JAVA EE ->J2SE -> CORE JAVA

• After all having a lot number of programming languages
• Why JAVA; yet another language!!!
• AND NOW WHY ONLY JAVA???

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

• What is Java?
• History
• Versioning
• The Java Virtual Machine
• Writing a Java Program
• Packages
• Simple Java Programs

CHAPTER 2: LANGUAGE COMPONENTS

• Primitive Data Types
• Comments
• The for Statement
• The if Statement
• The while and do while Statements
• The switch Statement
• The break Statement
• The continue Statement
• Operators
• Casts and Conversions
• Keywords

CHAPTER 3: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

• Defining New Data Types
• Constructors
• The String Class
• String Literals
• Documentation
• Packages
• The StringBuffer Class
• Naming Conventions
• The Date Class
• The import Statement
• Deprecation
• The StringTokenizer Class
• The DecimalFormat Class

CHAPTER 4: METHODS

• Introduction
• Method Signatures
• Arguments and Parameters
• Passing Objects to Methods
• Method Overloading
• Static Methods
• The Math Class
• The System Class
• Wrapper Classes

CHAPTER 5: ARRAYS

• Introduction
• Processing Arrays
• Copying Arrays
• Passing Arrays to Methods
• Arrays of Objects
• The Arrays Class
• Command Line Arguments
• Multidimensional Arrays

CHAPTER 6: ENCAPSULATION

• Introduction
• Constructors
• The this Reference
• Data Hiding
• public and private Members
• Access Levels
• Composition
• Static Data Members

CHAPTER 7: INHERITANCE & POLYMORPHISM

• Introduction
• A Simple Example
• The Object Class
• Method Overriding
• Polymorphism
• Additional Inheritance Examples
• Other Inheritance Issues

CHAPTER 8: ABSTRACT CLASSES AND INTERFACES

• Introduction
• Abstract Classes
• Abstract Class Example
• Extending an Abstract Class
• Interfaces

CHAPTER 9: EXCEPTIONS

• Introduction
• Exception Handling
• The Exception Hierarchy
• Checked Exceptions
• Advertising Exceptions with throws
• Developing Your Own Exception Classes
• The finally Block

CHAPTER 10: INPUT AND OUTPUT IN JAVA

• Introduction
• The File Class
• Standard Streams
• Keyboard Input
• File I/O Using Byte Streams
• Character Streams
• File I/O Using Character Streams
• Buffered Streams
• File I/O Using a Buffered Stream
• Keyboard Input Using a Buffered Stream
• Writing Text Files

CHAPTER 11: THREADS

• Threads vs. Processes
• Creating Threads by Extending Thread
• Creating Threads by Implementing Runnable
• Advantages of Using Threads
• Daemon Threads
• Thread States
• Thread Problems
• Synchronization

CHAPTER 12: COLLECTIONS

• Introduction
• Vectors
• Hashtables
• Enumerations
• Properties
• Collection Framework Hierarchy
• Lists
• Sets
• Maps
• The Collections Class

CHAPTER 13: NETWORKING

• Networking Fundamentals
• The Client/Server Model
• InetAddress
• URLs
• Sockets
• A Time-of-Day Client
• Writing Servers
• Client/Server Example

J2EE -> ADVANCED JAVA

Database Programming using the JDBC API:

CHAPTER 1: JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (JDBC)

• Introduction
• Relational Databases
• Structured Query Language
• A Sample Program
• Transactions
• Meta Data
• The X/OPEN Call Level Interfaces
• Database Connectivity & ODBC Concepts
• The JDBC mechanism-Connecting to a DB
• Types of JDBC Drivers
• The steps in implementing a JDBC application
• Types of statements, Result Sets etc.
• Introduction to JDBC 3.0 AP!

Java Servlet v2.4 Technology:

• CGI Vs Servlets
• Introduction to web designing
• Introduction to the web servers
• HTTP Protocol-Status codes, request methods
• Deployment descriptors
• Servlet Lifecycle
• Types of servlets
• Servlet API
• Sessions & Session tracking
• Cookies
• Servlet changing and dispatching
• Filtering

Java Server Pages:

• Overview
• Comparing with the other technologies
• JSP Architecture
• Implicit Objects
• Elements of JSP (Comments, Experessions, Scriptlets, Declarations, actions)
• JSP Directives

Pageilinclude, taglib

• Scopes
• JSP & JDBC
• JSP & Java Beans-The 'use bean' tag
• Tag Libraries (JSTL)

Case Study 1

• Convert the previous site from servlets using the JSPs

Case Study 2

Introduction to Distributed computing

Frameworks

SPRINGS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SPRING

• What is Spring?
• Overview of the Spring Framework
• Spring Philosophies
• Spring Documentation
• Java 5 Language Features

CHAPTER 2: A FIRST LOOK AT SPRING

• A Simple Example
• Wiring Beans
• Configuring a Properties File
• Schema-Based Configuration

CHAPTER 3: BEANS AND CONTAINERS

• Spring Containers
• Spring Configuration File
• Spring Beans
• Using the Container
• The BeanFactory Interface
• Singleton vs. Prototype
• Bean Naming
• Dependency Injection
• Setter Injection
• Constructor Injection

