ATI's Advanced Java Programming course

Summary: This course exposes the student to Advanced Java features such as JavaBeans, Servlet Programming, the Java Database Connectivity, Remote Method Invocation, and Swing. Other major topics in this course include Network Programming Serialization, Properties, Security, the Collection Classes and Architectures. Prerequisites: Students should have completed a beginning Java course or have been programming in Java for at least three - six months. Who Should Attend: This course is intended for programmers who have been programming in Java and who wish to write programs in Java using many of the advanced Java features. Benefits of Attendance: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: distinguish between the various phases of construction of objects;  choose the correct data structures from the Java Collections classes; extend appropriate I/O classes in order to create a new I/O class create a Java Bean Component and execute it within the BeanBox; write TCP/IP Client Server applications using Sockets; execute methods on a remote object and use the results that are returned from the method; write Java applications using the JDBC to make database independent queries  recognize all components of an XML document; understand the components of an XML API such as the DOM; write Java Servlets that process HTML form data; use the various JSP components, such as declarations, expressions, and scriptlets; and use many of the superior capabilities of the Swing components.  Course Outline: Chapter 1: WHAT YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW  Data types  Passing Data types to a method  Method names  Constructors and initialization  Object Cloning  Garbage collection  Interfaces and abstract classes  Static blocks  Chapter 2: PACKAGING A JAVA APPLICATION  Introduction  Packages  jar Files  The Manifest File  javadoc  Optimization Techniques  Chapter 3: THE JAVA COLLECTION  Arrays  Searching and Sorting Arrays of Primitives  Sorting Arrays of Objects  Collections  Lists  Iterators  List Example  Maps  HashMap  Operations on Collections  Thread Safety  Conversions  Rules of Thumb  Chapter 4: ADVANCED I/O  Object Serialization  Serialization issues  Externalization  Writing your own I/O classes  Zip Files  Property Files  Chapter 5: NETWORKING in JAVA  Networking fundamentals  The Client/Server model  Internet addresses  Sockets  Sample client programs (Daytime Service)  Sample client programs (Echo Service)  Writing servers  Client/Server Example  The HTTP Protocol  URLs  Chapter 6: THREADS  Review of Fundamentals  Monitors  Deadlock  Producer/Consumer Problems  wait() and notify()  Performance Issues  Chapter 7: REMOTE METHOD INVOCATION (RMI)  Introduction  RMI Architecture  The Remote Interface  Implementing the Remote Interface  Writing the Server  Writing the Client  Specifying the RMI URL  Compiling and Running the Code  Remote Method Arguments and Return Values Dynamic Loading of Stub Classes Remote RMI Client Example Running the Remote RMI Client Example  Chapter 8: JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (JDBC)  Introduction  Relational Databases  Structured Query Language (SQL)  A Sample Program  Transactions  Meta Data  Chapter 9: GETTING STARTED WITH XML  XML Syntax  Elements  Attributes  Comments  Unicode and Character Sets  Character References  Entity References  Character Data Sections (CDATA)  Processing Instructions  Parsing XML  Chapter 10: XML and JAVA DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL (DOM)  What are Parsers?  JAXP - A Plugability Layer  Parsing with DOM  Trees and Nodes  Processing Child Nodes  Error Handling  Building the Node Tree  Chapter 11: SERVLETS  Servlets  The HTTP protocol  The request/response paradigm  HTTP methods  Servlet classes  A simple servlet  Testing the Servlet  Starting the server  Creating Your Web Application  Running DataServlet  Processing HTML form data with a servlet  The Servlet Life Cycle  Chapter 12: JSP FUNDAMENTALS  Introduction  Simple JSP Components  Declarations  Expressions  Testing the JSP  Scriptlets  XML Notation  Implicit Objects Introduction  Scope of Variables  From JSP to Servlet  Chapter 13: JAVABEANS JavaBeans The BeanBox The jar utility A Simple Bean Naming conventions Events Reflection and Introspection Beans and JSPs Enterprise Java Beans EJB Server and EJB Container Types of Enterprise Java Beans EJB Wrapper Interfaces Deployment Descriptors The Remote Interface The Home Interface The enterprise Bean Class The Client code Deploying the EJB The ejb-jar.xml File  Chapter 14: JAVA 1.4 FEATURES Assertions Syntax for Assertions Compiling With Assertions Enabling and Disabling Assertions Assertion Usage Regular Expressions Methods of the Matcher Class Syntax of Regular Expressions Single Character Matches Unions, Intersections and Quantifiers Capturing Groups Predefined Character Classes Boundary Matches New I/O Channels Buffers and Buffer Methods Typed Buffers Direct Buffers Odds and Ends Appendix A: REVIEW Arrays Strings StringBuffer Inheritance Converting Strings to Numbers Line Input Tokenizer Classes Deprecated Methods Appendix B: SWING The Swing Components Java Foundation Classes Lightweight Components Features of the Swing Components The Content Pane The SwingSet Demo Borders Model View Controller JList Summary of Other Features Appendix C: SECURITY Security Managers Security Manager Methods Tuition: Tuition is $2200 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Reduced rate for government personnel. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation