General Presentation

• Introduction.
• Fundamental principles of Object-Oriented Programming: Abstraction/Encapsulation.
• Fundamental principles of Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance.
• General presentation: the Language.
• The Tools and the Library.
• Releases of Java.

Syntax, Types and Expressions

• Syntactic structure of a Java application.
• Syntax example of a simplified application.
• External view of a class: Use Syntax.
• Internal view of a class: Implementation Syntax.
• Concept of Type.
• Compared use of Primitive Types and Object Types.
• Simple use of Primitive Types: Integers, Floats, Characters and Booleans.
• Concept of Expression.
• Examples of Declarations: Variables and Constants.
• Compared declarations of Primitive Types and Object Types.
• Using Operators with Objects.
• Special case of Static Fields or Class Variables.
• Conversions between Primitive Types and Object Types.
• Code Conventions.

Methods and Statements

• Syntax of Method Calls.
• Class Methods and Instance Methods.
• Definition and Use of Methods.
• Method Overriding.
• Concept of Sub-Block.
• Categories of Statements.
• Main Control Statements: ?if?, ?while?, ?for?, ?return?, ?break?.

Using Abstraction

• Simple example of Use of an Object: Declaration, Instantiation or Creation, Delegation.
• Using Object Constructors.
• Using the Programming Interface of Objects: example of the Date class.
• A very useful class: the String class.
• Characteristics of Character Strings.
• Using the StringBuffer class: example of use of Method Overloading.

Using Inheritance

• Reminder of the Inheritance Principle and Terminology.
• Using Inheritance.
• Example of Inheritance Graph.
• The Object class and Genericity.
• Using Polymorphism.
• Specialization of a Polymorphic Reference.
• Typing of References / Typing of Objects.
• Behavior of Methods and Typing.
• Genericity of Collection Classes: example of the Vector class.
• New Features in Java 5 (Tiger): Generics.

Using Interface

• Implicit/Explicit Interface of a Class.
• Syntax of Explicit Interfaces.
• Use case of Interface References: Flexibility, Scope Reduction, Polymorphism.
• Example of Implementation of Multiple Interfaces.
• Synthesis of the benefit of Interfaces for Methods.
• Using Interfaces for Constants.
• Advanced examples of Use of Interfaces.

Developing Classes

• Methodological Approach; Static, Dynamic and Business Analysis.
• UML Notation: Class, State and Sequence Diagrams.
• Class Skeleton: Basic Components, Tools of Code Automatic Generation.
• Additional information about Access Rights.
• Organizing Packages.
• Constraints related to Packages.
• Implementing Constructors.
• Default Constructor.
• Additional information about the Implementation of Constructors.
• Self Reference ?this?.
• Static Fields and Methods.
• ?main? Method

Developing Interfaces

• Syntax of Interfaces, case of Constants.
• Definition of Interfaces for Methods.
• Implementing and Extending Multiple Interfaces.
• Partial Implementation of Interface.
• Examples and additional information about the Use of Interfaces.

Developing Derived Classes

• Reminder of the Principles.
• Methodological Approach for a Decomposition in Classes.
• Abstract Methods and Classes.
• Interfaces and Abstract Classes.
• Inheritance and Access Rights of Fields.
• Inheritance and Call of Constructors.
• Overriding and Overloading.

Exceptions

• Principles and Event Sequence.
• Catching and Handling an Exception.
• Throwing an Exception.
• Unchecked Exceptions.
• Simple example with Exception Handling.