VISUAL PROGRAMMING

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Learning Outcomes

Uses generic classes and interfaces.
Declares generic classes and interfaces.
Understands why generic types improve reliability and readability.
Declares and uses generic methods and bounded generic types.
Uses raw types for backward compability.
Understands that all instances of generic class share the same runtime class file.
Describes the Collections Framework hierarchy.
Uses the common methods defined in the Collection interface for operating sets and lists.
Uses the Iterator interface to traverse a collection.
Explores the Set interface, and knows that he/she has to use HashSet, LinkedHashSet, or TreeSet about when and how to store elements.
Compares elements by using the Comparator interface.
Explores the List interface, and knows that he/she has to use ArrayList or LinkedList about when and how to store elements.
Knows how to use the static methods in the Collections.
Distinguishes Vector and ArrayList, and knows how to use Vector and Stack.
Explores the relationships among Collection, Queue, LinkedList, and PriorityQueue.
Writes multithreaded programs.
Develops task classes by implementing the Runnable interface.
Creates threads to run tasks using the Thread class.
Controls threads using the methods in the Thread class.
Executes tasks in a thread pool.
Uses synchronized methods to synchronize threads.
Creates a simple JSP page.
Explains how a JSP page is processed.
Uses JSP constructs to code JSP script.
Uses predefined variables and directives in JSP.
Uses JavaBeans components in JSP.
Develops an application using JSP to browse database tables .
Explains following terms: TCP, IP, domain name, domain name server, stream-based communication, and packet-based communications.
Creates servers using server sockets and creates clients using client sockets.
Obtains Internet addresses using the InternetAddress class.
Develops servers for multiple clients.
Develops applications that communicate with servers.
Renders HTML files using the JEditorPane class.