Introduction

• Overview
• History of Java
• Goals of Java
• Java Virtual Machine
• Garbage Collection
• Hello World Example
• Source File Layout

Java Basics

• Overview
• Comments
• Semicolon and White Spaces
• Blocks
• Keywords
• Primitive Data Types
• Identifier
• Variables
• Literals
• Arithmetic Operators
• Bitwise Operator
• Assignment Operators
• Miscellaneous Operators
• Scope of a Variable
• Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Reading from the Keyboard

Branching and Looping

• Overview
• Conditions
• The if Statement
• The if . . . else Statement
• Logical Operators and if...else Statement
• The while Statement
• The do . . . while Statement
• The for loop
• Break and Continue

Objects

• Overview
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Methods
• Overloading
• Creating an Instance of a Class
• Constructors
• Inheritance
• The super Keyword
• The this Keyword
• Overriding
• Using == vs. equals()
• The toString() Method
• Static Initializes
• Access Modifiers
• Creating Constructors/Methods

Advanced Class Concepts

• Overview
• Abstract Classes
• Interfaces
• Working with Interfaces for Java
  • Creating Interfaces
  • Implementing Interfaces

Exceptions

• Overview
• What is Exception?
• Benefits
• How to work with exception
• The try . . . catch . . . finally Statement
• Flow of Program Control
• Checked Exceptions
• Unchecked Exceptions
• Catching Multiple Exceptions
• Rethrowing Exceptions
• Exception thrown by a Method
• The Exception Class
• Creating your Own Exceptions

Stream I/O

• Overview
• File I/O
• The File Class
  • Methods
  • Example
• Input Stream
  • Methods
• Output Stream
  • Methods
• DataInputStream and DataOutputStream
• DataInputStream Methods
• DataOutputStream Methods
• FileInputStream and FileOutputStream
• FileInputStream Methods
• FileOutputStream Methods
• FileInputStream/DataOutputStream Example
• FileInputStream/DatInputStream Example
• Reader and Writer
  • Why Use Readers and Writers
  • Example

JDBC Overview

• Understand how to use JDBC to Access a RDBMS
• Understand how to Load a driver, establish a connection to a RDBMS and retrieve records from a Table
• Write code to access a D/B, place records into a ResultSet and retrieve fields from each record in the ResultSet
• Understand the functionality of updating, batch processing, prepared statements, and transactional processing
• Using Scrollable and Updateable ResultSets

Servlets

• Overview
• Java Servlets
• Responsibilities of a Servlet
• Hello World Servlet
• Retrieving Form Fields
• Session Tracking

JavaServer Pages (JSPs)

• Overview
• What are JavaServer Pages
• JSP Benefits
• How JSP Works
• Implicit Objects
• Hello JSP World - an Example
• JSP Directives
• Attributes of Page Directive
• Retrieving Form Fields
• Session Tracking
• Servlet to JSP Communication
• Invoking a JSP

Java Beans

• Overview
• Create JB
• get Properties
• set Properties
• Use with Servlets & JSPs

Threads (Optional)

• Using Thread class vs implementing Runnable
• Use of synchronized, waite, notify, etc.