Java/J2EE

 JAVA/ J2EE Course Outline

Introduction

• Programming language Types and Paradigms.
• Computer Programming Hierarchy.
• How Computer Architecture Affects a Language ?
• Why Java ?
• Flavors of Java.
• Java Designing Goal.
• Role of Java Programmer in Industry.
• Features of Java Language.
• JVM –The heart of Java
• Java’s Magic Bytecode
• Language Fundamentals

The Java Environment:

• Installing Java.
• Java Program Development
• Java Source File Structure
• Compilation
• Executions.

Basic Language Elements:

• Lexical Tokens, Identifiers
• Keywords, Literals, Comments
• Primitive Datatypes,Operators
• Assignments.
• Object Oriented Programming
• Class Fundamentals.
• Object & Object reference.
• Object Life time & Garbage Collection.
• Creating and Operating Objects.
• Constructor & initialization code block.
• Access Control, Modifiers, methods
• Nested , Inner Class &Anonymous Classes
• Abstract Class & Interfaces
• Defining Methods, Argument Passing Mechanism
• Method Overloading, Recursion.
• Dealing with Static Members. Finalize() Method.
• Native Method. Use of “this “ reference.
• Use of Modifiers with Classes & Methods.
• Design of Accessors and Mutator Methods
• Cloning Objects, shallow and deep cloning
• Generic Class Types
• Syllabus
• 3 Extending Classes and Inheritance
• Use and Benefits of Inheritance in OOP
• Types of Inheritance in Java
• Inheriting Data Members and Methods
• Role of Constructors in inheritance
• Overriding Super Class Methods.
• Use of “super”.
• Polymorphism in inheritance.
• Type Compatibility and Conversion
• Implementing interfaces.
• Package
• Organizing Classes and Interfaces in Packages.
• Package as Access Protection
• Defining Package.
• CLASSPATH Setting for Packages.
• Making JAR Files for Library Packages
• Import and Static Import
• Naming Convention For Packages

Exception Handling:

• The Idea behind Exception
• Exceptions & Errors
• Types of Exception
• Control Flow In Exceptions
• JVM reaction to Exceptions
• Use of try, catch, finally, throw, throws in Exception Handling.
• In-built and User Defined Exceptions
• Checked and Un-Checked Exceptions

Array & String :

• Defining an Array
• Initializing & Accessing Array
• Multi –Dimensional Array
• Operation on String
• Mutable & Immutable String
• Using Collection BasesLoopfor String
• Tokenizing a String
• Creating Strings using StringBuffer

Thread:

• Understanding Threads
• Needs of Multi-Threaded Programming.
• Thread Life-Cycle
• Thread Priorities
• Synchronizing Threads
• Inter Communication of Threads
• Critical Factor in Thread -DeadLock
• 4 Applet
• Applet & Application
• Applet Architecture.
• Parameters to Applet
• Embedding Applets in Web page.
• Applet Security Policies
• A Collection of Useful Classes
• Utility Methods for Arrays
• Observable and Observer Objects
• Date & Times
• Using Scanner
• Regular Expression
• Input/Output Operation in Java(java.io Package)
• Streams and the new I/O Capabilities
• Understanding Streams
• The Classes for Input and Output
• The Standard Streams
• Working with File Object
• File I/O Basics
• Readingand Writing to Files
• Buffer and Buffer Management
• Read/Write Operations with File Channel
• Serializing Objects
• GUI Programming
• Designing Graphical User Interfaces in Java
• Components and Containers
• Basics of Components
• Using Containers
• Layout Managers
• AWT Componets
• Adding a Menu to Window
• Extending GUI Features Using Swing Components
• Java Utilities (java.util Package)

The Collection Framework :

• Collections of Objects
• Collection Types
• Sets
• Sequence
• Map
• Understanding Hashing
• Use of ArrayList & Vector
• 5 Event Handling
• Event-Driven Programming in Java
• Event- Handling Process
• Event-Handling Mechanism
• The Delegation Model of Event Handling
• Event Classes
• Event Sources
• Event Listeners
• Adapter Classes as Helper Classes in Event Handling
• Anonymous Inner classes a Short –cut to Event Handling
• Avoiding Deadlocks in GUI Code
• Event Types & Classes
• Networking Programming
• Networking Basics
• Client-Server Architecture
• Socket Overview
• Networking Classes and Interfaces
• Network Protocols
• Developing Networking Applications in Java
• DataBase Programming using JDBC
• Introduction to JDBC
• JDBC Drivers & Architecture
• CURD operation Using JDBC
• Connecting to non-conventional Databases
• J2EE Syllabus

Advance JDBC Programming:

• Overview of Database Driver Architecture
• Introduction to JDBC Standard Extension API (javax.sql)
• Connection Pooling
• JDBC Programming with ORACLE, MYSQL, etc.
• Batch Processing
• Connecting to non-conventional databases
• Use of Excel API
• Database cashing (case study with HSDB,CSQL)
• Working with Multiple Databases
• Handling SQL escape syntax
• Calling SQL functions, Database stored procedures
• Dealing with Database Metadata
• Handling Binary Data (Operation on Image File)
• Type mapping  & SQL3 Data types

Introduction to J2EE

• J2EE Overview
• Why J2EE?
• J2EE Architecture
• J2EE APIs
• J2EE Containers
• Java Server Technologies
• Servlet
• Web Application Basics.
• Architecture and challenges of Web Application.
• Introduction to servlet
• Servlet life cycle
• Developing and Deploying Servlets
• Exploring Deployment Descriptor (web.xml).
• Handling Request and Response
• Initializing a Servlet
• Accessing Database
• Servlet Chaining
• Session Tracking  & Management
• Dealing with cookies
• Transferring Request
• Accessing Web Context
• Passing INIT and CONTEXT Parameter
• Sharing information using scope object
• Controlling concurrent access
• User Authentication
• Filtering Request and Response
• Programming Filter
• Filter Mapping
• Servlet Listeners

Java Server Pages Technology:

• Basic JSP Architecture
• Life Cycle of JSP (Translation, compilation)
• JSP Tags and Expressions
• Role of JSP in MVC-2
• JSP with Database
• JSP Implicit Objects
• Tag Libraries
• JSP Expression Language (EL)
• Using Custom Tag

JSP Capabilities:

• Exception Handling
• Session Management
• Directives
• JSP with Java Bean
• RMI (Remote Method Invocation)
• RMI overview
• RMI architecture
• Example demonstrating RMI
• EnterpriseJAVA Beans
• Enterprise Bean overview
• Types of enterprise beans
• Advantages of enterprise beans
• The Life Cycles ofEnterpriseBeans
• Working with Session Beans
• Statefull vs. Stateless Session Beans
• Working with Entity Beans
• Message Driven Beans
• JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface)
• JNDI overview
• JNDI API
• Context operations
• Using JNDI in J2EE applications
• 2 J2EE Syllabus

Struts Framework:

• What is Struts?
• Struts Architecture
• Struts classes – ActionForward, ActionForm,
• ActionServlet, Action classes
• Understanding struts-config.xml
• Understanding Action Mappings
• Struts flow with an example application
• Struts Tiles Framework.
• Struts Validation Framework
• Internationalizing Struts Application
• Struts with Message Resources

Awareness to Other J2EE Technologies:

• Java Mail
• JTA
• Web Services
• JMS
• ANT
• Log4J
• JSF
• Hibernate
• Spring Framework
• Design Pattern