Java 5 Update
| Duration: |
1 day |
| Type: |
intermediate |
Description
This workshop enables experienced Java developers to update their programming skills by
learning and applying features introduced in the latest version of the language
Prerequisites
Delegates should be experienced Java developers
List of Modules
Miscellaneous Improvements
Importing static members of a class
Methods with variable argument lists
Boxing primitive types into objects
Enhanced For Loop
The syntax of the new loop
Iterating over arrays and collections
Iterating over generic collections
Iterating over custom types via Iterable
Enumerated Types
Why Java historically lacked enum support
The typesafe enumeration design pattern
Declaring enumerations in Java 5
The link between enums and classes
The java.lang.Enum base class
Extending enums with new members
Static methods added to enum types
New collections which support enums
Annotations
Adding metadata to Java code
The advantages of annotations
Annotations vs. configuration files
Declaring Java 1.5 annotation types
Understanding meta-annotations
Adding methods to annotation types
Defining default values for methods
Discovering annotations with reflection
Generics in Java Part 1
The evolution of Generics in Java
Generics as a compile time construct
Generics verses templates in C++
Comparing Generics and inheritance
Working with generic collection classes
Introducing the java.lang.Class<T> type
Support for Generics in the Reflection API
Generics in Java Part 2
Declaring generic classes and methods
Using the wildcard type in utility methods
Defining constraints with bounded wildcards
Adding generics to existing Java code
Threading Library Enhancements
Changes made to the Java Memory Model
Creating threads using Executor objects and futures
More complex ways of acquiring and releasing locks
New thread-friendly additions to the Collections library
Input/Output Enhancements
String parsing with the Scanner class
Pretty-printing with the Formatter class