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| Java Basics | Define the scope of variables |
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Define the structure of a JAVA class| Jira Legacy | | |||||||||||
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| Create executable Java applications with a main method; run a Java program from the command line including console output | ||||||||||||
| Import other Java packages to make them accessible in your code | ||||||||||||
Compare and contrast the features and components of Java such as
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| Java Data Types | Declare and initialise variables (including casting of primitive data types) | |||||||||||
| Differentiate between object reference variables and primitive variables | ||||||||||||
Know how to read or write to object fields | ||||||||||||
Explain an Object's Lifecycle (creation, "dereference by reassignment" and garbage collection) | ||||||||||||
Develop code that uses wrapper classes such as Boolean, Double, and Integer. | ||||||||||||
Operators and Decision Constructs | Use Java operators; including parentheses to override operator precedence | |||||||||||
Test equality between Strings and other objects using == and equals () | ||||||||||||
Create if and if/else and ternary constructs | ||||||||||||
Use a switch statement | ||||||||||||
| Arrays | Declare, instantiate, initialise and use a one-dimensional array | |||||||||||
Declare, instantiate, initialise and use multi-dimensional array | ||||||||||||
| Loops | Create and use while loops | |||||||||||
Create and use for loops including the enhanced for loop | ||||||||||||
Create and use do/while loops | ||||||||||||
Compare loop constructs | ||||||||||||
Use break and continue | ||||||||||||
Methods and Encapsulation | Create methods with arguments and return values; including overloaded methods | |||||||||||
Apply the static keyword to methods and fields | ||||||||||||
| Create and overload constructors; including impact on default constructors | ||||||||||||
Apply access modifiers | ||||||||||||
| Apply encapsulation principles to a class | ||||||||||||
Determine the effect upon object references and primitive values when they are passed into methods that change the values | ||||||||||||
Inheritance | Describe inheritance and its benefits | |||||||||||
Develop code that demonstrates the use of polymorphism; including overriding and object type versus reference type | ||||||||||||
Determine when casting is necessary | ||||||||||||
Use super and this to access objects and constructors | ||||||||||||
Use abstract classes and interfaces | ||||||||||||
Handling Exceptions | Differentiate among checked exceptions, unchecked exceptions, and Errors | |||||||||||
Create a try-catch block and determine how exceptions alter normal program flow | ||||||||||||
Describe the advantages of Exception handling | ||||||||||||
Create and invoke a method that throws an exception | ||||||||||||
"Recognise common exception classes (such as NullPointerException, ArithmeticExcpetion, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, ClassCastException)" | ||||||||||||
Java API Classes | Manipulate data using the StringBuilder class and its methods | |||||||||||
Creating and manipulating Strings | ||||||||||||
Create and manipulate calendar data using classes from java.time.LocalDateTime, java.time.LocalDate, java.time.LocalTime, java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter, java.time.Period | ||||||||||||
Declare and use an ArrayListof a given type | ||||||||||||
Write a simple Lambda expression that consumes a Lambda Predicate expression | ||||||||||||
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