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Languages

English  

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course include programmers who require effective, real-world skill-building and seeking Sun Certification as a Java Programmer.  

Prerequisites

A minimum of 6 months programming experience in the Java language prior to attending this course will be necessary to be successful in the certification exam scheduled for the end of the course  

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Create Java technology applications that leverage the object-oriented features of the Java language, such as encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism
• Use Java data-types and expressions
• Use Java flow control constructs
• Use arrays and other data collections including generics
• Implement error-handling techniques using exception handling
• Write multi-threaded applications
• Utilize the java.io package classes for file and object IO
• Correctly package and deploy Java applications

 

Related Courses

Before:

• Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language (SL-110-SE6)

 

Course Content

Module 1 - Getting Started

• What is Java Technology?
• The concept of the Java Virtual Machine
• Compiling and executing a simple Java application
• SCJP Exam Overview

Module 2 - Creating Classes and Objects

• Implementing an OO model
• Classes vs Objects
• Class syntax
• Overloading
• Instantiation, dot notation and garbage collection
• Encapsulation (including JavaBeans convention), Cohesion and Coupling
• The static keyword
• The concept of packages (including package and import statements)
• javadoc overview
• Using the API documentation

Module 3 - Programming With Java

• Local variables and arguments (including this and pass-by-value)
• Operands and Operators
• Assignment compatibility
• Conditions
• Loops and Arrays

Module 4 - Implementing Inheritance and Polymorphism

• The concept of inheritance
• Constructors in inheritance hierarchies
• Overriding
• Polymorphism (including virtual method invocation)
• The Object class (including toString and finalize)
• The abstract keyword
• The final keyword

Module 5 - Adding Exceptions and Assertions

• Checked vs Unchecked Exceptions
• Exception syntax and flow control
• Some key exceptions and errors
• The concept of assertions
• Assertion management

Module 6 - Examining Commonly Used API Libraries

• Strings, StringBuffers and StringBuilders
• Wrapper Classes
• java.text
• java.util.Date and Locale
• java.util.regex
• java.io and Serialisation

Module 7 - Incorporating Specialised Types

• Nested types
• Interfaces
• Enumerated types
• Static imports

Module 8 - Using Collections and Generics

• The concept of Collections
• Collections interfaces
• Collections implementations
• Generic collections (including invariance)
• Other applications of generics

Module 9 - Writing Multithreaded Applications

• The concept of threads
• The Thread API
• Thread management
• Synchronisation

Module 10 - Preparing for the Exam

• Exam format
• Exam technique
• Exam logistics

 
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