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Introduction
• Programming in typed languages
• Typed vs untyped variables
• Type errors
• Type theory
• Common types
• Introduction to the JDK/SDK
• Using JCreator
Introduction to Object Orientation
• Benefits of Object Orientation
• What is an object?
• Defining classes and instances
• What are Fields and Methods?
• The use of class members vs instance members
• Messages and invoking methods
The Java language
• Garbage collection
• Comparison of objects
• Primitive data types: what they are and how they work
• Compilation and execution of Java code
• Use of packages
• Java sourcefile structure
• Defining classes and interfaces
• Defining Methods and Fields
• JavaDoc and writing code comments
• Looping and conditional constructs
• Creating instances
• Java expressions
• Accessing members
• Creating and using arrays
Modes of execution
• Types of Java application (application, applet, servlet etc)
• Applets as applications
• Java security model
• JDK tools |
Object Orientation II
• Constructors and static initialisers
• Finalisers
• Inheritance
• Casting
• Abstract classes
• Interfaces
• Modifiers in Java
Building user interfaces in Swing
• The Abstract Windowing Toolkit
• Swing overview
• Components and containers
• Building a user interface
• Layout managers
• Designing complex user interfaces
Events and exceptions
• Events
• Listener interfaces
• Event propagation
• Exceptions
• Using try/catch/finally block
Input and output
• Input and output streams
• Stream concatenation
• Common stream types
• Text streams
• Object streams and serialisation
Threads
• Threads in Java
• The Thread class
• Creating new threads
• Stopping and controlling threads
• Synchronisation issues
Questions and answers |
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