 7 and uses the Eclipse IDE.

What You’ll Learn

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Define Java terms such as JRE, JSDK, and JVM

• Write, compile, and run a Java program

Who Is The Course For?

• Programmers moving to object-oriented programming using Java.
• We can also deliver and customise this training course for larger groups – saving your organisation time, money and resources. 

Course Subjects

Course Introduction

• Course Objectives

• Course Overview

• Using the Workbook

• Suggested References

Getting Started with Java

• What is Java?

• How to Get Java

• A First Java Program

• Compiling and Interpreting Applications

• The JSDK Directory Structure

Eclipse

• Introduction to Eclipse

• Installing Eclipse

• Running Eclipse for the First Time

• Editors, Views, and Perspectives

• Setting up a Project

• Creating a New Java Application

• Running a Java Application

• Debugging a Java Application

• Importing Existing Java Code into Eclipse

Language Fundamentals

• A Java Program

• If Statements

• Switch Statements

• Loop Statements

• Syntax Details

• Primitive Datatypes

• Variables

• Expressions in Java

• Strings

• Arrays

• Enhanced for Loop

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

• StringBuilder and StringBuffer

• Methods and Messages

• toString

• Parameter Passing

• Comparing and Identifying Objects

• Destroying Objects

• The Primitive-Type Wrapper Classes

• Enumerated Types

Inheritance in Java

• Inheritance

• Inheritance in Java

• Casting

• Method Overriding

• Polymorphism super

• The Object Class

Advanced Inheritance and Generics

• Abstract Classes

• Interfaces

• Using Interfaces

• Collections

• Generics

• Comparable

Packages

• Packages

• The import Statement

• Static Imports

• 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 RuntimeExceptions

Input/Output Streams

• Overview of Streams

• Bytes vs. Characters

• Converting Byte Streams to Character Streams

• File Object

• Binary Input and Output

• PrintWriter Class

• Reading and Writing Objects

• Closing Streams

Core Collection Classes

• The Collections Framework

• The Set Interface

• Set Implementation Classes

• The List Interface

• List Implementation Classes

• The Queue Interface

• Queue Implementation Classes

• The Map Interface

• Map Implementation Classes

Collection Sorting and Tuning

• Sorting with Comparable

• Sorting with Comparator

• Sorting Lists and Arrays

• Collections Utility Methods

• Tuning ArrayList

• Tuning HashMap and HashSet

Inner Classes

• Inner Classes

• Member Classes

• Local Classes

• Anonymous Classes

• Instance Initialisers

• Static Nested Classes

Introduction to Swing

• AWT and Swing

• Displaying a Window

• GUI Programming in Java

• Handling Events

• Arranging Components

• A Scrollable Component

• Configuring Components

• Menus

• Using the JFileChooser

Swing Events and Layout Managers

• The Java Event Delegation Model

• Action Events

• List Selection Events

• Mouse Events

• Layout Managers

• BorderLayout

• FlowLayout

• GridLayout

• BoxLayout

• Box

• JTabbedPane

Introduction to JDBC

• The JDBC Connectivity Model

• Database Programming

• Connecting to the Database

• Creating a SQL Query

• Getting the Results

• Updating Database Data

• Finishing Up

JDBC SQL Programming

• Error Checking and the SQLException Class

• The SQLWarning Class

• JDBC Types

• Executing SQL Queries

• ResultSetMetaData

• Executing SQL Updates

• Using a PreparedStatement

• Parameterised Statements

• Stored Procedures

• Transaction Management

Appendix A: Introduction to Threads

• Non-Threaded Applications

• Threaded Applications

• Creating Threads

• Thread States

• Runnable Threads

• Coordinating Threads

• Interrupting Threads

• Runnable Interface

• ThreadGroups

Appendix B: Thread Synchronisation and Concurrency

• Race Conditions

• Synchronised Methods

• Deadlocks

• Synchronised Blocks

• Synchronised Collections

• Thread-Aware Collections

• Thread Communication - wait()

• Thread Communication - notify()

• Executor

• Callable

Appendix C: Advanced JDBC

• JDBC SQL Escape Syntax

• The execute() Method

• Batch Updates

• Updateable Result Sets

• Large Objects

• Working with Savepoints

• RowSets

• CachedRowSet

• DataSources

Appendix D: Eclipse Shortcuts

• Shortcut Key Sequences

• More Shortcut Key Sequences

  •  

Prerequisites

• Professional programming experience in C, C++, or C#® is required

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented concepts is required