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Introduction

• Features of Java
• Java and Internet
• Programming Environment of Java
• Java Virtual Machine

Fundamental Programming Structures in Java

• A Simple Java Program
• Compiling Java Programs
• Bytes Codes
• Classloaders
• Where are classes stored
• How are objects created
• Memory Management in Java
• Garbage Collection
• Types of Garbage Collectors
• Comments
• Datatypes and Variables
• Assignments and Initializations
• Operators
• Strings
• Compile Time String Runtime Strings
• Control Flow

Working with classes

• Object Technology
• The Object Model
• Object
• Object class methods
• How to Override equals,hashcode and toString
• Class
• Characteristics of an Object
• Architecture of an Object
• Encapsulation
• Abstraction
• Instance Variables/methods
• Static variables /methods
• Pass by value/Pass by reference
• Scopes of variables
• Type casing of primitive types
• Method overloading
• Constructors
• Guarenteed initialization
• This() and this
• Java Arrays
• Command line arguments

Packages, Inheritance, Interfaces Exceptions

• Purpose of packages, importing packages, etc
• Inheritance
• Constructor calling chain
• Super
• Casting
• Overriding
• Type casting
• Polymorphism
• Abstract Classes
• Preventing Inheritance
• Access modifiers
• Object: the Supermost class
• The Class Class (Run-Time Type Identification)
• Reflection
• Interface
• Using an Abstract Superclass
• Using an Interface
• Properties of Interfaces
• The Cloneable Interface
• Interfaces and Callbacks
• Inner Classes
• Anonymous Inner Classes
• Exploring some classes in java.lang package

Exception Handling

• Throwable Super class
• Errors in Java
• Catching with try/catch/finally
• Importance of throw
• Importance of throws
• Runtime and non runtime Exceptions
• Custom exception creation.

Introduction to multithreaded programming

• What Are Threads
• The Runnable Interface & The Thread class
• Running and Starting Threads
• Running Multiple Threads
• Thread Properties
• Thread States
• Moving Out of a Blocked State
• Dead Threads
• Interrupting Threads
• Thread Priorities
• Thread Groups

Synchronization Techniques

• Thread Communication Without Synchronization
• Synchronizing Access to Shared Resources
• Object Locks
• The Wait and Notify Methods
• Deadlocks
• Why the Stop , Resume , Destroy and Suspend Methods Are Deprecated
• Timers & Daemon Threads

Collections

• Collection Interfaces
• When and how - List, Set and Maps
• Concrete Collections
• Linked Lists
• Array Lists
• Hash Sets
• Tree Sets
• Maps
• Legacy Collections
• The Hashtable Class
• Enumerations
• Property Sets

Introduction to IO

• Types of streams
• Stream class hierarchy
• Control flow of I/O operation using streams
• Byte Streams
• Character streams
• Buffered Streams
• Standard I/O Streams
• Object Streams
• Serialization
• Need for Serialization
• Serializable Interface
• Externalizable Interfaces
• Mantainence with Exeternalization

Introduction to Networking and Internalization

• Networking with URLS
• Networking by using Sockets
• Networking using DatagramSockets
• Need for localization and how java supports it

Java Database connectivity

• Typical Uses of JDBC
• Different types of Drivers
• Basic JDBC Programming Concepts
• Querying with JDBC to databases
• Advanced SQL Types. Javax.sql package
• Metadata
• Statement
• Prepared statements
• Callable statements

Introduction to distributed architectures

• Introduction to Remote Objects
• The Roles of Client and Server
• Remote Method Invocations

New JDK Topics

• Generics
• Annotations
• Enhanced For Loop
• AutoBoxing/UnBoxing

TypeSafe Enums

• Var Args
• Static Imports
• Scanner
• New features in Collection framework

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