Java Advanced Programming: Level 1

• 1.0 Inheritance Fundamentals
• 1.1 What is Inheritance?
• 1.2 Why Use Inheritance?
• 1.3 Inheritance Rules
• 1.4 Inheritance Examples
• 1.5 Extending a Class
• 1.6 Defining Subclass Constructors
• 1.7 Constructor Call Chain
• 1.8 Calling Parent Constructors
• 1.9 Passing Values to Parent Constructors
• 1.10 Overriding Methods
• 1.11 The Object Class
• 1.12 The to String Method

• 2.0 Advanced Inheritance
• 2.1 Preventing Inheritance
• 2.2 Abstract Classes
• 2.3 Defining an Abstract Class
• 2.4 The Instance of Operator
• 2.5 Casting Objects
• 2.6 Casting Upwards
• 2.7 Casting Downwards
• 2.8 Polymorphism
• 2.9 Dynamic Method Dispatch
• 2.10 Using Dynamic Method Dispatch
• 2.11 Comparing Objects

• 3.0 Interfaces & Inner Classes
• 3.1 What is an Interface?
• 3.2 Defining an Interface
• 3.3 Implementing an Interface
• 3.4 Interface References
• 3.5 The Enumeration Interface
• 3.6 Cloning Objects
• 3.7 Example Clone Method
• 3.8 Inner Classes
• 3.9 Inner Class Scope
• 3.10 Inner Class Examples
• 3.11 Anonymous Inner Classes

Java Advanced Programming: Level 2

• 1.0 Exception Handling
• 1.1 Overview of Exception Handling
• 1.2 Types of Exceptions
• 1.3 The Try/Catch Model
• 1.4 Why Throw an Exception?
• 1.5 Throwing Exceptions
• 1.6 Why Catch an Exception?
• 1.7 Exception Class Hierarchy
• 1.8 Problematic Code
• 1.9 The Catch All
• 1.10 Examining Exceptions
• 1.11 Re-trying Problematic Code
• 1.12 Specifying Possible Exceptions
• 1.13 Throwing an Exception
• 1.14 Exception Handling Example
• 1.15 Custom Exceptions
• 1.16 Cleaning Up

• 2.0 Introduction to java I/O
• 2.1 Overview of Input & Output
• 2.2 Data Sinks
• 2.3 Streams
• 2.4 Data & Character Streams
• 2.5 Sink Classes
• 2.6 Filter Classes
• 2.7 I/O Exception Class Hierarchy
• 2.8 Handling I/O Exceptions
• 2.9 The Abstract Input Stream Class
• 2.10 The Abstract Output Stream Class
• 2.11 Standard Input Example
• 2.12 Stacking Streams
• 2.13 Filtering Standard Input

• 3.0 Working with Files
• 3.1 The File Class
• 3.2 File Class Examples
• 3.3 Directory Listing Example
• 3.4 Filtered Directory Listings
• 3.5 File Writer Example
• 3.6 File Reader Example
• 3.7 Simple File Input Example
• 3.8 Line Number Reader Example
• 3.9 Random Access Files
• 3.10 Random Access File Class
• 3.11 Random Access Example

• 4.0 Advanced Java I/O
• 4.1 Overview of Object Serialization
• 4.2 Writing Objects to a File
• 4.3 Reading Objects from a File
• 4.4 Working with Zip Files
• 4.5 Zip File Structure
• 4.6 Zip Entry Structure
• 4.7 Extracting Files
• 4.8 Extracting Files Example
• 4.9 Compressing Files
• 4.10 Compressing Files Example

Java Advanced Programming: Level 3

• 1.0 Java Classes
• 1.1 Overview of Wrapper Classes
• 1.2 Wrapper Classes
• 1.3 Boolean Class
• 1.4 The Byte Class
• 1.5 The Character Class
• 1.6 The Short Class
• 1.7 The Integer Class
• 1.8 The Long Class
• 1.9 The Float Class
• 1.10 The Double Class
• 1.11 The Big Decimal Class
• 1.12 The Big Integer Class
• 1.13 The Math Class
• 1.14 Working with Delimited Files

• 2.0 Java Dates
• 2.1 Overview of Dates
• 2.2 Date Formats
• 2.3 The Date Class
• 2.4 The Date Example
• 2.5 Gregorian Calendar Class
• 2.6 Gregorian Calendar Examples
• 2.7 Comparing Calendars
• 2.8 The Date Format Class
• 2.9 Formatting Dates
• 2.10 Formatting International Dates
• 2.11 Parsing Dates

• 3.0 Storage Collections
• 3.1 Collections Framework
• 3.2 Types of Collections
• 3.3 Data Examples
• 3.4 Set Collection Classes
• 3.5 List Collection Classes
• 3.6 Map Collection Classes
• 3.7 Collection Interfaces
• 3.8 The Collection Interface
• 3.9 The List Interface
• 3.10 The Map Interface
• 3.11 The Collections Class
• 3.12 Sorting Vectors
• 3.13 Working with Stacks
• 3.14 Linked Lists
• 3.15 Working with Maps

• 4.0 Multi-Threading
• 4.1 Overview of Threads
• 4.2 Why Use Threads?
• 4.3 Thread Example
• 4.4 Threat Lifecycle
• 4.5 Creating Threads
• 4.6 Extending the Thread Class
• 4.7 Spawning Threads
• 4.8 Using the Runable Interface
• 4.9 Changing Priorities
• 4.10 Exclusive Data Locking
• 4.11 Synchronized Methods
• 4.12 Synchronized Blocks
• 4.13 Thread Communication
• 4.14 The Producer Consumer Model

Java Advanced Programming: Level 4

• 1.0 Java Networking
• 1.1 Why Network?
• 1.2 Overview of Networking
• 1.3 Common Ports
• 1.4 Making a Connection
• 1.5 Networking Classes
• 1.6 The InetAddress Class
• 1.7 The URL Class
• 1.8 Overview of Sockets
• 1.9 Creating a Server
• 1.10 Server Example
• 1.11 Creating a Client
• 1.12 Client Example
• 1.13 Transferring Objects
• 1.14 Object Server Example
• 1.15 Object Client Example

• 2.0 Sending E-Mail with Java
• 2.1 Why E-Mail
• 2.2 Overview of JavaMail
• 2.3 Mail Protocols
• 2.4 JavaMail Architecture
• 2.5 Obtaining & Installing JavaMail
• 2.6 JavaBeans Activation Framework
• 2.7 Downloading & Installing JAF

• 2.8 Overview of Packages
• 2.9 Overview of Classes
• 2.10 Message Structure
• 2.11 Sending a Message
• 2.12 Sending Attachments
• 2.13 Listing Messages
• 2.14 Displaying Messages
• 2.15 Saving Attachments

• 3.0 Remote Java Objects
• 3.1 Remote Objects
• 3.2 Relationships
• 3.3 RMI Environment
• 3.4 Overview of Classes & Interfaces
• 3.5 Setting up RMI
• 3.6 Creating the Interface
• 3.7 Creating the Server Class
• 3.8 Example Server Class
• 3.9 Generating the Stub Object
• 3.10 Registry Server
• 3.11 Creating the Client Class
• 3.12 Example Client Class