New Features in the Java SE 6 Platform (WJO-1001)

Course Length

5 hours

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Prerequisites

• Develop applications using Java SE 5 or earlier releases of Java
• Program desktop clients using the Java programming language

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Skills Gained

• Integrate applications using the java.awt.Desktop API and Windows API
• Describe and use the new desktop integration features.
• Describe and use the new Dialog modality options
• Describe the many new features in the Swing toolkit, which simplify application development and provide a better user experience.
• Use JAX-WS to build web applications and web services, incorporating the newer XML-based web services functionality.
• Bind an XML schema to a representation in Java code using the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0.
• Discuss how DTrace examines the behavior of Java programs and the operating system.
• Describe the enhancements to the management and monitoring API in Java SE 6
• List the enhancements to the JMX API
• Analyze and detect memory leak using the enhanced garbage collection techniques
• Interact, store, and retrieve data with applications running on the smart card and Java technology applications
• Use an embedded scripting environment from a Java platform application using the Java Scripting framework
• Describe the enhancements in the Java input/output API (java.io)
• Compare Java SE 6 out of box performance with competing JVMs and its own tuned performance
• Describe how to get high throughput using Java SE 6

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Related Courses

Before:

• Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language (SL-110)
• Java Programming Language (SL-275)

After:

• Java Programming Language Workshop (SL-285)

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Course Content

Module 1 - Scripting Integration

• Describe scripting.
• List the benefits of scripting.
• Explain the motivation for scripting in the Java SE 6 platform.
• Describe the support for scripting in Java SE 6 platform.
• Define the Scripting API.
• Describe the scripting.dev.java.net project.

Module 2 - Desktop

• Describe how JDK 6 uses the host desktop's font smoothing settings to ensure consistent text rendering.
• Describe and use the new desktop integration features.
• Describe and use the new Dialog modality options.
• Describe the many new features in the Swing toolkit which simplify application development and provide a better user experience.
• Describe the improvements that make it easier to customize deployment and installation of applications.

Module 3 - Web Services and XML

• Describe support for the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0.
• Use JAX-WS to build web applications and web services, incorporating the newer XML-based web services functionality.
• Bind an XML schema to a representation in Java code using Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0.
• List the enhancements to Java API for XML Processing (JAXP).

Module 4 - Monitoring and Management

• Monitoring and managing application programming interfaces (API).
• Diagnosing common problems in Java SE applications.
• Diagnosing java.lang.OutOfMemoryError using the enhanced Java HotSpot Virtual Machine (VM).
• Diagnosing bottlenecks and memory problems in Java applications using: jmap, jstack, jstat, and jhat.
• Using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology.
• Improvements to the JMX Monitoring API.
• Monitor Java applications using JConsole.
• Use various Java Development Kit (JDK) tools to monitor Java applications.
• Discuss how DTrace examines the behavior of Java programs and the operating system.
• Monitor and manage applications using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology.
• List the enhancements to the JMX API.

Module 5 - Performance Improvements

• Identify the constraints on Java technology performance.
• Describe enhancements that support large pages.
• Describe enhancements in garbage collection.
• Describe enhancements that reduce synchronization overhead.
• Describe JNI memory barrier removal.
• Describe enhancements to String.indexOf.
• Compare Java SE 6 out-of-box performance with competing JVM software and its own tuned performance.
• Describe how to get high throughput using Java SE 6.

Module 6 - Platform Integration

• Understand the expanded capabilities for language processing.
• Access network parameters programmatically using the java.net.NetworkInterface class and the new java.net.InterfaceAddress class.
• Understand the default CookieManager implementation.
• Describe the enhancements in the Java input/output API (java.io).
• Use wild cards in class path.
• Interact with smart card enabled applications using Smart Card I/O API.
• Access Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #11 cryptographic services.
• Access native Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSS-API) implementation.
• Access Microsoft CryptoAPI and its cryptographic services.
• Validate XML Signatures using XML Digital Signatures API.

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