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1. Introduction to Java

Java programs
Requirements
Product Versions

2. A simple Java application

Comments and JavaDoc documentation
The Java class
The “main” method
Keeping track of states

3. Real world object modelling

Software Modelling in Java
Statements, Blocks and Indentation
Coding practices

4. Classes and objects

Overloading methods
Constructors
References to other objects
Packages
Fully qualified class names
System classes
Accessing packages in other folders
The Default Package

5. Data Types, Scope and Operators

Primitive & Integral Types
Floating Point Types
The character type char
The boolean type
Converting between numeric types
Reference types
Garbage collection
The special type void
Scope of Variables
Method Arguments (or Parameters)
Local Variables
Instance (or Member) Variables
Class (or Static) Variables
Variable Shadowing and the this Reference
The finalize method
Arithmetic, Logical & Bitwise operators
Assignment Operators
Operator Precedence
Strings
Concatenation
String Length
Arrays
Initialising Arrays
Arrays of Objects
Copying, searching and Sorting

6. Flow of Execution

Nested if statements
The while Loop
The do while Loop
The for Loop
Using break and continue
The switch Statement
Methods and Recursion
Conditional Statements (the if statement)

7. Java Object Oriented Programming

Encapsulation
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Reference Types and OOP
The instanceof Operator
The Object class
The toString method
The equals method
The hashCode method
The clone method
Primitive Types Class Wrappers
Modifiers
The Access Modifiers — public, protected and private
The static modifier
The final Modifier
The abstract modifier
Constants
Interfaces and Multiple Inheritance

8. Exceptions

Exception Types
Handling Exceptions
Throwing Exceptions

9. Streams

Chaining Streams
Flushing Streams