After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Describe Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory allocation and garbage collection
• Understand how to override the finalize() method
• Write code to access system properties
• Use arrays to store data
• Create an abstract class and use inheritance to develop a class hierarchy
• Override inherited methods
• Implicitly utilize inherited methods and constructors
• Utilize inherited methods and constructors through use of the keyword: super
• Define and use interfaces
• Use the final keyword to define constants
• Use the Collection API to manage and store objects
• Create and use data streams
• Use the file class
• Make an object persist through serialization
• Define an custom exception
• State the difference between run-time and checked exceptions
• Architect methods so that exception handling takes advantage of throwing exceptions
• Understand how to handle exceptions without disrupting your existing program logic
• Create a basic graphical user interface
• Describe Java's event-handling model
• Create an anonymous inner class to refine event handling
• Augment an existing graphical user interface to run in a Web browser as an applet
• Define a class that implements the runnable interface
• Launch and control separate threads of execution
• Access a server from a client application to retrieve information
• Describe and use the Networking API and RMI in Java
• Code RMI interfaces
• Use the RMI compiler (rmic) and the rmiregistry
• Use the RMI lookup facilities
• Convert an application into a client/server application