Introduction to Java using Rational Application Developer 8.0

Course Details

• After completing this course, the student should be able to:
• Apply OOP principles
• Design OO applications using abstraction, encapsulation, modularity and hierarchy
• Create Java classes to define the function of different parts of a complex program
• Use Java exceptions to guarantee graceful error recovery for your application
• Use many common Java libraries
• Do input/output using Java
• Use RAD for Java application development
• Overview of Java
• History Of Java, Benefits Of Java
• What Is Java?
• What's This "Virtual Machine"?
• Comparison to Other Languages
• Java Programs
• Basic Java Development Tools
• Java Editions
• Example – HelloWorld
• Java Classes
• Main Methods
• Statements
• Summary
• Java Tools in RAD
• Intro to RAD, Eclipse Platform
• Eclipse Workspace, Perspectives, Views & Editors
• Basic Operations with Eclipse Views and Perspectives
• The Java Perspective, The Debug Perspective
• Navigator View, Package Explorer
• Outline View, Problems View
• Eclipse Preferences,
• Build and Validation
• Code Completion, Templates and Snippets
• Searching
• Configure Compiler Class Path
• JRE Switching
• Basic Object Concepts
• What Is An Object?
• State
• Behavior
• Encapsulation
• Encapsulation Examples
• Classes vs. Objects
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Polymorphism
• Benefits Of Objects
• Basic Java Syntax
• Declaring And Initializing Variables
• Keywords, Coding Tips - Variables
• Primitive Data Types, Logical - boolean
• Textual - char and String
• Integral - byte, short, int, long,
• Floating Point - float and double, Literal Values
• Strings, Creating Strings
• White Space, Comments
• Coding Tips - Comments, Java Statements
• Coding Tips - Statements, Scope of a Variable
• System.out/System.in
• Scanner Class
• Operations and Making Decisions
• Operator Categories, Special Situations
• Binary Operators, Integer Division
• Numeric Promotion, Type Conversion Of Primitive Types
• Unary Operators, Relational Operators
• Logical Operators, Short Circuited" Operators, Bitwise Operators
• Bitwise Examples, Shift Operators, Overflow And Underflow
• Assignment Operators, Ternary Operator
• Calculation Errors, Operator Precedence
• Precedence Examples, Combining Strings
• Coding Tips - Operators, Control Flow Statements
• 'if' Statement, 'if…else' Statement
• Nested Statements, Coding Tips - if & if-else
• Using Classes and Objects
• Objects, Instances, And Classes
• What Are Classes?
• Working With Classes And Objects
• Instantiation, Instance Methods
• Object References,
• String Operations
• "Wrapper" Classes
• Autoboxing
• Writing Classes
• Why Define Your Own Classes?
• Encapsulation, Elements Of A Class
• Defining Classes, Coding Tips - Class Definitions
• Fields, Defining Fields, Coding Tips - Fields
• Methods, Defining Methods, Passing Parameters
• Overloading Methods
• Coding Tips - Methods
• Local Variables vs. Instance Variables
• Example - Defining a Class
• Example - Fields
• Example - Defining a Method
• Example - Calling a Method
• Controlling Code Access and Code Organization
• Controlling Access
• Data Hiding, Encapsulation
• JavaBeans, Packages, Naming Packages
• Declaring Packages In Classes
• Problems Solved With Packages
• Package Access
• Example - Access Modifiers
• Import Statement, Using Classes From Packages
• Coding Tips - Import Statements
• Correlation To File Structure, Class Path
• Java Core Packages
• Java API Documentation
• Constructors and Class Members
• Constructors, Default Constructor
• Multiple Constructors, Defining Constructors
• Example - Calling Constructors
• "Good" Constructors, 'this' Keyword
• Using 'this' to Call a Constructor, Using 'this' to Set a Field
• Class Members, Examples Of Class Members
• Comparison With Instance Members, Use Of Class Variables
• Static Class Methods, Use Of Class Methods
• The Math Class, Main Method And Command Line Arguments
• Declaring Constants, Coding Tips - Class Members
• Useful Standard Class Members, Initialization Blocks
• tatic Initialization Blocks
• Advanced Control Structures
• 'switch' Statement, Example - switch
• Switch "Fall Through", Using switch "Fall Through" for Multiple Options
• 'for' Loop, Example - for, 'while' Loop
• Example - while, 'do…while' Loop, Example - do while
• Break Statement
• Example - break
• Labeled Statements, Example - Labeled break
• Continue Statement
• Example - continue
• Example - Labeled continue
• Coding Tips - Control Structures
• Inheritance
• Inheritance Is..., Inheritance Examples
• Declaring Inheritance,
• Inheritance Hierarchy
• Access Modifiers Revisited
• Inherited Members
• Instances Of A Subclass
• Example Of Inheritance, Role In Reuse
• The super Keyword
• Example - super Keyword
• Problems with Constructors, Limiting Subclasses
• Calling Methods in Constructors
• The Object Class
• Arrays
• Arrays, Declaring Arrays
• Populating Arrays
• Accessing Arrays
• Arrays of Objects
• Array Length
• Coding Tips - Arrays
• Array References
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Arrays Of Arrays, Copying Arrays
• For-Each loop
• Variable Arguments
• Variable Arguments Example
• Commonly Overridden Methods
• Overriding Methods
• @Override Annotation
• toString(), toString() in Object
• Overriding toString(), Comparing Objects
• Using == vs. equals(..), Overriding equals(..)
