Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide, 3/e

Here's the book you need to prepare for the Programmer's and Developer's exams. This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective for the revised Programmer's Exam for J2SE 1.4
• Hundreds of challenging practice questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software

• Language fundamentals
• Operators and assignments
• Modifiers
• Converting and casting
• Flow control, exceptions, and assertions
• Objects and classes
• Threads
• The java.lang and java.util packages
• Input and output

• Swing components and events
• Layout managers
• Enhancing and extending the database
• Writing the network protocol
• Designing the user interface
• GUI prototyping
• Building the database server
• Connecting the client and server
• Preparing the upload

Contents

Introduction

Part I: The Programmer's Exam
Chapter 1: Language Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Operators and Assignments
Chapter 3: Modifiers
Chapter 4: Converting and Casting
Chapter 5: Flow Control, Exceptions, and Assertions
Chapter 6: Objects and Classes
Chapter 7: Threads
Chapter 8: The java.lang and java.util Packages
Chapter 9: Input and Output

Part II: The Developer's Exam
Chapter 10: Taking the Developer's Exam
Chapter 11: Swing Components and Events
Chapter 12: Layout Managers
Chapter 13: Assignment: Room Reservation System
Chapter 14: Enhancing and Extending the Database
Chapter 15: Writing the Network Protocol
Chapter 16: Designing the User Interface
Chapter 17: A Second Example: A Trouble-Ticket System
Chapter 18: GUI Prototyping
Chapter 19: Building the Database Server
Chapter 20: Connecting Client and Server
Chapter 21: Preparing the Upload
Chapter 22: The Follow-Up Exam

Part III: Appendices
Appendix A: Answers to Test Yourself Questions
Appendix B: Programmer's Final Exam
Appendix C: Other Java Exams
Appendix D: The Certification Initiative for Enterprise Development
Appendix E: Using the Test Program
Index