SUBJECT

Title

Advanced Java programming

Type of instruction

lecture + practical

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Informatics

Part of degree program

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 3

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

The purpose of the course is to acquire knowledge on, and enhance competence in, Java Standard Edition, beyond the fundamental language concepts and standard libraries:
Generic definitions
Annotations
Reflection
Multithreading
Memory management, garbage collection
Input-output, serialization
Database management and persistence: JDBC and the fundamentals of JPA
Network programming: TCP and UDP; HTTP
Program design principles and best practices
Exceptions, assertions
Logging and testing

Readings

James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Gilad Bracha. The Java Language Specification, Third Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2005. ISBN 0-321-24678-0
 Linda DeMichiel, Michael Keith. JSR 220: Enterprise JavaBeans, Version 3.0, Java Persistence