BCA Semester III - Java Programming

Unit I Introduction to Java: 

Java History – Features of java, how java differ from C and C++,

• Introduction to JDK and JRE, Java Primitive Types, Basic Operators, Conditional and Logicalstatements, Some Typical Differences Between C and Java.
• Defining Classes: Adding Instance Fields and Methods, Constructors, Access Modifiers(Visibility Modes), Object Creation Examples, Method Overloading and Constructor
• Overloading, use of static and final keywords, Objects as parameters, Difference between
• local variable and instance field, Introduction to Object class, How to read user input (from keyboard).
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Unit II - Arrays, Strings in Java:

• How to create and define arrays, Introduction to java.util.Array class,
• Difference between String &StringBuffer classes, StringTokenizer class and Wrapper classes and conversion between Objects and primitives
• Inheritance, Interfaces and Packages in Java: Defining super / sub classes, Abstract classes,
• Method overriding, Interfaces, Using Library Interfaces, Comparable and Comparator,
• Creating and Defining packages.
• Inner classes in Java: Types of inner classes, Creating static / non-static inner classes, Local and anonymous inner classes.
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Unit III Exception Handling in Java: 

What are exceptions, writing your own exception classes, try, catch, throw, throws clauses, Difference between checked vs unchecked Exceptions, Error Vs. Exception.

• Multithreading in Java: Thread and its Life cycle, how to create threads, Thread class in java, use of synchronized keyword, how to avoid deadlock.
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Unit IV GUI Design & Event Handling:

• Component, Container, Color, GUI Controls, Layout
• Managers, Introduction to Swings, Events, Listeners, Icon interface, Writing GUI Based applications, Applets, Running Applets.
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Unit V File Handling: 

Stream classes, Reader and Writer classes, File and Directory class

• Generics and Frameworks: Generics, Collections Framework, Collection interfaces