Enumerations, Autoboxing and Annotations:

Enumerations, Ednumeration fundamentals, the values() and valueOf() methods, Java enumerations are class types, enumerations inherits Enum, example, type wrappers, Autoboxing, Autoboxing methods, Autoboxing/Unboxing occurs in Expressions, Autoboxing/Unboxing, Boolean and character values, Autoboxing/Unboxing helps prevent errors, A word of warning Annotations, Annotation basics, specifying retention policy, obtaining annotations at run time by use of reflection, Annotated element interface, Using default values, Marker Annotations, Single member annotations, Built in annotations.

Generics: What are Generics, A Simple Generics Example, A Generic Class with Two Type Parameters, The General Form of a Generic Class, Bounded Types, Using Wildcard Arguments, Bounded Wildcards, Creating a Generic Method, Generic Interfaces, Raw types and Legacy code, Generic Class Hierarchies, Erasure, Ambiguity errors, Some Generic Restrictions.

String Handling: The String Constructors, String Length, Special String Operations, Character Extraction, String Comparison, Searching Strings, Modifying a String, Data Conversion Using valueOf(), Changing the case of characters within a String, String Buffer, String Builder.

Introducing Servlets:

Background; The life cycle of a servlet; A simple servlet; the servlet API; The javax.servlet package Reading servlet parameter; the javax.servlet.http package; Handling HTTP Requests and Responses; using Cookies; Session Tracking.

Java Server Pages (JSP): JSP tags, Variables and Objects, Methods, Control statements, Loops, Request String, Parsing other information, User sessions, Cookies, Session Objects.

JDBC and JDBC Drivers:

The concept of JDBC; JDBC Driver Types; JDBC packages; A brief overview of the JDBC Process; Database Connection; Associating the JDBC/ODBC Bridge with the Database; Statement Objects; ResultSet; Transaction Processing; Metadata, Data Types; Exceptions.