Getting Started with Java

• What is Java?
• Installing Java
• The JDK Directory Structure
• OOPS Concepts
• Java Language
• Java Virtual Machine
• World Wide Web and Java

First Java Program

• Writing your first Java program “Hello, World”, your first small step towards learning Java
• Program Structure
• Output in Java
• Variables and Expressions

Datatypes and Variables in Java

• Primitive Datatypes
• Variable Names
• Numeric Literals
• Character Literals
• String Literals
• Operators

Control Flow

Decision Making – if, if-else, nested if, The ? : Operator
Loops – For, While, do-while, foreach

Arrays

OOPS

• Class and Object
• Objects and Object References
• Encapsulation
• Inheritence
• Compiletime Polymorphism
• Runtime Polymoprshism
• Abstract Classes
• Interfaces
• Fields and Methods
• Best Practices
• Packages
• Access Modifiers

Data Types and Conversion

• Strong Typing
• Integer Data Types
• Floating Point
• Conversions Between Types
• Doing Math in Java
• Precedence
• Errors in Integer Arithmetic

Booleans and Enumerations

Methods

• Methods
• Calling Methods
• Defining Methods
• Method Parameters
• Method Overriding
• Method Overloading

Characters and Strings

• Char Data Type
• Character Codes
• ASCII and Unicode
• String Class
• String Input and Output
• String Methods
• StringBuffer and StringBuilder

Modular Programming

• Monolithic Programs
• Static Variables and Methods
• Functional Modularity
• Object Modularity
• Top-Down and Bottom-Up Development
• Pass-By-Value and Pass-By-Reference
• Nested Classes

Exception Handling and More Flow Control:

• Exceptions Overview
• Exceptions
• Declaring Exceptions
• Defining and Throwing Exceptions
• Errors and Runtime Exceptions
• Catching Exceptions
• The finally Block
• Exception Methods
• I/O Exceptions vs. Runtime Exceptions

Core Collection Classes

• The Collections Framework
• The Set Interface
• Set Implementation Classes
• The List Interface
• List Implementation Classes
• The Queue Interface
• Queue Implementation Classes
• Implementing a Stack
• The Map Interface
• Map Implementation Classes

Collection Sorting and Tuning

• Sorting with Comparable
• Sorting with Comparator
• Sorting Lists and Arrays
• Collections Utility Methods
• Tuning Array List
• Navigable Map and Navigable Set
• Tuning Hash Map and Hash Set
• Iterators

Inner Classes

• Inner Classes
• Member Classes
• Local Classes
• Anonymous Classes
• Instance Initializes
• Static Nested Classes

Input/Output Streams

• Overview of Streams
• Bytes vs. Characters
• Converting Byte Streams to Character Streams
• File Object
• Binary Input and Output
• Print Writer Class
• Reading and Writing Objects
• Basic and Filtered Streams

Threads

• Overview of thread
• Life Cycle of thread
• Creating Threads
• Multithreading
• Deadlock
• Inter-Thread Communication
• Thread States
• Runnable Threads
• Coordinating Threads
• Interrupting Threads
• Runnable Interface
• Thread Groups

Packages

• Packages
• The import Statement
• Static Imports
• CLASSPATH and Import
• Defining Packages
• Package Scope

Advanced Features

• java.lang.Object class
• Reflection
• Wrapper Classes
• Auto-Boxing
• Generic Datatypes