CHAPTER 4: THE APPLICATION CONTEXT

• The ApplicationContext Interface
• Accessing Application Components
• Accessing Resources
• Internationalization with MessageSource
• Application Events

CHAPTER 5: DATA VALIDATION AND CONVERSION

• The Validator Interface
• The Errors Interface
• The ValidationUtils Class
• Validator Example
• Testing the Validator
• Property Editors
• Custom Property Editors

CHAPTER 6: ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

• Aspect-Oriented Programming
• AOP Concepts
• AOP Proxies
• The AOP Alliance
• Types of Advice
• AOP Example
• Introductions

CHAPTER 7: USING JDBC WITH SPRING

• A Simpler Approach
• The JdbcTemplate Class
• Exception Translation
• Updating with the JdbcTemplate
• Queries using the JdbcTemplate
• Mapping Results to Java Objects

CHAPTER 8: USING HIBERNATE WITH SPRING

• What is Hibernate?
• Hibernate Sessions
• The HibernateTemplate
• Sample Class and Mapping File
• Creating and Saving a New Entity
• Locating an Existing Entity
• Updating an Existing Entity
• Hibernate Query Language
• Executing Queries

CHAPTER 9: SPRING WEB MVC - PART 1

• Spring Web MVC
• The DispatcherServlet
• Writing a Controller
• A Simple View Page
• Configuring the Controller
• Adding a View Resolver
• Adding a Message Bundle
• Adding Business Classes
• Adding Test Data
• Accessing a Database
• Adding a Form
• Updating the Database
• Integrating Hibernate

CHAPTER 10: SPRING WEB MVC - PART 2

• Handler Mappings
• View Resolution
• Chaining View Resolvers
• Controllers
• AbstractWizardFormController

HIBERNATE

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH HIBERNATE

• What is Hibernate?
• Preparing to Use Hibernate
• Configuring Hibernate
• JDBC and Datasource Properties
• Other Configuration Properties
• Hibernate Sessions
• Writing Classes for Hibernate Applications
• Sample Class and Database Table
• Sample Class and Mapping Diagram
• Creating and Saving a New Entity
• Locating an Existing Entity
• Updating an Existing Entity
• Deleting an Entity
• Executing an HQL Query
• Schema Generation
• Programmatic Configuration

CHAPTER 2: MAPPING PERSISTENT CLASSES

• Class Annotations
• Access Type
• Property Annotations
• Hibernate Types
• Entities and Values
• Mapping Embeddable Types
• Compound Keys
• Generated Keys

CHAPTER 3: INHERITANCE

• Mapping Class Inheritance
• Table Per Class Hierarchy
• Table Per Subclass
• Table Per Concrete Class

CHAPTER 4: COLLECTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

• Mapping Collections
• Initializing Collections
• Sample Application - UML Diagram
• Sample Application - Database Schema
• Implementing Associations
• Mapping Associations

CHAPTER 5: HIBERNATE QUERY LANGUAGE

• HQL Basics
• HQL Expressions
• HQL Functions
• Polymorphic Queries
• Executing Queries
• Scrollable Results
• Named Queries
• Associations and Joins
• Inner Joins
• Outer Joins
• Sample Queries

APPENDIX A: WORKING WITH THE LAB FILES

• Importing the Eclipse Project
• Working with MySQL
• Creating Tables for the Training Application
• Hibernate Console Configuration

Design Patterns

• Overview
• Types of patterns
• Factory pattern
• Signleton Pattern
• Front Controller
• Session Facade
• Message Facade
• DAO
• DTO
• Intercepting filter

SOAP Web Services

CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW OF WEB SERVICES

• Why Web Services?
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• HTTP and XML
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
• Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)
• The WS-I Basic and Related Profiles
• REST

CHAPTER 2. WEB SERVICES FOR JAVA EE

• Hosting Web Services: Scenarios
• Invoking Web Services: Scenarios
• Web Services for Java EE (WS4JEE)
• The Automated Approach: JAX-WS and JAXB
• Manual Options: SAAJ and JAXP
• Portable Web-Services Metadata
• Service Registries: JAXR

CHAPTER 3. THE SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL

• Messaging Model
• Namespaces
• SOAP over HTTP
• The SOAP Envelope
• The Message Header
• The Message Body
• SOAP Faults
• Attachments

CHAPTER 4. THE JAVA API FOR XML BINDING

• The Need for Data Binding
• XML Schema
• Two Paths
• JAXB Compilation
• Mapping Schema Types to Java
• Java-to-XML Mapping Using Annotations
• Marshaling and Unmarshaling
• Working with JAXB Object Models
• In-Memory Validation

CHAPTER 5. WEB SERVICES DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

• Web Services as Component-Based Software
• The Need for an IDL
• Web Services Description Language
• WSDL Information Model
• The Abstract Model -- Service Semantics
• Message Description
• Messaging Styles
• The Concrete Model -- Ports, Services, Locations
• Extending WSDL -- Bindings
• Service Description

