Basic Java Programming

Introduction to Java

• Java History

• Language features

The Java Environment

• Java Virtual Machine

• First Java Program

• Java compiler

• Garbage collection

• Installation and distribution

Java Syntax

• Comments

• Variables

• Primitive types

• Operations

• Flow control

• Strings

• Arrays

Java Class Definition

• Methods

• Constructors

• Encapsulation

• static and final variables

• Javadoc

• Objects references

• The this keyword

Packages, Jar files, Classpath

• Packages

• The import statement

• Class loading and CLASSPATH

• Package-friendly access

• JAR files

Inheritance and Polymorphism

• Inheritance in Java

• The super keyword

• Single inheritance

• protected access

• Implementing polymorphism

Abstract classes & Interfaces

• Abstract classes

• Interfaces

• Simulating multiple inheritance

Advanced Class issues

• Final members and methods

• The Object class

• Inner classes

Error Handling

• The Throwable class

• Checked and unchecked exceptions

• Multiple catch blocks

• Custom exceptions

• finally clause

• Assertions

Strings

• String, StringBuffer, StringBuiler

• Wrapper classes

• StringTokenizer

Data structure

• Java data structures

• Iterators

• JDK1.1 data structures

• Generics

Multi Threading

• Java Thread API

• The Runnable interface

• Threads lifecycle

• Synchronization

• Wait/notify