ACTS, Pune

Suggested Teaching Guidelines for

Object Oriented Programming with Java 8
PG-DBDA September 2023
Duration: 46 class room hours + 44 Lab hours

Objective: To reinforce knowledge of Java 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

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)

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 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)
Assignment – Lab:
1. Create Java Program for simple calculator, compile & test it.

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

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 & 8:
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 9:
Lecture
 Enumerations, Auto boxing, and Annotations

Assignment – Lab:
Create sample classes to understand boxing & unboxing. Use different methods of java defined
wrapper classes.

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Session 10 & 11:
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 12 & 13:

Lecture
 Generics and Collections
 TCP and IP
 Communication with TCP/IP Protocol

Assignment – Lab:
1. Implement String class and util package
2. Using the collection framework define an appropriate interface to your above application
3. Implement to Send File Contents (two way communication Java)
4. A Simple Java TCP Server and TCP Client
5. 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 14:
Lecture
 Functional Programming Overview
 Functional Interfaces
 Explore java.util.function package : Predicate, Map, Consumer, Supplier
 Lambda Expressions
 Impact of Functional programming upon Collection Framework

Session 15 & 16:

Lecture
 Introduction to Streams
 Streams vs. Collections
 java.util.stream.Stream API
 Types of Primitive Streams : IntStream,LongStream,DoubleStream & its API
 Different operations on streams : filter, map, reduce, sort, flatMap, anyMatch, count, boxing.
 Overview of Java 8 Date Time API

Assignment – Lab:
1. Process bank accounts collection using stream functions.

Session 17 & 18:

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

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Session 19:
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
 Apply multi-threading techniques to file handling and ensure thread safety.

Session: 20:
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: 21:
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: 22:
Lecture: Reflection in Java & JVM Architecture
 Why Java Reflection
 What is it ?
 Basic Reflection API for finding out details of the class name, super classes & interfaces.
 What is a Java Virtual Machine?
 The Architecture of the Java Virtual Machine

Assignment – Lab:
Implement Java reflection API for Modifying and finding out details of the class name, super classes &
interfaces.

Session 23:
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
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 Stored Procedures and functions invocation

Assignment – Lab:
 Build an application to get student’s details using database.
 Invoke stored procedure & a function.

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