CHAPTER 6. THE JAVA API FOR XML-BASED WEB SERVICES

• Two Paths
• How It Works: Build Time and Runtime
• The Service Endpoint Interface
• Working from WSDL
• Working from Java
• RPC and Document Styles
• One-Way Messaging
• Binary Protocols

CHAPTER 7. WSDL-TO-JAVA DEVELOPMENT

• The @WebService Annotation
• Generated Code
• Compilation and Assembly
• Deployment
• Runtime Behavior
• Scope of Code Generation
• More JAXB: Mapping Collections
• More JAXB: Mapping Enumerations

CHAPTER 8. CLIENT-SIDE DEVELOPMENT

• Stubs and Proxies
• Generated Code
• Locating a Service
• Invoking a Service

CHAPTER 9. JAVA-TO-WSDL DEVELOPMENT

• The @WebMethod, @XmlParam, and Related Annotations
• Scope of Code Generation
• More JAXB: Mapping Inheritance
• Controlling the XML Model
• Controlling the WSDL Description

CHAPTER 10. JAX-WS BEST PRACTICES

• Which Way to Go?
• Interoperability Impact
• Portability Impact
• Polymorphism in Web Services
• Web Services as Java EE Components
• Lifecycle Annotations
• Context Interfaces
• The @WebServiceRef Annotation

CHAPTER 11. PROVIDER AND DISPATCH APIS

• Stepping Down
• The Provider Interface
• Implementing a Provider
• JAXB Without WSDL
• Integrating JAXP
• The Dispatch Interface
• Building Clients

CHAPTER 12. THE SOAP WITH ATTACHMENTS API FOR JAVA

• The SAAJ Object Model
• Parsing a SOAP Message
• Reading Message Content
• Working with Namespaces
• Creating a Message
• Setting Message Content

CHAPTER 13. MESSAGE HANDLERS

• Handling SOAP Headers
• Servlet Endpoint Context
• MessageContext and SOAPMessageContext
• Message Handlers and Handler Chains
• Processing Model and Patterns
• Client-Side Handlers

CHAPTER 14. EJBS AS WEB SERVICES

• Enterprise JavaBeans
• Three Tiers for Java EE
• EJB3 and JAX-WS
• Session Beans as Web Service Endpoints
• The Bean's Service Endpoint Interface
• SOAP as an EJB Protocol
• Pitfalls

CHAPTER 15. HANDLING BINARY CONTENT

• The WS-I Attachments Profile
• Using base64Binary
• MIME Attachments
• JAX-WS Support
• MTOM and XOP
• SAAJ Support

APPENDIX A. LEARNING RESOURCES

APPENDIX B. COMPATIBILITY AND MIGRATION

• JAX-RPC
• Comparing JAX-RPC and JAX-WS
• Using JAX-RPC and JAX-WS Together
• SOAP

Restful Web Services

OVERVIEW OF WEB SERVICES

• Why Web Services?
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• HTTP and XML
• SOAP
• WSDL
• REST
• UDDI
• The WS-I Basic Profile
• Security

WEB SERVICES FOR JAVA EE

• Hosting Web Services: Scenarios
• Web Services for Java EE
• JAX-WS and JAXB
• Web-Services Metadata
• WSDL-to-Java and Java-to-WSDL Paths
• Provider and Dispatch APIs
• SAAJ and JAXP
• JAX-RS for RESTful Services
• JAXR

THE JAVA API FOR XML BINDING

• The Need for Data Binding
• XML Schema
• Two Paths
• JAXB Compilation
• Mapping Schema Types to Java
• Java-to-XML Mapping Using Annotations
• Marshaling and Unmarshaling
• Working with JAXB Object Models

THE JAVA API FOR RESTFUL SERVICES

• Applications
• Resources
• Sub-Resources
• Providers
• Scanning and @ApplicationPath

DISPATCHING REQUESTS TO METHODS

• The Application Path
• The @Path Annotation
• The HTTP Method Annotations
• Sub-Resource Locators
• Annotation Inheritance and overriding

PARAMETER AND RETURN TYPES

• Simple Parameter Types
• @Consumes and @Produces Annotations
• @XXXParam Annotations
• The @DefaultValue Annotation
• Return Types
• Binary Content
• Delivering a File

ENTITIES AND COMPLEX CONTENT

• Entity Providers
• Built-In Entity Providers
• Working with XML
• Driving XML Representations from Schema

CONTEXT AND LIFECYCLE

• Reading Web Resources
• Finding Java EE Components
• Finding Databases
• Security Contexts

APPENDIX A. COURSE TOOLS AND UTILITIES

APPENDIX B. HANDY GUIDE TO WEB-SERVICES ACRONYMS

SERVERS

• TOMCAT 5.5/6.0
• Web logic 10.X
• Web sphere 6.X
• JBOSS 4.X

IDES

• Eclipse 3.X, My Eclipse
• Net beans 5.5/6.X
• RAD 6.X

EXTRA TOOLS

• Log4I
• ANT
• JUNIT
• Jquery
• HTML
• Java Script
• Maven