Core Java Syllabus

1.	Introduction to Java                         6 hrs
	Evolution of Java Object Oriented Programming Structure Internet Programming & its requirements Platform Independency & Portability Security Relation b/w JVM, JRE and JDK Description of a Simple Java Program Introduction to JAR format Naming Conventions
2.	OOPs Implementation                         30 hrs
	Classes and Objects Defining attributes and methods Implementing data encapsulation Relation b/w objects and reference variables Constructors and Anonymous block Method Overloading Static Data members, Block & methods Understanding Memory structure Stack Heap Class & Method area Understanding Class loading & Execution flow Static vs Dyanmic class loading Implicit vs Explicit class loading Sequence of operations performed at the time of class loading Argument Passing Mechanism & Wrapper classes Passing primitive arguments Passing objects Wrapper classes & their use Usage of this keyword Referencing instance members Intra class constructor chaining Method chaining Inheritance & code reusability Extending classes for code reusability Usage of super keyword Method Overriding Object class and its role Inheritance & Runtime polymorphism Static & Dynamic binding Inheritance and Is-A relation Runtime polymorphism and generalization Abstract classes & methods final keyword Interfaces and Role based Inheritance Difference b/w Feature & Role based Inheritance Difference b/w Static & Dynamic classing Environment Difference b/w classes & interfaces Use of interfaces in real scenarios Implementing Has-A relation Difference b/w Aggregation & Composition Nested classes and their role Inner classes Anonymous Inner classes Package & Scopes Need of packages Associating classes to packages Understanding Classpath environment variable import keyword and feature of static import public, protected, private & default scope Private Inheritance and its use Examples of private inheritance
3.	Exception Handling                          6 hrs
	Difference b/w exception and error Exception Handling & Robustness Common Exceptions and Errors try and catch block Exception handlers & importance of their order throw keyword and its usage throws keyword and its usage Checked and Unchecked Exceptions Role of finally Creating User defined Exceptions
4.	MultiThreading in Java                      10 hrs
	Multitasking and Multithreading Thread based execution model of Java Applications Relation b/w Runnable interface and Thread class States of Thread Implementing User threads Thread synchronization & mutual exclusivity Inter Thread communication and Thread scheduling Understanding and using Monitor Thread deadlock and Interrupting Threads ThreadGroup and its use Daemon Threads and their use
5.	Input Output Streams                        8 hrs
	Streams & their advantages over conventional input output Commonly used byte oriented streams Commonly used character oriented streams Reading & writing data from different streams Redirecting Standard input & output streams Serialization Use of transient keyword Role of serialversionUID File class and File System Interaction Scanner class StreamTokenizer and StringTokenizer
6.	Networking                                  6 hrs
	InetAddress class and Factory Design Pattern Understanding socket and port TCP/IP based networking using Socket & Server Socket UDP based networking using DatagramSocket and DatagramPacket HTTP based networking using URL and URLConnection
7.	Reflection                                  4 hrs
	Understanding object representation of classes Loading classes dynamically Instantiating classes indirectly Obtaining information of classes dynamically Invoking methods indirectly Referencing data members indirectly Overriding access policy and referencing private members
8.	Collection Framework                        16 hrs
	Role and Importance of Collection Framework Use of List & Set based collection Use of Iterator & ListIterator Use of Maps Searching elements in List, Hash and Tree based collections Role of equals and hashCode() methods Role of Comparable and Comparator interfaces Thread safety and Vector Difference b/w Enumeration and Iterator Type safety and Generics Common algorithms and Collections class Using Properties class for managing properties files
9.	I18n or Internationalization                    4 hrs
	Role of Locale class in i18n Using NumberFormat class for applying number & currency formatting Using DateFormat class for applying date & time formatting Using ResourceBundle and properties files for internationalizing textual contents.
10.	Database Connectivity Using JDBC 4.x        10 hrs
	Overview of native and ODBC Drivers Introduction to JDBC Type of JDBC drivers Using different type of drivers Defining properties based Connection Factory Performing basic database operations Insert Delete Update select PreparedStatement Difference b/w Statement & PreparedStatement Setting Query parameters Executing Queries CallabeStatement Creating PL/SQL Stored procedures and functions Creating Callable statements Executing procedures & functions Misc Batch Updation Transacting queries Programmatic initialization of database Scrollabe & Updatable Resultset ResultSetMetaData DatabaseMetaData Connection Pooling and DataSource Implementation of DAO design pattern