Java as a Second Language

2009 | 2010 | 2011

Area/catalogue: COMP 3007
Course ID: 011443

School: School of Computer and Information Science

Campus/course component(s):

Unit value: 4.5

Offered externally: Yes (Study Period 2)

Undergraduate elective course: No

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Class Timetable (Study Period 2 - 2010)

Course details

Prerequisite(s): Passes in at least two semesters of programming courses. Cannot be taken concurrently with Programming in Java 1, Programming in Java 2 or Java Programming G.

Programming languages, compilation and interpreting. Java as a programming language. Numerical data: primitive data types variables, arithmetic expressions, constants. Classes and objects, defining classes as data types. Constructors, visibility modifiers, parameter passing. Selection statements: if, switch. lRepetition statements: while, do - while, for. Characters and strings. Arrays. Command line parameters. Searching and sorting arrays. Program efficiency. Objects as parameters, returning an object from methods. Scope of variables. Inheritance and its application to generalisation. Overriding of inherited methods and Polymorphism. Abstract Classes and Interfaces and their application to hierarchies. Reuse of classes through inheritance and composition. Introduction to simple data structures, vector lists, stacks and queues. Introduction to recursion. Error handling with Exceptions. Exception hierarchies. The Java I/O system. Introduction to UML diagrams. Introduction to graphics, GUI programming and event driven programs. Java threads and multi-threaded programming. Thread priority and synchronisation. Java network programming using sockets. Java clients with single and multi-threaded servers. Introduction to Java mobile programming.

Text book/s:

Liang, Y. D. 2007, Introduction to Java Programming, comprehensive version, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall.

Course coordinator/s:

Mr Phillip Lock

Fee information for this course

EFTSL: 0.125

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Commonwealth Supported Band Amount: Band 2
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Class Timetable (Study Period 2 - 2010)
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