Training in Java – Level 2

Is this Java programming course right for me?

This Java programming course is intended for people with an understanding of object-oriented concepts and who have some Java programming experience. It assumes a knowledge of Java basics such as flow control, data primitives, arrays, parameter passing, classes, inheritance and exception handling.

This Java training class is hands-on throughout. All points are illustrated with example programs.

What will I get out of  this Java training class?

By the end of this Java training course delegates will be able to:

• Use streams for byte-oriented and character oriented I/O
• Pattern match with regular expressions
• Explain Java’s generics framework
• Program with the interfaces provided by Java’s ‘collections’
• Create threads and control their synchronisation
• Internationalise their programs
• Write windows programs and incorporate 2D graphics
• Process XML via a Java program
• Describe management and monitoring utilities
• Access databases using socket connections
• Create programs launched from a browser via ‘Webstart’

What does this Java training class cover?

Streams and serialisation

• Readers and writers
• String streams
• File input and output
• Filter streams
• Object serialisation

Regular expressions

• Using scanners
• Formatters and printf
• Varargs

Java enumerated type

• The enum type
• Properties of enum constants

Generics

• Generic classes
• Methods with generic parameters

The collections framework

• Set, list and map interface
• Iterators
• Polymorphic algorithms

Java reflection

• Core reflection API
• Field, member and constructor objects
• Enhancements in Java 1.5

Threads

• The runnable interface
• Using monitors for synchronisation

The concurrent utilities

• Task scheduling framework
• Thread pools
• Concurrent collections
• Synchronisers and locks
• Atomic variables

Unit testing

• Junit concepts
• Writing test classes
• Test fixtures

Internationalisation

• Number, currency, date and time formats
• Using Java locales
• Property files for locale-specific data

Swing

• Layout managers
• Windows components
• Event listeners
• Action objects
• Look and feel

Java2D

• Coordinate systems
• Shapes
• Rendering context
• Stroking and filling
• Using buffered images

XML processing

• The JAXP API
• Simple API for XML (SAX)
• Common DOM API

Management and monitoring

• Java core logging facilities
• JMX API
• Mbeans
• JMX connectors

Sockets

• Servers and clients
• Servers sockets on a per thread basis

Database access

• Connecting to a database
• Statements
• Prepared statements
• Result sets
• Features of JDBC 2.0 API

Webstart

• Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)
• Security issues