EC25 - Java SE 5 'Tiger' Programming Upgrade
Duration1 Day (customisation)
Availability

Course Description

This course is designed for developers with some experience of Java SE 1.4 or earlier who require an an upgrade to Java SE 5 ('Tiger') features.

Pre-requisites

The student should be familiar with Java 1.4 or earlier.

Objectives

This course provides students with the skills to use Java SE 5 features. The syntax of the language features are covered in detail and best practises are discussed.

During the course the student will have the opportunity to use the features to ensure that the concepts and statements taught are fully understood and practical experience is gained.

The course is taught using a choice of IDE.

Environment

Development will be performed using:

  • Eclipse
  • NetBeans
  • Websphere Studio Application Developer
  • Rational Application Developer
  • JBuilder
  • the Java Development Kit (JDK) plus a text editor

Customisation

For on-site courses (i.e. at your premises), we are more than happy to tailor the course agenda to suit your exact requirements. In many cases, we are able to build your in-house standards and naming conventions into the delivered course.

Course Details

GENERICS
Parameterised Collections
Parameterised Types And Iterators
Parameterised Maps
Passing Parameterised Types As Method Arguments
Sorting Data With Generics
ADVANCED GENERICS
Type Conversion With Generics
Wildcards
Writing Generic Types
Restricting Type Parameters
Generic Methods
ENUMS
Switching On Enums
Enum Maps
Adding Methods To Enums
AUTOBOXING AND UNBOXING
Incrementing And Decrementing
Comparing Values
Control Statements And Unboxing
Calling Methods And Autoboxing
VARARGS
Sending Arguments
How Do We Use The Data?
ANNOTATIONS
The Override Annotation
The Deprecated Annotation
The Suppresswarnings Annotation
THE FOR-IN STATEMENT
Writing Your Own Iterable Classes
STATIC IMPORTS
Static Imports And Enums
Importing Multiple Members With The Same Name
FORMATTING
Formatting Options
Precision
Width
Argument
Flags
VARIOUS NEW FEATURES
Arrays
Queues
Overriding Return Types
Stringbuilder

Course Format

Practical sessions make up a large part of the course, allowing delegates to demonstrate and reinforce the lectures given.

Examples are used extensively. These are supplied at the start of the course and it is encouraged that the delegates execute and ‘experiment’ with these under the instructor’s guidance as they are introduced.

These examples are available to take away, along with the delegate’s own work.

The comprehensive Student Guide supplied is fully indexed serving as a useful reference tool long after the course has finished. Delegates will also be able to access a free help-line with technical questions relating to topics covered on the course.