Course Introduction

1. Course Objectives

2. Course Overview

3. Using the Workbook

4. Suggested References

Getting Started with Java

1. What is Java?

2. How to Get Java

3. A First Java Program

4. Compiling and Interpreting Applications

5. The JSDK Directory Structure

Eclipse

1. Introduction to Eclipse

2. Installing Eclipse

3. Running Eclipse for the First Time

4. Editors, Views, and Perspectives

5. Setting up a Project

6. Creating a New Java Application

7. Running a Java Application

8. Debugging a Java Application

9. Importing Existing Java Code into Eclipse

Language Fundamentals

1. A Java Program

2. If Statements

3. Switch Statements

4. Loop Statements

5. Syntax Details

6. Primitive Datatypes

7. Variables

8. Expressions in Java

9. Strings

10. Arrays

11. Enhanced for Loop

Objects and Classes

1. Defining a Class

2. Creating an Object

3. Instance Data and Class Data

4. Methods

5. Constructors

6. Access Modifiers

7. Encapsulation

Using Java Objects

1. Printing to the Console

2. print Format Strings

3. StringBuilder and StringBuffer

4. Methods and Messages

5. toString

6. Parameter Passing

7. Comparing and Identifying Objects

8. Destroying Objects

9. The Primitive-Type Wrapper Classes

10. Enumerated Types

Inheritance in Java

1. Inheritance

2. Inheritance in Java

3. Casting

4. Method Overriding

5. Polymorphism

6. super

7. The Object Class

Advanced Inheritance and Generics

1. Abstract Classes

2. Interfaces

3. Using Interfaces

4. Collections

5. Generics

6. Comparable

Packages

1. Packages

2. The import Statement

3. Static Imports

4. CLASSPATH and Import

5. Defining Packages

6. Package Scope

Exception Handling

1. Exceptions Overview

2. Catching Exceptions

3. The finally Block

4. Exception Methods

5. Declaring Exceptions

6. Defining and Throwing Exceptions

7. Errors and RuntimeExceptions

Input/Output Streams

1. Overview of Streams

2. Bytes vs. Characters

3. Converting Byte Streams to Character Streams

4. File Object

5. Binary Input and Output

6. PrintWriter Class

7. Reading and Writing Objects

8. Closing Streams

Core Collection Classes

1. The Collections Framework

2. The Set Interface

3. Set Implementation Classes

4. The List Interface

5. List Implementation Classes

6. The Queue Interface

7. Queue Implementation Classes

8. The Map Interface

9. Map Implementation Classes

Collection Sorting and Tuning

1. Sorting with Comparable

2. Sorting with Comparator

3. Sorting Lists and Arrays

4. Collections Utility Methods

5. Tuning ArrayList

6. Tuning HashMap and HashSet

Inner Classes

1. Inner Classes

2. Member Classes

3. Local Classes

4. Anonymous Classes

5. Instance Initializers

6. Static Nested Classes

Introduction to Swing

1. AWT and Swing

2. Displaying a Window

3. GUI Programming in Java

4. Handling Events

5. Arranging Components

6. A Scrollable Component

7. Configuring Components

8. Menus

9. Using the JFileChooser

Swing Events and Layout Managers

1. The Java Event Delegation Model

2. Action Events

3. List Selection Events

4. Mouse Events

5. Layout Managers

6. BorderLayout

7. FlowLayout

8. GridLayout

9. BoxLayout

10. Box

11. JTabbedPane

Introduction to JDBC

1. The JDBC Connectivity Model

2. Database Programming

3. Connecting to the Database

4. Creating a SQL Query

5. Getting the Results

6. Updating Database Data

7. Finishing Up

JDBC SQL Programming

1. Error Checking and the SQLException Class

2. The SQLWarning Class

3. JDBC Types

4. Executing SQL Queries

5. ResultSetMetaData

6. Executing SQL Updates

7. Using a PreparedStatement

8. Parameterized Statements

9. Stored Procedures

10. Transaction Management

Introduction to Threads

1. Non-Threaded Applications

2. Threaded Applications

3. Creating Threads

4. Thread States

5. Runnable Threads

6. Coordinating Threads

7. Interrupting Threads

8. Runnable Interface

Thread Synchronization and Concurrency

1. Race Conditions

2. Synchronized Methods

3. Deadlocks

4. Synchronized Blocks

5. Thread Communication — wait()

6. Thread Communication — notify()

7. Java 5.0 Concurrency Improvements

8. Thread-Aware Collections

9. Executor

10. Callable