OCP Oracle® Certified Professional Java® SE 8 Programmer II

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   1. The OCP Exam
   2. Scheduling the Exam
   3. The Day of the Exam
   4. Finding Out Your Score
   5. Exam Questions
   6. Getting Started
   7. Getting Help
   8. Who Should Buy This Book
   9. How This Book Is Organized
   10. Conventions Used in This Book
   11. OCP Exam Objectives
2. Assessment Test
   1. Answers to Assessment Test
3. Chapter 1 Advanced Class Design
   1. Reviewing OCA Concepts
   2. Using instanceof
   3. Understanding Virtual Method Invocation
   4. Annotating Overridden Methods
   5. Coding equals, hashCode, and toString
   6. Working with Enums
   7. Creating Nested Classes
   8. Summary
   9. Exam Essentials
   10. Review Questions
4. Chapter 2 Design Patterns and Principles
   1. Designing an Interface
   2. Introducing Functional Programming
   3. Implementing Polymorphism
   4. Understanding Design Principles
   5. Working with Design Patterns
   6. Summary
   7. Exam Essentials
   8. Review Questions
5. Chapter 3 Generics and Collections
   1. Reviewing OCA Collections
   2. Working with Generics
   3. Using Lists, Sets, Maps, and Queues
   4. Comparator vs. Comparable
   5. Searching and Sorting
   6. Additions in Java 8
   7. Summary
   8. Exam Essentials
   9. Review Questions
6. Chapter 4 Functional Programming
   1. Using Variables in Lambdas
   2. Working with Built-In Functional Interfaces
   3. Returning an Optional
   4. Using Streams
   5. Working with Primitives
   6. Working with Advanced Stream Pipeline Concepts
   7. Summary
   8. Exam Essentials
   9. Review Questions
7. Chapter 5 Dates, Strings, and Localization
   1. Working with Dates and Times
   2. Reviewing the String class
   3. Adding Internationalization and Localization
   4. Summary
   5. Exam Essentials
   6. Review Questions
8. Chapter 6 Exceptions and Assertions
   1. Reviewing Exceptions
   2. Creating Custom Exceptions
   3. Using Multi-catch
   4. Using Try-With-Resources
   5. Rethrowing Exceptions
   6. Working with Assertions
   7. Summary
   8. Exam Essentials
   9. Review Questions
9. Chapter 7 Concurrency
   1. Introducing Threads
   2. Creating Threads with the ExecutorService
   3. Synchronizing Data Access
   4. Using Concurrent Collections
   5. Working with Parallel Streams
   6. Managing Concurrent Processes
   7. Identifying Threading Problems
   8. Summary
   9. Exam Essentials
   10. Review Questions
10. Chapter 8 IO
    1. Understanding Files and Directories
    2. Introducing Streams
    3. Working with Streams
    4. Interacting with Users
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
11. Chapter 9 NIO.2
    1. Introducing NIO.2
    2. Interacting with Paths and Files
    3. Understanding File Attributes
    4. Presenting the New Stream Methods
    5. Comparing Legacy File and NIO.2 Methods
    6. Summary
    7. Exam Essentials
    8. Review Questions
12. Chapter 10 JDBC
    1. Introducing Relational Databases and SQL
    2. Introducing the Interfaces of JDBC
    3. Connecting to a Database
    4. Obtaining a Statement
    5. Executing a Statement
    6. Getting Data from a ResultSet
    7. Closing Database Resources
    8. Dealing with Exceptions
    9. Summary
    10. Exam Essentials
    11. Review Questions
13. Appendix A Answers to Review Questions
    1. Chapter 1: Advanced Class Design
    2. Chapter 2: Design Patterns and Principles
    3. Chapter 3: Generics and Collections
    4. Chapter 4: Functional Programming
    5. Chapter 5: Dates, Strings, and Localization
    6. Chapter 6: Exceptions and Assertions
    7. Chapter 7: Concurrency
    8. Chapter 8: IO
    9. Chapter 9: NIO.2
    10. Chapter 10: JDBC
14. Appendix B Study Tips
    1. Studying for the Test
    2. Taking the Test
15. Appendix C Upgrading from Java 6 or Earlier
    1. Enhancing the Java Language
    2. Formatting and Parsing
    3. Applying Locks
    4. Working with Directories
    5. Summary
    6. Exam Essentials
    7. Review Questions
    8. Answers to Review Questions
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17. EULA