Java, Eclipse, and SCJP Certification Training Class

Java Basics

• Java Object Model
• Class definitions
• Class and instance variables
• Basic data types
• Inheritance and code reuse
• Data encapsulation and access protection
• Compilation and the Java run-time environment
• The "String" and "System" classes
• Basic Java application

Eclipse or Rational Application Developer (RAD)

• Workspace
• Java Project
• Java Perspective
• Java Editor
• Using the Class and Interface wiards
• Java Debugger
• Configuring the run-time
• Executing Java Programs
• Packaging Java Applications

Java Interfaces

• Design by contract
• Java Interface
• De-coupled design
• Using the factory design pattern
• Implementing multiple inheritance

Java Packages

• Name spaces
• Standard Java conventions
• File system dependencies
• Access protection

Error Handling

• Java Exceptions
• Separating business logic from error handling logics
• Using "try", "catch" and "finally"
• Throwing exceptions
• Checked and unchecked exceptions
• Navigating the stack trace
• Repackaging and re-throwing exceptions

Threads

• Concurrent and parallel programming
• Deadlocks
• Thread Class
• Managing groups of threads using Thread Group
• Managing thread priorities
• Thread Synchronization
• Designing cooperating multithreaded applications
• Using the "Runnable" interface

Java Class Library

• J2SE Class Library Architecture
• Naming conventions
• Java Utility Package (java.util)
• Collections Library
• Storage Structures ( Array, Vector, HashMaps etc.)
• Aggregation operations

Input and Output

• The java.io class Library
• Input and Output structure
• Handling textual data with "Reader" and "Writer" streams
• File System I/O

Basic Graphics

• The Java graphics framework
• Abstract Windowing Toolkit (java.awt)
• The Java Swing Library (javax.swing)
• The Java event model
• Basic UI elements
• Labels
• TextFields
• Buttons
• Panels
• Frames
• Event Processing and Propagation
• Handling Graphical Events using Event Listeners

Java Applets

• Web-based client Development
• The java.applet package
• Issues in network security
• The java "Sandbox" model of security
• Applet limitations
• Building an applet-based application

Generics

• The case for Generics
• Parameterized classes and methods
• Nested and Multi Generics
• Wildcards, Erasure and Casting

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

• Fundamentals of Database Programming
• Using the JDBC API
• JDBC connectivity types
• Bridging technology
• Native API
• Middleware
• Pure Java Drivers
• Loading JDBC drivers
• Connection
• Statements
• ResultSets
• Meta Data