Advanced Java Programming Concepts

This unit expands students’ mastery of intermediate-to-advanced Java language features, libraries, and APIs, including object-oriented design, collections, concurrency, and JavaFX user interface elements. It builds on foundational syntax and basic programming patterns introduced earlier and prepares students to integrate these topics into larger game programming and design projects in the final unit.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze and design object-oriented solutions using advanced Java features (method overloading, constructors, access control, cloning, this/super, and interface constructs) to ensure correct encapsulation and reuse
• Apply Java collection and utility APIs (arrays, LinkedList, TreeMap, wildcard generics, StringBuilder/StringBuffer, BigDecimal, and Date-Time parse/of methods) to store, manipulate, and format data reliably and with attention to precision
• Demonstrate concurrent and functional programming techniques by creating cooperating threads, passing parameters with lambda expressions, and using synchronization patterns where appropriate
• Evaluate and implement responsive graphical interfaces using JavaFX (package imports, event handling with inner classes, alerts, layout spacing, radio buttons, combo boxes) while handling exceptions and validating user input