Java SE Advanced Techniques

This course takes a deeper look into some of the advanced techniques and APIs available in contemporary Java, focussing specifically on Java 8 through Java 11. You’ll learn all about the new modular approach introduced in Java 9, as well as a thorough investigation of functional programming techniques via lambdas, functional interfaces, and streams. The course also covers important parts of the API including concurrency, data manipulation, and security.

You can use this course as part of your preparation for Oracle exam 1Z0-819, Java SE 11 Developer.

Duration

5 days

 

Prerequisites

  • At least 6 months experience as a Java developer, or attendance of our Java SE Programming course

What you'll learn

  • Modular Java
  • Functional programming techniques
  • Effective concurrency
  • Data access techniques
  • Security
  • Localization

Course details

Java Class Fundamentals

  • Final classes
  • Overview of inner classes
  • Regular inner classes
  • Method-local inner classes
  • Anonymous inner classes
  • Static nested classes
  • Enumerations

Lambda expressions

  • What are lambda expressions
  • Formal syntax for lambda expressions
  • Lambda expression simple syntax
  • Lambda expressions that return a value
  • Lambda expressions with multiple arguments
  • Lambda expressions and scope
  • Common usage scenarios

Method enhancements

  • Method references
  • Constructor references
  • Default methods
  • Static methods in interfaces

Functional interfaces

  • Function
  • UnaryOperator
  • BiFunction
  • BinaryOperator
  • Predicate
  • Consumer
  • Supplier
  • Additional new functional interfaces

Streams

  • Sequential vs. parallel streams
  • Immediate vs. terminal operations
  • Stream example
  • Lazy evaluation
  • A closer look at immediate and terminal operations
  • Primitive-specialized streams

Modular Programming in Java

  • Getting started with Java modules
  • Using the modular JDK
  • Creating a modular application
  • Creating a multi-module app
  • Modularized JARs

Going Further with Java Modules

  • Standalone applications
  • Services
  • The unnamed module
  • Automatic modules
  • Migration Strategies

Concurrency

  • Runnable and Callable classes
  • Java synchronization language features
  • Designing thread-safe classes
  • Recommendations for synchronizing resource access

Additional Multithreading Issues

  • Using concurrent collections
  • Using synchronizers and locks
  • Thread pooling techniques
  • Using the executor framework
  • Using pooling effectively

File Handling

  • Overview of working with files
  • Reading and writing text files
  • Reading and writing binary files
  • Serialization
  • Overview of NIO2
  • Basic operations
  • File visitors
  • Directory watching
  • File attributes

Accessing Databases using JDBC

  • JDBC drivers and connections
  • Statements and results
  • Obtaining metadata
  • DataSources
  • Metadata
  • JDBC escape syntax
  • Transaction management
  • Additional techniques

Annotations and Reflection

  • Understanding annotations
  • Using standard annotations
  • Defining custom annotations
  • Overview of reflection
  • Dynamic retrieval of information using reflection
  • Creating instances of extensibility objects

Security

  • Security managers
  • Policy files
  • Sandboxing
  • Cryptographic random numbers

Localization and Resource Bundles

  • Locales
  • Resource bundles
  • Locale-specific formatting and parsing