New revised and updated for Java 2 standards, the second edition of The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide is packed with information about what you need to know to pass both Sun Java Programmer and Developer Exams. With Java certification becoming increasingly popular, this title is an important source for anyone who prepare for it. This book covers the authors assert that one team that really contributed test questions to Sun. The goal here is not so much to defeat testmakers (although this book has much to say about the test strategy) as it is to control the points of Java that you must understand to succeed in exams. (Some parts are very clearly explained the mystery of "extra" shift operator Java and other features.) Other chapters cover threads and multithreading strategies, as well as user interface design with layout managers (which Sun considers important). The second part of the volume concentrates on the Developer exam, exercise more free-form in which programmers write custom code, based on specifications from Sun. Overall, this new edition of the previous best-selling title will continue to provide useful preparation for anyone who seeks Sun certification Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Introduction to Sun's certification and the Programmer Exam Java language fundamentals: primitive data types, literals, arrays, and garbage collection Java operators close (including evaluation framework and the operator shifts) Access specifiers (public, private, default, and protected) Converting and casting rules in Java (including promotions) Flow-control statements Exception handling design Object-oriented primary Overloading and overriding Inheritance and subclassing Inner classes Threads and synchronization techniques Using, String, and StringBuffer classes effectively Mathematics Java 2 Collections API Layout managers Event handling AWT components Painting File I / O Introduction to the Sun Developer Exam Sample room-reservation case study Working with Java databases Creating a client / server system from the beginning of the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Multithreading issues User-interface design with Swing Trouble-ticket problem tracker case study Using Swing JTable , JTree, and other Swing controls How to submit finished exam work to Sun Tips for follow-up exam Sample Programmer Exam (including CD-ROM version) The future of Sun certification