Students who can benefit from this course are engineers and developers who will be responsible for developing, deploying and configuring new Java CAPS 6 implementations who require an introduction to the supporting Java Enterprise Edition technologies.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be:

• Competent in creating programs in a programming language
• Able to create and edit text files using a text editor
• Familiar with distributed programming (multi-tier architecture)
• Familiar with relational database and the basics of structured query language (SQL)
• Familiar with concepts of component-based software development

• Understand the basics of the Java Programming Language
• Develop Object Oriented Java applications
• Describe the application model for the Java EE platform
• Develop simple Web and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) Components
• Develop Java Web Services components and clients

Module 1 - Getting Started

• Examine Java Technology
• Analyze a simple Java Technology Application
• Use comments in a source program
• Execute a Java technology application

Module 2 - Object Oriented Programming Basics

• Define class, member, attribute, method, constructor, and package
• Use the access modifiers private and public as appropriate for the guidelines of encapsulation
• Invoke a method on a particular object
• Use the Java technology API online documentation

Module 3 - Java Language Basics

• Understand Java programming language syntax
• Understand primitive and reference type variables
• Create and initialize objects
• Distinguish between instance and local variables

Module 4 - Arrays

• Declare and create arrays
• Understand how array elements are initialized
• Determine the number of elements in an array
• Create a multidimensional array

Module 5 - Class Design

• Define inheritance, polymorphism, overriding, and virtual method invocation
• Use the access modifiers protected and the default (package-friendly)
• Describe the complete object construction and initialization operation

Module 6 - Advanced Class Design

• Create static and final keywords
• Create abstract classes and methods
• Create and use interfaces and enumerated types

Module 7 - Exception Handling and Basic I/O

• Define exceptions
• Use try, catch, and finally statements
• Describe exception categories
• Develop programs to handle your own exceptions

Module 8 - Developing Java SE Applications (Collections, Generics, JDBC)

• Describe the core interfaces in the Collections framework
• Use generic collections
• Understand I/O fundamentals
• Describe the JDBC programming model

Module 9 - Getting Started with the Java EE technology

• Describe the Java EE 5 platform application programming interfaces (APIs) and supporting services
• Describe the asynchronous communication model
• Understand the Java EE application runtime environment provided by an application server
• Describe how to configure and package Java EE applications

Module 10 - Developing Web Components

• Describe the role of web components in a Java EE application
• Compare Java servlets and components and JSP components
• Understand the fundamental Servlet API
• Describe the main scripting elements used in JSP pages

Module 11 - Developing Enterprise Java Bean Components

• Describe the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) components
• Describe the Session Beans programming model
• Develop Stateless Session Beans
• Develop clients for EJBs

Module 12 - Developing Message-Driven Beans

• Describe the JMS API
• Develop message producer and consumer clients
• Describe message-driven beans (MDBs)
• Create a JMS message-driven bean

Module 13 - Developing Web Services

• Describe primary web service specifications: XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI
• Describe primary Java API for web services: JAX-WS
• Develop a JAX-WS web service endpoint and clients
• Develop Web Service Clients

Module 14 - Java Development for Java CAPS

• Describe the relationship between Java CAPS 6 and Java EE
• Describe repository-based application components in Java CAPS
• Describe the relationship between BPEL and web services
• Describe the role of the Java EE Service Engine and the JBI Bridge