ACTS, Pune

Suggested Teaching Guidelines for

Duration: 26 Classroom hours + 24 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

List of Books / Other training material

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

Note: Each session having 2 Hours

Session 1&2
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 3:
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)

Session 4:
Lecture
• Packages and Classpath
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• 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 5:
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 6:
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 7:
Lecture
• Enumerations, Auto boxing, and Annotations
• Lambda Expressions
• Java 8 New Features

Session 8 & 9 :
Lecture
• Java API: java.util, java.lang, java.math, java.io

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

Session 10:
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

Session 11:
Lecture
• Functional Programming Overview
• Functional Interfaces
• Explore java.util.function package : Predicate,Map,Consumer,Supplier
• Impact of Functional programming upon Collection Framework

Session 12:
Lecture
• Java Concurrency: Using threads in Java, Life cycle of thread
• Advantages and issues
• Thread class, thread groups
• The Runnable interface

Session 13:
Lecture
• Synchronization, Inter-Thread communication
• Executor Framework overview
• Files
• Byte Streams and Unicode Character Streams
• Persistence of objects
• Object Serialization Methods

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