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Appendix B. Objectives for the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam

Appendix B. Objectives for the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam

The objectives for the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 exam (SCPJ2 1.4, code CX-310-035) are defined by Sun, and can be found at

http://suned.sun.com/US/certification/java/java_exam_objectives.html#programmer1.4

The objectives (Copyright 2003, Sun Microsystems, Inc.) are organized in sections, and each section is reproduced verbatim in this appendix. For each section, we have provided study notes, which highlight related topics that are essential for the exam. Each section title provides a reference to the main chapter that covers the objectives in the section.



    		List of Figures
    		List of Tables
    		List of Examples
    		Foreword
    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Basics of Java Programming
    		Chapter 2. Language Fundamentals
    		Chapter 3. Operators and Assignments
    		Chapter 4. Declarations and Access Control
    		Chapter 5. Control Flow, Exception Handling, and Assertions
    		Chapter 6. Object-oriented Programming
    		Chapter 7. Nested Classes And Interfaces
    		Chapter 8. Object Lifetime
    		Chapter 9. Threads
    		Chapter 10. Fundamental Classes
    		Chapter 11. Collections and Maps
    		Appendix A. Taking the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam
    		Appendix B. Objectives for the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam
    		Section 1: Declarations and Access Control ( Chapter 4 )
    		Section 2: Flow Control, Assertions, and Exception Handling ( Chapter 5 )
    		Section 3: Garbage Collection ( Chapter 8 )
    		Section 4: Language Fundamentals ( Chapter 2 )
    		Section 5: Operators and Assignments ( Chapter 3 )
    		Section 6: Overloading, Overriding, Runtime Type and Object Orientation (Chapter 6, Chapter 11)
    		Section 7: Threads ( Chapter 9 )
    		Section 8: Fundamental Classes in the java.lang Package ( Chapter 10 )
    		Section 9: The Collections Framework ( Chapter 11 )
    		Appendix C. Objectives for the Java 2 Platform Upgrade Exam
    		Appendix D. Annotated Answers to Review Questions
    		Appendix E. Solutions to Programming Exercises
    		Appendix F. Mock Exam
    		Appendix G. Number Systems and Number Representation
    		Appendix H. About the CD
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