Table of Contents
1 Cover
7 About the Technical Editor About the Technical Proofreader
8 Introduction Understanding the Exam Reading This Book Studying for the Exam Applying Test-Taking Strategies Taking the Exam Objective Map Assessment Test
9 Chapter 1: Building Blocks Learning about the Environment Understanding the Class Structure Writing a main() Method Understanding Package Declarations and Imports Creating Objects Understanding Data Types Declaring Variables Initializing Variables Managing Variable Scope Destroying Objects Summary Exam Essentials Review Questions
10 Chapter 2: Operators Understanding Java Operators Applying Unary Operators Working with Binary Arithmetic Operators Assigning Values Comparing Values Making Decisions with the Ternary Operator Summary Exam Essentials Review Questions
11 Chapter 3: Making Decisions Creating Decision-Making Statements Applying switch Statements Writing while Loops Constructing for Loops Controlling Flow with Branching Summary Exam Essentials Review Questions
12 Chapter 4: Core APIs Creating and Manipulating Strings Using the StringBuilder Class Understanding Equality Understanding Arrays Calculating with Math APIs Working with Dates and Times Summary Exam Essentials Review Questions
13 Chapter 5: Methods Designing Methods Declaring Local and Instance Variables Working with Varargs Applying Access Modifiers Accessing static Data Passing Data among Methods Overloading Methods Summary Exam Essentials Review Questions
14 Chapter 6: Class Design Understanding Inheritance Creating Classes Declaring Constructors