Java SE 7 New Features

This new feature course delves into the major changes and enhancement in Oracle Java SE 7 release.

This course is meant for the Java professionals who are already proficient with developing Java programs by using Java SE 6 or earlier Java SE platforms.

This course will enable them to delve into the new features and enhancements in the Java SE 7 platform, and start using it to develop Java applications.

Java SE 7 has a greater level of maturity, quality, stability, compatibility, scalability, and security of Java implementation. Java SE 7 has many new features, enhancements, and improvements, such as introducing the NIO.2, better GUI performance and better handling of the behavior of GUI applications. Learn To:

• Describe the language enhancements in Java SE 7
• Describe the core platform technology enhancements
• Describe the new APIs for the I/O and network enhancements

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience

• Application Developers
• Java Developer
• Developer

Course Topics Overview of JDK7 Platform

• JDK 7 Platform: OS Support
• JDK 7 Platform: Browser Support
• Overview of the new featues

Language Enhancements

• Strings in Switch
• The try-with-resources Statement
• Type inference for generic instance creation
• Implemeting binary literals
• Catching multiple exception types and rethrowing exceptions with improved type checking
• Improved varargs method invocations

Core Technologies Enhancements

• Support for dynamically-typed languages
• Enhancements in the class-loader architecture
• Enhancement in the swing package
• Optimized Java2D rendering
• Enhancement in the XML stack
• Collections framework enhancements
• Concurrency utilities enhancements
• Support for JDBC 4.1 and RowSet 1.1

I/O and Network Enhancements

• New APIs for file system access
• The java.nio.file package
• Describe Stream Control Transmission Protocol
• Describe Sockets Direct Protocol
• Use the Windows Vista IPv6 stack

Course Objectives

• Implement the small language enhancements in your code (JSR 334)
• Implement the dynamic language support (JSR 292)
• Enable concurrency and collections enhancements in your code (JSR 166Y)
• Implement the enhancements in network and file system access (JSR 203)
• Describe and leverage the enhancements in JDK 7 platform