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The Java platform was initially designed to operate in embedded environments. Now it has been popularized and made indispensable by a large community of developers.

Java is composed of a multi-platform running environment Java Virtual Machine (JVM), a robust object-oriented programming language, and an associated library collection. The Java platform is a general-purpose set of tools, which is particularly suited for server-side programming.

Use Java syntax

Implement key Java concepts

Read, write and package Java classes;
apply Java concepts and use the
Java language and standard libraries
to develop efficient java applications.

Develop stand-alone portable
applications or applets embedded in
a browser page using Java;
create a GUI using Java Swing;
create and deploy a Java applet.

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Part 1 - Language structure and flow control.

Introduction: why Java?

History and motivations

Java syntax: basics

Identifiers: variable, methods, classes, interfaces

Where shall we start? The main method

Keywords

Comments: explanation, javadocs, and tags

Primitives and variable definition

Basic types
- declaration and initialisation
- intergers
- floats
- chars

Reference types

Void types

Methods:

Java's usage of methods:
- identifiers
- types
- parameters

The main method
- definition
- constrains
- parameters

Control flow statements.

Simple instructions

Conditional expressions: true and false, if-else, return

Iterative instructions (loops):
- while, do-while,
- for loops, coma operator
- break and continue
- switch

Operators

Similarities and differences with C

Different operators
- assignment operators
- logic operators
- comparison operators
- arithmetic operators
- binary operators
- ternary condition operators

Arrays

Declaring arrays

Initialising arrays
- one-dimension arrays
- multi-dimensional arrays

Accessing arrays
- array length

Complete program

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3.4

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4.1

4.2

4.3

5.1

5.2

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Part 2 - classes: concepts

OOP : what's an object

Basic notions

Principle of encapsulation

Abstract classes and methods

Interfaces

Visibility

Objects and Java: classes

Creating classes

.java files; packages

The constructor

Instantiating a class
- definition
- the "new" operator
- affectation of objects

The "." operator and the "this" reference

Inheritance

Definition

The "extends" keyword

The "super" keyword

Overriding and overloading methods

Constrains

Interfaces

Definition

Implementation

Comparison with abstract classes

Access modifiers

Public

Private

Protected

Package

Other modifiers

Abstract: definition and usage

Final : attribute, method, class

Static

Inner classes

Definition and usage

Accessing the members of the outer class

Anonymous classes

Definition and usage

Constrains

Using packages

Definition and usage

Import

Static imports

Definition and usage

Simplifying your code

Complete program

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2.1

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Part 3 - Advanced programming

Memory management

Garbage collector

Wrappers

Immutable objects

Autoboxing and unboxing

Collections

Definition

The List, Set, and Map interfaces

Comparable objects

The equals method

Why using the hash code?

Collection iterator

Enumerations

Definition and usage

The enum keyword

Variable arguments

Transfering parameters

Error handlers: exceptions

Exception classes: Error, Exception, and RuntimeException

Throwing exceptions
- the try-catch block

The "finally" block

Defining personilized exceptions
- the throw keyword

Generics

Syntax and usage
- generic types
- defining generic classes
- defining generic methods

Threads

Definition and usages

The Thread class

The Runnable interface

Synchronizing Threads

I/O in Java

Streams (I/O flows)

The OutputStream interface

The InputStream interface

Writers and Readers

Introduction to network programming

Sockets

- classes: java.net.InetAddress, ServerSocket, Socket

- datagrammes

Complete program

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Part 4 - Object persistance: JDBC

Introduction to databases. Revision

Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC)

Multi-tier client-server architectures
- 2-tier client-server architectures
- 3-tier client-server architectures

API JDBC

General structure

Libraries that you will need

Changing a driver in the memory
- different driver types
- principles

Establishing a connection
- defining a database
- using the Connection interface

Handling SQL requests
- Interface Statements: simple requests
- Interface Prepared Statements: pre-compiled requests
- Interface Callable Statement: stored procedures
- parametering access types
- information on database structure

Recovering results
- Reading data structure
- Reading data
- Modifying data

Managing transactions
- local transaction management: JDBC
- managing shared transactions: JTA

Closing a connection

Correspondence between SQL-Java data types

Examples for revision

Complete program