Overloading constructors

Introduction to the Java Language

The Java Virtual Machine

Working in the Java Environment

Understanding the Java byte code

Writing your first “Hello, World” program

Variables

Handling arrays

Type conversions and casting

Increment/decrement operators

Relational operators

Logical operators

Conditional statements (if-then-else)

Using switch

For

While

Do-while

Breaking

Continuing from loops

Defining classes

Using classes to create objects

Writing methods with parameters

Overloading constructors

Access control – private

Public

Protected and default

Static variables and methods

Final

String object

Using command line arguments

Super and subclasses

Polymorphism – method overriding

Abstract classes

Packages and import statements

Encapsulation and access protection

Using interfaces

Array of native type values

Array of objects

Square brackets position

Copying array values

Multi-dimensional arrays

The length variable

String class: instantiating, comparing

toString()

StringBuffer, StringBuilder and StringTokenizer

Passing arguments

Exceptions and errors

Throwing and re-throwing

Try and Catch

Handling exceptions

Exception Class Hierarchy

Checked and unchecked exceptions

System and application exceptions

Custom exceptions

Memory management in Java

Integer

Float

Boolean

Using Java String

StringBuffer

StringTokenizer

Classes

Understanding Collections

List

Set

Sorted Interfaces

Different types of data structures

ArrayList

Linked list

Hash table

TreeSet

Multithreading framework of Java

The synchronized keyword

Wait/Notify mechanism

Re-using threads using a “Thread Pool”

Swing Basics and the Composite design patterns

The Model-View-Controller architecture - and Observer Pattern

Event handling in Java and Observer Pattern

Drawing API

Complex swing components such as JList, JTable, Writing Renderers and Editors

Multi threading and GUI

Character and byte streams

Object serialization and de-serialization

Reading and writing to a properties file

Overview of JDBC architecture

JDBC driver types

Loading a driver

Connecting to a database

Communicating with the database using SQL queries

Using the Statement class

Using the PreparedStatement class

Creating and inserting into tables

Retrieving and displaying results

Transaction handling

Summary

Q&A

Evaluation