Intermediate Java and OO Development

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Course Description

This Intermediate Java and OO Development training course includes a short review of basic Java concepts, and then moves on to a comprehensive coverage of more advanced topics in Java and OO programming to provide participants with a strong grounding in using Java in a sophisticated and productive manner. This course covers important topics such as composition, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces and exceptions, which are all key to creating well-structured OO systems using Java. Then the course moves on to more advanced topics such as JDBC (for database access), the Java Collections Framework – including the generics capabilities introduced in Java 5, Java I/O, assertions, inner classes, and the reflection API. Finally it covers useful tools for day-to-day programming such as ant, JUnit and various logging frameworks. This course covers far more than an introductory course, and provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to use Java’s advanced capabilities in a more sophisticated manner. It teaches a number of useful techniques that enhance productivity and good system design – which Java programmers may otherwise take years to absorb on their own.

Course Outline

1. Getting Started

A Simple Applications Class

Compiling HelloWorld

Java Source and Java Bytecode

Life Cycle of a Java Program

Java Programs Insulated From Environment

Java is Dynamic – The Runtime Process

2. Class and Object

Defining Classes

The Class in Java

Storing Data in Objects

Behavior and Methods

Pretty Pictures

About Java Primitive Data Types

Strings

Working with Methods and Data

Local Variables

Overlooking Methods

Encapsulation and Access Control

Constructors

Other Capabilities

3. Review – Flow of Control, String and Array

Flow of Control

The Comparison Operators

The Logical Operators

Statements

Strings – Using and Classes

Arrays – Types

4. Review – Packages

Packages – Importing

Resolving Naming Conflicts

Creating a Package

Finding Classes

Organizing Files and Packages

5. Composition and Inheritance

Composition

Benefits/Problems of

Composition

Relationships

Inheritance and Polymorphism

Class Object

Methods

Abstract Classes

6. Interfaces

Interface Types

Definitions

Implementing Extended Interfaces

Interfaces are Abstract

Multiple Interfaces

7. Exceptions

Exception Hierarchy

Handling Exceptions

Program Flow with Exceptions

8. JDBC

JDBC Basics

JDBC Architecture and API

Database Connections

Issuing Statements and Processing Data

Extracting Data from a ResultSet

SQL -> Java Type Mappings

9. Collections and Generics

Collections Framework

Collection Interfaces

Generics and Autoboxing

Other Collection Types

Creating and Using HashMap

Iterator

Inheritance with Generic Types

Wildcard Parameter Types

10. Additional Language Features

Assertions

Type-Safe Enums (5.0)

Advanced enum Features

Annotations (5.0)

The Issue

Annotations – The Solution

11. I/O Streams

Readers and Writers

Filter Streams

InputStreams and OutputStreams

Converting between Streams and Readers/Writers

New I/O (NIO) APIs

12. Nested / Inner Classes

Why Use Inner Classes?

Named Inner Classes

Static Inner Classes

Anonymous Inner Classes

13. Reflection

The Class called Class

Finding Fields, Methods and

Constructors

Accessing Fields, Invoking

Methods

Examining Arrays

14. Introduction to ant

What is an ant?

Installing and Running ant

ant Basics

Creating Build Files

15. Working with Paths and Resource Collections

Paths

Resource Collections

PatternsSets

16. ant Tasks

<javac> and <java> Tasks in

Depth

Creating Java Archives

File Related Tasks

Other Useful Tasks

17. ant Modularity

Properties Files

Modularizing Build Files

Buildfile Imporing Another

Build

18. JUnit Basics

JUnit Overview

Writing JUnit Tests

Running the Tests

The Result and Failure Classes

19. Organizing Tests with JUnit

Fixtures and Suites

<junit> ant task

20. Introduction to Logging & log4j

Loggers, Levels, Appenders

Configuring Logger Levels

Working with Appenders

Pattern Layouts

Other Logging Frameworks

Learning Path

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Ways to Attend

• Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our Schedule, or Register Your Interest in joining a course in your area.
• Private onsite Team training also available, please Contact Us to discuss. We can customise this course to suit your business requirements.