Core Java

Syllabus

Session – 1

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction of Java programming language.
• History of Java language, Types of languages.
• Features of Java language.
• Different Editions of Java Language.
• Java Development Tool Kit.
• Java Development Environment Setup.
• Java Platform Independence.
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
• Compilation & Execution of a Program.
• Java Path Setting for Windows and Linux.
• First Java Program.

Session – 2

Topics to be covered:

• Java Programming Fundamentals.
• Java Data Types.
• Keywords
• Identifiers and Literals.
• Variable and Constants.
• Java Comments.
• Java Programming Naming Conventions.
• Programming Indentation Techniques
• Operators
• Java Flow Controls (conditional, looping, and switch statements)

Session – 3

Topics to be covered:

• Class and Object.
• Concept of Encapsulation.
• Concept of Abstraction.
• Concept of Inheritance.
• Concept of Polymorphism
• Class Deceleration.
• Object Construction.
• Data Members.
• Member Functions.
• Constructor and Blocks

Session – 4

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Arrays in JAVA
• Declaring Array Variables & Construction of Array
• Array’s Memory Representation.
• Initializing an Array – static and dynamic
• Counting elements in the Array
• Single & Multi-dimensional Arrays
• Anonymous Arrays
• Using for-each loop with Arrays
• Using methods from java.util.Arrays class
• Method Overloading Issues : using var-args methods
• Introduction to Java String Handling

Session – 5

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Java Packages
• Understanding the need of packages
• Creating a package
• Creating sub-package
• Compiling and Running Code from Packages
• Importing a package
• Java access specifiers

Session – 6

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Java Inheritance
• Understanding the need of Inheritance
• Benefits of Inheritance.
• Types of Inheritance
• Implementing single inheritance using “extends” keyword
• Constructor behavior in Inheritance.
• Object Assignment Compatibilities.
• Reference Assignment compatibilities.
• Class Casting Rules

Session – 7

Topics to be covered:

• Understanding Polymorphism
• Static Polymorphism or Early Binding
• Dynamic Polymorphism or Late Binding
• Implementing static polymorphism in JAVA.
• Method Overloading.
• Constructor Overloading
• Implementing dynamic polymorphism
• Method Overriding
• Using the “final” keyword for
• Restricting the class extension
• Restricting the method overriding
• Abstract methods & Abstract classes
• Introduction to Interface

Session – 8

Topics to be covered:

• Understanding Streams and stream operation
• Types of Stream – character and Binary streams
• Input and Output Streams
• Understanding Stream class Hierarchy
• Line-oriented I/O
• Buffered Streams
• Scanning and Formatting
• I/O from the command-line
• Standard streams
• The console
• Data streams
• Object streams
• Random Access File

Session – 9

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction Exception Handling
• What is Exception?
• Exception class-hierarchy
• Understanding the difference between checked & unchecked exception
• Understanding stack-based execution
• Handling exceptions:- using try-catch-finally blocks
• Proper use of throw and throws clauses
• Chained Exception

Session – 10

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction and importance of thread.
• What is a Thread?
• Understand the thread execution behavior.
• Creating a thread using Thread class and Runnable interface
• Thread Life Cycle, states and their transition
• Using methods from java.lang.Thread for state transition
• Need of synchronization? Concept of Object Locking.
• Language-level support for synchronization : “synchronized” keyword
• Defining synchronized methods & understanding its importance
• Using synchronized block
• Inter-thread communication
• Deadlock condition

Session  – 11

Topics to be covered:

• Introduction to Java Wrapper Classes
• The class hierarchy of Wrapper Classes
• Introduction to Java Generics
• Understanding compile-time type-safety
• Defining a Generic class
• Understanding Type Parameters
• Understanding Type Erasure Process
• Sub-typing and Super-typing
• Using wildcards
• Using “? extends T” and “? Super T”
• Generic methods

Session  – 12

Topics to be covered:

• • Introduction Collection Framework
  • Benefits of collection framework
  • Collection Interface Hierarchy
  • The java.util.Collection interface: Supported Operations
    1. Basic Operations
    2. Bulk Operations
    3. Array Operation
  • Traversing collections
    1. Using for-each loop
    2. Using Iterator
  • The java.util.List interface: Supported Operations
    1. Positional Access
    2. Search
    3. Iteration
    4. Range-View
  • The java.util.Set interface: Supported Operations
    1. Basic Operations
    2. Bulk Operations
    3. Array Operations
  • Working with List and Set implementation classes Using methods from java.util.Collections
  • The java.util.Map interface
    1. Basic operations
    2. Bulk operations
    3. Getting Collection views
    4. Using Map.Entry interface

Prerequisite

No experience is required, But fundamental knowledge of C/C++ would be helpful.