Module 1: Getting started

• List the key features of the Java programming language
• Describe the Java virtual machine (JVM[tm])
• Explain how garbage collection works
• Describe how security features work
• Write a simple Java application, compile and run it

Module 2: Object-Oriented Programming

• Describe the terms class, object, attribute, method, and constructor
• Write code to define a method
• Access the member variables of an object using the dot notation
• Write code to create and initialize an object
• Use the this keyword to access the "current" object
• Use private and public access modifiers
• Write code to invoke a method on a particular object
• Write class constructors and invoke particular constructors using new with arguments
• Understand the use of the package and import statements for library access
• Use the Java Application Programming Interface (API) online documentation

Module 3: Identifiers, Keywords, and Types

• Use comments in a program
• Distinguish between valid and invalid identifiers
• Recognize the keywords in the Java programming language
• List the eight primitive types
• Define literal values for numeric and textual types
• Describe the coding conventions for classes, interfaces, methods, variables, constants, and control structures
• Create a class definition for a simple class containing primitive member variables
• Declare variables of class type
• Describe the significance of a reference variable and state the consequences of assignment between variables of class type

Module 4: Expressions and Flow Control

• Distinguish between member and automatic variables
• Describe the initialization of member variables
• Recognize the keywords in the Java programming language
• Recognize and correct a Possible reference before assignment compiler error
• Recognize, describe, and use operators
• Distinguish between legal and illegal assignments of primitive types
• Recognize Boolean expressions and state the requirement for these in control constructs
• Recognize assignment compatibility and required casts in fundamental types
• Make appropriate use of if, switch, for, while, and do constructions and the labeled forms of break and continue

Module 5: Arrays (Collection Object)

• Declare and create arrays of primitive, class, or array types
• Explain why and show how to initialize the elements of an array
• Determine the number of elements in any array
• Write code to copy arrays

Module 6: Class Design

• Describe encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance
• Use sub classing
• Create and use heterogeneous collections
• Create and use methods that accept generic argument types
• Use access control levels
• Invoke overloaded methods and constructors
• Write overriding methods in a subclass and describe execution flow when executing an overridden method
• Invoke overridden methods and describe how the method is chosen
• Invoke overridden constructors
• Control invocation of parent class constructors
• Use wrapper classes

Module 7: Advanced Class Features

• Declare and use static variables and methods
• Declare and use final classes, methods, and variables
• Use abstract methods and interfaces
• Use inner classes

Module 8: Exceptions

• Define exceptions
• Describe the use of the keywords try, catch, and finally
• Describe exception categories
• Identify common exceptions
• Write code to handle your own exceptions

Module 9: Text-Based Applications

• Write code to access command-line arguments and system properties
• Examine and manipulate files and directories
• Read and write text to file streams
• Describe the Collections API
• Use iterators
• Identify deprecated classes and describe how to handle them during migration to Java 2 SDK

Development Environment.

Windows XP / Linux
Java 1.4
Oracle database and Oracle 10G Application server / Tomcat 5.0
Eclipse as IDE environment.
Apache Ant