Course Introduction
- Reviewing course objectives
- Discussing course format and LVC
- Getting acquainted with instructor and student
- Discussing course topics planned for coverage
- Overview of changes in 8
Introducing Lambda Expressions
- Describing the purpose of an anonymous inner class
- Describing drawbacks to anonymous inner classes
- Describing the components of a lambda expression
- Defining a functional interface
- Creating programs that use lambda expressions
A Case for Lambda Expressions
- Discussing the reasons for adding lambda expressions to the Java language
- Reviewing the standard way of extracting data in Java
- Refactoring code to reduce redundancy
- Refactoring code to use inner classes
- Refactoring code to use lambda expressions
- Listing the benefits of lambda expressions
Filtering Collections with Lambdas
- Iterating though a collection with forEach
- Iterating through a collection using lambda syntax
- Describing the Stream interface
- Filtering a collection using lambda expressions
- Calling an existing method using a method reference
- Chaining multiple methods together
- Comparing function and imperative programming
- Defining pipelines in terms of lambdas and collections
Using Built in Lambda Types
- Listing the built in interfaces included in java.util.function
- Determining true or false with a Predicate
- Processing an object and return nothing with Consumer
- Processing one object and return another with Function
- Generating a new object with Supplier
- Using primitive versions of the base interfaces
- Using binary versions of the base interfaces
Collection Operations with Lambda
- Extracting data from an object using map
- Searching for data using search methods
- Describing the types of stream operations
- Describing the Optional class
- Performing calculations using methods
- Describing lazy processing
- Sorting a stream
- Saving results to a collection using the collect method
Parallel Streams
- Reviewing the key characteristics of streams
- Contrasting old style loop operations with streams
- Describing how to make a stream pipeline execute in parallel
- Listing the key assumptions needed to use a parallel pipeline
- Defining reduction
- Describing why reduction requires an associative function
- Calculating a value using reduce
- Describing the process for decomposing and then merging work
Lambda Cookbook
- Modifying a list using removeIf
- Updating a list using replaceAll
- Updating a map using computeIfAbsent, computerIfPresent, and merge
- Sending the keys and values from a map to a stream
- Reading a file to a stream
- Reading a text file into an ArrayList
- List, walk, and search a directory structure using a stream
- Flattening a stream using flatMap
Method Enhancements
- Considering the importance of building good libraries
- Using static methods in Interfaces
- Using default methods
- Understanding default method inheritance rules
Using the Date/Time API: Working with Local Dates and Times
- Listing the goals of the Date/Time API (JSR-310)
- Creating and manage date-based events
- Creating and manage time-based events
- Combining date and time into a single object
Using the Date/Time API: Working with Time Zones
- Working with dates and times across time-zones and manage changes resulting from daylight savings
Using the Date/Time API: Working with Date and Time Amounts
- Defining and create timestamps, periods and durations
- Applying formatting to local and zoned dates and times
JavaScript on Java with Nashorn: Creating and executing shell scripts
- Creating and execute shell scripts using JavaScript and Nashorn
JavaScript on Java with Nashorn: Writing JavaScript Applications
- Developing JavaScript applications that leverage Java code using Nashorn
JavaScript on Java with Nashorn: Writing JavaFX Applications Using JavaScript
- Running JavaScript script from Java applications usingJSR-223
- Prototype JavaFX applications using Nashorn and JavaScript
Intro to Mission Control
- Describing JMX and Managed Beans with Mission Control
- Monitoring CPU utilization with Mission Control
- Analyzing JVM characteristics with Mission Control
- Analyzing heap memory with Mission Control
Intro to Flight Recorder
- Describing the Java Flight Recorder
- Describing the Java Flight Recorder Architecture
- Starting a Java Flight Recording
- Managing a Java Flight Recording
- Analyzing a Java Flight Recording
