ACTS, Pune

Suggested Teaching Guidelines for

Object Oriented Programming with Java 8 – PG-DBDA Feb 19
Duration: 40 class room hours + 40 Lab hours

Objective: To reinforce knowledge of Java and Scala Programming

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Linux command, Oops concepts and any programming language

Evaluation method: Theory exam – 40% weightage

Lab exam – 40% weightage
Internal exam – 20% weightage

List of Books / Other training material

Text Book:
1. Java - The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt / Tata Mcgraw Hill Education

Reference:
1. Java Server Programming (J2EE 1.7 Edition) Black Book by Dreamtech Software Team
2. Java 8 Programming Black Book by Dreamtech Press
3. Core Java : Fundamentals - Volume 1 Gary Cornell, Cay S. Horstmann/ Pearson
4. Programming in Java by Sachin Malhotra, Saurabh Choudhary / Oxford University Press
5. Core Java : Advanced Features - Volume 2 Gary Cornell, Cay S. Horstmann/ Pearson
6. Beginning Java 2 by Ivor Horton; Wrox Publication
7. The Complete Reference Java Eight Edition, Herbert Schidt/ TMH
8. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with applications by Booch
9. Core Java 8 for Beginners by Sharanam Shah, Vaishali Shah / Shroff Publishers & Distributors
10. Murach’s Java Programming 4th edition by Joel Murach / Shroff Publishers & Distributors
11. Advanced Java programming by Uttam K Roy / Oxford University press
12. Sun Certified Enterprise Architect For Java EE Study Guide by Cade, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
13. Programming in Java by Sachin Malhotra, Saurabh Choudhary / Oxford University Press
14. Professional Java EE Design Patterns by Murat Yener, Alex Theedom, Reza Rahman

Note: Each session having 2 Hours

Session 1, 2 and 3:
Lecture
 Java 8 Basics :Overview of Java, Features of Java, Scope of variables
 Object Oriented Concepts
 JDK and its usage (Java Compiler, Java Runtime, Java Debugger, Java doc)
 Working with Data Types: Structure of a Java Class, Importing Packages, Difference between
object reference variables and primitive variables, how to read or write to object fields)

Session 4:
Lecture
 Object's lifecycle(creation, reassignment, garbage collection: new, finalize)
 Wrapper classes (Boolean, Double and Integer)
 Operators (Unary, Binary, Arithmetic, Assignment, Compound, Relational, Logical, Equality) and
Control Statements (if, if-else, for, while, switch, do-while, break and continue, ternary
constructs)

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Session 5:
Lecture
 Packages and classpath
 Arrays
 Understanding of String Class, StringBuilder Class, StringBuffer class
 Methods and Encapsulation: Methods, Access Modifiers, Method Overloading, Passing Data,
Creating Constructors, Immutable Classes

Assignment – Lab:
Get yourself acquainted with java environment. Build a class Emp, which contains details about the
employee and compile and run its instance

Assignment – Reading:
Study the book Java FAQ

Assignment – Tutorial:
Compare syntactical similarities and dissimilarities between Java and C++

Session 6:
Lecture
 Class Inheritance, Abstract Classes, Inner Classes, Interface and Implementation classes.
 Understanding Polymorphism: Object vs Reference, Object Casting, Virtual Methods, Method
Overriding

Assignment – Lab:
Create an inner class for a manager, which contains information about the manager. Use the
appropriate interfaces. Create an anonymous inner class for Tech. Members using the Session one
assignment

Session 7:
Lecture
 Exception-Handling: Basics, Role of Exceptions, Types
 Using try and catch, Multiple Catch, Nested try (throw, throws, finally)
 Built-in Exceptions, Runtime Exceptions Checked Exceptions, Errors
 Creating own Exception Subclasses

Assignment – Lab:
Create a user defined exception to check whether your employee exist in your data structure and using
the catch and finally block. Redeem an appropriate solution.

Session 8:
Lecture
 Enumerations, Auto boxing, and Annotations
 Lambda Expressions
 Java 8 New Features

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Session 9 & 10:
Lecture
 Java API: java.util, java.lang, java.math

Assignment – Lab:
Create an appropriate data structures to store your employee object and use the java.util.package
properties.

Session 11 & 12:

Lecture
 Generics and Collections

Assignment – Lab:
1. Implement String class and util package
2. Using the collection framework define an appropriate interface to your above application

Assignment – Lab:
Create a user defined exception to check whether your employee exist in your data structure and using
the catch and finally block. Redeem an appropriate solution.

Session 13:
Lecture
 Java NIO (NIO 2) Overview
 NIO classes: Fundamentals, Path Interfaces, Manage metadata of a file or directory,
 Byte Buffers & Channels
 UDP, TCP and IP
 Communication with TCP/IP Protocol

Assignment – Lab:
 Implement to Send File Contents (two way communication Java)
 A Simple Java TCP Server and TCP Client

Session 14:
Lecture
 Java Concurrency: Using threads in Java, Life cycle of thread
 Advantages and issues
 Thread class, thread groups
 The Runnable interface

Session 15:
Lecture
 Synchronization, Inter-Thread communication
 Executor Framework overview

Assignment – Lab:
Using Multi-Threading create concurrent java application, to write data to file in a thread safe manner.
Apply Thread safety to Collection Framework API classes

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Session: 16 & 17
Lecture
 The java.io Package
 Files
 Byte Streams and Unicode Character Streams
 Persistence of objects
 Object Serialization Methods

Assignment – Lab:
Make your above Employee, manger classes objects persistent.

Session: 18
Lecture: Reflection in Java
 Java Reflection Classes, Methods, Getter Setters, Constructors, Annotations, generics, Arrays,
Dynamic method invocation

Assignment – Lab:
Create a new array, whose size and component types are not known until runtime, and then modify the
array's components

Session: 19: Java Virtual Machine

Lecture
 What is a Java Virtual Machine?
 The Lifetime of a Java Virtual Machine
 The Architecture of the Java Virtual Machine
 Java Mail
 javax.mail.internet Class ContentType
 Method
 java.lang.String, getBaseType()
 java.lang.String, getParameter(java.lang.String name)

Assignment – Lab
 Configuring JavaMail API and sending test mails
 Implement to send multiple mails, mails with attachments, calendar appointment etc.

Session 20:
Lecture
 Introduction of JDBC API
 JDBC Architecture
 JDBC Drivers
 Drivers, Connection, Statement , Prepared Statement and Result Set interfaces and their
relationship to provider implementations
 Writing JDBC Application along with DAO & POJO Layers
 Stored Procedures and functions invocation

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