• Complex Comparisons, equals(..) Example
• hashCode()
• Overriding hashCode()
• hashCode() Example
• Generating equals and hashCode
• Advanced Java Tools
• Refactoring
• Renaming Elements
• Moving a Class to a Different Package
• Extracting Code to a Method
• Other Source Code Refactoring
• Refactoring to Improve Type Hierarchy
• Generalizing a Variable
• Pull-up and Push-down
• Exceptions
• What is an Exception
• , The Exception Class
• How to Work With Exceptions, Example Exception Handling
• The try-catch-finally Statement, Flow of Program Control
• Exception Hierarchy, Checked Exceptions
• Unchecked Exceptions
• Coding Tips - Exception Types
• Catching Multiple Exceptions
• Specifying Thrown Exceptions
• Rethrowing Exceptions
• Chaining Exceptions
• Creating your Own Exception
• Interfaces and Polymorphism
• Casting Objects, The instanceof Operator
• Abstract Classes, Abstract Class - An Example
• Interface, Interface - An Example
• Comparable Interface, Comparable Example
• Coding Tips - Superclass or Abstract Class/Interface?
• Coding Tips – Abstract Class or Interface
• Polymorphism
• Conditions for Polymorphism
• Coding Tips - Leveraging Polymorphism
• Covariant Return Types
• Covariant Return Types – An Example
• Useful Java Classes
• Java Logging API, Control Flow of Logging
• Logging Levels, Loggers, Logging Example
• Logging Handlers
• Logging Formatters & Log Manager
• Logging Configuration File
• Example Logging Configuration File, Logging Filters
• java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.StringTokenizer
• java.util.Arrays & java.util.Collections
• java.util.Random, java.util.Date
• GregorianCalendar & Calendar
• Formatting
• Formatting Example
• Collections and Generics
• What are Collections? Arrays vs. Collections
• Main Collections Interfaces
• java.util.Collection, Main Collection Methods
• Sets, java.util.List, java.util.Queue
• Iteration on a Collection
• Iterator vs. For-Each Loop
• Maps, java.util.Map, Other Maps
• Collections Implementations
• Abstract Implementations, Choosing a Collection Type
• Generics, Generics and Collections
• Generic Collection Example,
• Collections and Primitive Types
• Input and Output
• Overview of Java Input/Output
• The File Class, File Example, Serialization
• Serializing Object State, Avoiding Serialization Problems
• serialVersionUID, Options for File Input/Output
• Streams, Input Stream, Output Stream, "Chained" Streams
• RandomAccessFile, Using Streams - Write Example
• Using Streams - Read Example, Reader and Writer
• Using Readers and Writers - Write Example and Read Example
• Using Readers and Writers - Scanner Read Example
• Buffers, Channels
• Using Buffers and Channels - Write Example
• Using Buffers and Channels - Read Example
• Other Java Concepts
• Annotations
• Enumerated Types, Enumerated Types - Example
• Assertions, Assertions Example
• When to use Assertions
• Enabling Assertions, JVM Storage Areas
• Java Heap Space,
• Heap Size Limits
• Garbage Collection Basics
• Allocation Failure (AF)
• OutOfMemoryError
• Memory Leak
• Distributing Java Code with JARs
• Overview of Java SE APIs
• Java GUI Programming
• Networking
• Security
• Databases - JDBC
• Concurrent Programming
• Naming - JNDI
• Management - JMX, XML
• Web Services
• Remote Method Invocation
• Image I/O
• Printing
• Overview of Java EE
• Goals of Enterprise Applications
• What is Java?, What is Java EE?
• The Java EE Specifications, Versions
• Role of Application Server, Java EE Components
• What is a Servlet?, Servlet Execution, What is a JSP?
• JSP Code , What are Modules?, EAR File
• Introduction to JSF, Example JSF Page
• What is an EJB?, EJB Types, Java Persistence API
• EJB Examples, Web Services,
• Web Browser, Other Clients, Model-View-Controller Architecture
• MVC - An Example, Java EE Vendor Specifications
• Containers, Java EE Blueprint, Java EE Application Structure