JavaBeans

Course Length: 2 days, $59

This intensive hands-on course explores JavaBean component development. Java programmers will be able to create and distribute robust, reusable JavaBeans.

Audience: Java programmers who wish to develop JavaBean components that can be used as building blocks for applications.

Prerequisites: Client-Side Java Programming or Java Swing.

JAR Files

JAR Files

The jar utility

Manifest Files
More JAR Options
Signed JARs

Drawing

Graphics and Graphics2D
Graphics Details
Lines
Rectangles
Arcs and Ovals
Polygons
Clipping
Drawing Text
FontMetrics
Printing

Images and Animation

Image APIs
Getting an Image
Displaying
The ImageObserver
MediaTracker
Applet Image Loops
Animating Text with Double Buffering
Reducing Flicker

Object Serialization

What is Serialization?
Serializable Objects
Writing an Object
Reading an Object
Handling Exceptions
Customizing Serializations
Controlling Serialization
Versioning

Reflection

The Class Class
The reflect Package
Constructors
Fields
Methods
Exception Handling and Reflection
Uses of Reflection

The Event Model

The Event Model
Event Listeners
Event Sources
Event Objects
Firing Events
Event Casting Models
Events and Exceptions

JavaBeans

The Basic Bean
Bean Properties
Bound Properties
Constrained Properties
Visual Beans
Packaging Beans

More JavaBeans

Bean Persistence
Multithreading Considerations
The BeanBox
Introspection
PropertyDescripters
PropertyEditors
Customizers

Keys, Signatures, and Certificates

Data Security Concerns
Message Digests
Creating Message Digests
Digital Signatures
Creating Digital Signatures
Using keytool
Using jarsigner
Certificates
Managing Keys and Certificates
Security Policies for Signed Code
Java Cryptography Extension