Java™ 2 : Advanced Programming

Course Specifications
Course number: 077955
Software Version Number: 1.3
Course length: 3 days

Course Description

Overview: Students interested in learning more about the Java programming language should take this course to learn advanced programming techniques and concepts.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:

Java 2: Programming Language

Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware/Software Requirements:

You will need:

Networked Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (Service Pack 6).
Java™ 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.3 (or later).
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), v2.1 (or later).

Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Use reflection to examine objects at runtime and properly compare objects for equality.
Handle errors in your program by writing exception handlers.
Create and manipulate arrays and collections.
Read and write files using the java.io package.
Serialize objects using object serialization.
Write multi-threaded programs and synchronize threads.
Access data from relational databases using JDBC. Perform basic network communication using sockets.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Examination Concepts
          Topic 1A: Determining an Object's Type
                   Task 1A-1: Using the instanceof Operator
                   Task 1A-2: Using the Class.getName() Method
          Topic 1B: Reflection
                   Task 1B-1: Using Reflection
          Topic 1C: Comparing Objects for Equality
                   Task 1C-1: Comparing Objects for Equality

Lesson 2: Exception Handling
          Topic 2A: Overview of Exceptions
                   Task 2A-1: Following the Control Flow of an Exception Handler
          Topic 2B: Writing Exception Handlers
                   Task 2B-1: Writing an Exception Handler

Lesson 3: Data Structures
          Topic 3A: Arrays
                   Task 3A-1: Creating an Array
                   Task 3A-2: Manipulating an Array
          Topic 3B: Collections
                   Task 3B-1: Choosing a Collection
                   Task 3B-2: Working with Collections
                   Task 3B-3: Manipulating a List
          Topic 3C: Other Data Structures
                   Task 3C-1: Working with a Bit Set
                   Task 3C-2: Working with the Stack Class
                   Task 3C-3: Working with the Hashtable Class

Lesson 4: I/O
          Topic 4A: Overview of the java.io Package
                   Task 4A-1: Working with the File Class
                   Task 4A-2: Identifying Input and Output Streams
                   Task 4A-3: Identifying Readers and Writers
          Topic 4B: Reading Files
                   Task 4B-1: Reading Data from a File
          Topic 4C: Writing Files
                   Task 4C-1: Writing Data to a File
          Topic 4D: Reading and Writing Objects
                   Task 4D-1: Serializing an Object

Lesson 5: Multi-Threaded Programming
          Topic 5A: Overview of Threads
                   Task 5A-1: Observing a Computer's Processes
                   Task 5A-2: Observing a Multi-Threaded Program
          Topic 5B: Using Threads
                   Task 5B-1: Deciding Between Daemon and Non-Daemon Threads
                   Task 5B-2: Creating a Multi-Threaded Program
          Topic 5C: Synchronization
                   Task 5C-1: Synchronizing a Light Show
                   Task 5C-2: The Producer/Consumer Problem

Lesson 6: JDBC
          Topic 6A: Overview of SQL
                   Task 6A-1: Working with the SELECT Statement
                   Task 6A-2: Modifying Data in a Database
          Topic 6B: Using JDBC
                   Task 6B-1: Configuring ODBC for use with JDBC
                   Task 6B-2: Querying a Database

Lesson 7: Basic Networking
          Topic 7A: Overview of Networking
                   Task 7A-1: Networking Concepts
                   Task 7A-2: Identifying Your Computer's IP Address
                   Task 7A-3: Using the InetAddress Class
          Topic 7B: Sockets
                   Task 7B-1: Implementing the Client Side of a Socket
                   Task 7B-2: Implementing the Server Side of a Socket
                   Task 7B-3: Using the Remote File Copy Application
          Topic 7C: Datagram Sockets
                   Task 7C-1: Using Datagram Sockets