A Programmer’s Guide to Java™ SCJP Certification: A Comprehensive Primer, Third Edition

6 Control Flow

Exam Objectives

2.1 Develop code that implements an if or switch statement; and identify legal argument types for these statements.

2.2 Develop code that implements all forms of loops and iterators, including the use of for, the enhanced for loop (for-each), do, while, labels, break, and continue; and explain the values taken by loop counter variables during and after loop execution.

2.3 Develop code that makes use of assertions, and distinguish appropriate from inappropriate uses of assertions.

2.4 Develop code that makes use of exceptions and exception handling clauses (try, catch, finally), and declares methods and overriding methods that throw exceptions.

2.5 Recognize the effect of an exception arising ...