Complete Java 2 certification study guide

✍ Scribed by Philip Heller, Simon Roberts

• Publisher: Sybex
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 755
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Want to conquer two of the most difficult programmer certifications? The new edition of the best-selling Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide is the resource you need. Authors Philip Heller and Simon Roberts, developers of Sun's Programmer and Developer exams for the Java 2 Platform, give you everything you need to pass the exams the first time. This fully revised edition is updated for the changes in both exams, including coverage of new objectives for J2SE 1.4, a new emphasis on Swing and RMI, and information for tackling the new format of the Developer exam. The book is also enhanced with all-new features from Sybex's market-leading Study Guides, including Exam Essential sections to reinforce key subject areas and real-world scenario sidebars with sample programming assignments. The companion CD contains all the review questions from the book, a practice programmer's exam, and 150 random-test questions, including 100 new questions. The CD also includes a fully searchable electronic edition of the book.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction......Page 7
Language Fundamentals......Page 14
---- Part 1: The Programmer's Exam......Page 13
Operators and Assignments......Page 42
Modifiers......Page 87
Converting and Casting......Page 115
Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions......Page 145
Objects and Classes......Page 188
Threads......Page 229
The java.lang and java.util Packages......Page 266
Input and Output......Page 302
---- Part 2: The Developers Exam......Page 339
Taking The Developer’s Exam......Page 340
Swing Components and Events......Page 349
Layout Managers......Page 369
Assignment: Room Reservation System......Page 415
Enhancing and Extending the Database......Page 429
Writing the Network Protocol......Page 456
Designing the User Interface......Page 494
A Second Example: A Trouble-Ticket System......Page 524
GUI Prototyping......Page 534
Building the Database Server......Page 566
Connecting Client and Server......Page 586
Preparing the Upload......Page 602
The Follow-Up Exam......Page 613
Appendix A - Answers to Test Yourself Questions......Page 628
Appendix B - Programmer’s Final Exam......Page 687
Appendix C - Other Java Exams......Page 718
Appendix D - The Certification Initiative for Enterprise Development......Page 731
Appendix E - Using the Test Program......Page 749