Advanced Java Programming

Paper Code: 
MCA 321
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

  • To provide the students with a strong foundation in the principles of computer programming.
  • On completing this course the student should have the necessary skills to be able to design and build a system in Java

 

10.00
Unit I: 

Advanced Java concepts : Abstract Class, Interfaces, Defining Methods,  Inheritance, Overloading, Overriding, Packages, Exception Handling, Threads, Thread LifeCycle

12.00
Unit II: 

J2EE Overview, Need of J2EE, J2EE Architecture, J2EE APIs, J2EE Containers.  Web Application Basics, Architecture and Challenges of Web Application, Servlet Life Cycle, Developing and Deploying Servlets, Exploring Deployment Descriptor (web.xml), Handling Request and Response, Initializing a Servlet

12.00
Unit III: 

JDBC – The JDBC Connectivity Model, Types of JDBC Drivers, Basic steps to JDBC, setting up a connection to database, Creating and executing SQL statements, ResultSet and ResultSet Metadata Object. Accessing Database, Servlet Chaining, Session Tracking and Management

14.00
Unit IV: 

Java Server Pages: Basic JSP Architecture, Life Cycle of JSP, JSP Tags & Expressions, JSP Implicit Objects, Tag Libraries ,Using JDBC with  JSP , Accessing a Database, Adding a Form, Updating the Database.

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Overview of the Spring Framework: Spring Philosophies, Spring Containers, Spring Configuration File, Spring Beans, The Bean-Factory Interface, Singleton vs. Prototype, Bean Naming, Dependency injection with Spring.

 

Building Web Applications Using Spring MVC: Spring Web MVC, The Dispatcher Servlet, A Simple View Page, Adding a View Resolver, Adding a Message Bundle, Adding Business Classes, Adding Test Data.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Herbert Schildt, “Java: The Complete Reference”, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2014.
  • E. Balagurusamy, “Programming with Java: A Primer”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
  • Marty Hall and Larry Brown, “Core Servlets and Java Server Pages”, 2nd Edition, 2003.
  • Mert Caliskan, Kenan Sevindik, Rod Johnson, Jurgen Holler, “Beginning Spring”, Wrox publication, Feb 2015.

 

REFERENCES: 
  • Bruce Eckel, “Thinking in Java”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006.
  • Cay S. Horstmann, “Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals”, 9th edition, Pearson Education, 2014.
  • Cay S. Horstmann, “Core Java, Volume II: Advanced Features”, 9th edition, Pearson Education, 2014.
  • Santosh Kumar K, “JDBC, Servlet, and JSP: Black Book”, Kogent Solutions Inc., 2008.
  • Madhusudhan Konda, “Just Spring”, 1st edition, O’Reilly, 2011.

 

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