Java Programming with J2SE 5: Generics and Annotations

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Overview/Description
To explain what metadata is and how it can be used to provide annotation source to third-party tools and to outline J2SE 1.5 tool changes

Target Audience
Programmers with an understanding of procedural programming concepts who want to learn Java and object-oriented programming; programmers proficient in another object-oriented programming language who want to move to Java; programmers experienced in the Java language who want to take the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 exam

Prerequisites
Knowledge of programming principles and experience in procedural programming or scripting languages, such as Visual Basic, C, or JavaScript; understanding of object-oriented languages, such as C++ or C#, is an advantage

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Java Programming with J2SE 5: Generics and Annotations

identify the advantages and disadvantages of using generics in code, and outline how generics are used to make raw code type safe.

specify the generic, type safe version of a given piece of legacy code.

specify the code involved in building a generic class for a given scenario.

specify the code required to declare a generic subclass, test generic object types, and cast a generic object.

convert a given application's legacy code into a generic type safe equivalent.

associate Java's retention policies and built-in annotations with their corresponding features and functionality.

specify the code to annotate an overriding method, a deprecated method, and to suppress compiler warnings.

specify the code to declare custom and meta-annotations.

specify the code to inspect and represent a custom annotation, write an annotation processor, and run the processor against a set of annotations.

create and implement a custom annotation for a given scenario.

Course Number:
222163_eng