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This course is for experienced Java programmers who are preparing to take the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform Examination 310-025.

Java and Object-Oriented Fundamentals provides an overview of the fundamentals of the Java language and object-oriented programming.
Declarations, Flow Control, and Exception Handling shows users how to declare variables and methods and how to use Java statements to control the flow of programs and handle exceptions.
Classes, Interfaces, Methods, and Garbage Collection shows users how to declare classes and interfaces, how to overload and override methods, and how Java's garbage-collection mechanism works.
Threads explains how multithreading works and how it is supported by Java.

During the courses, you will learn how to:

Identify correctly constructed package declarations, import statements, and method declarations
Identify all Java Programming Language keywords and correctly constructed identifiers
Describe the range of all primitive data types
Declare literal values for String and all primitive types
Determine the result of applying any operator to operands of any type, class, scope, or accessibility
Describe the basic concepts and techniques of object-oriented programming
Declare variables and methods making appropriate use of all permitted modifiers
Describe the significance of all modifiers
Identify correctly constructed variable and method declarations
State the legal return types for any method
Write code using if and switch statements
Write code using all forms of loops
Write code that makes proper use of exceptions and exception-handling clauses
Declare classes and interfaces
Identify correctly constructed class and interface declarations
Identify correctly constructed implementations
Write code to construct instances of any concrete class
Write code to invoke overridden or overloaded methods
State the behavior that is guaranteed by the garbage collection system
Write code that explicitly makes objects eligible for collection
Write code to define, instantiate, and start new threads
Recognize conditions that might prevent a thread from executing
Write code to protect against concurrent access problems and to communicate between threads
Define the interaction between threads, and between threads and object locks

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Certificates of Completion
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Exercises -- try it out
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Hotwords - See related information
Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
Microsoft Approved Courseware Logo - to prepare you for a Microsoft certification
Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
Course Glossary
Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.