Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers

The only beginning book of its kind, this book will teach you SAP/ABAP developers the skills you need for Java 5 programming. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of core Java SE 5 and Java EE 5, to get you up to speed with these technologies. You’ll learn about the most important enterprise Java API found in the new Java EE 5 platform, which you can immediately use and integrate. Furthermore, the book elaborates on connecting to a database, SAP Java Connector, servlets, Java Server Pages, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java Messaging.

Table of Contents

1. Your First Java Program
2. Object Orientation in a Nutshell
3. The Primitive Data Types
4. Comments
5. Naming Standards and Conventions
6. The Java Operators
7. Strings with Java
8. Control Flow
9. Jump Statements
10. Arrays and Collections in Java
11. Object Orientation in Java
12. More OO in Java—Interfaces and Abstract Classes
13. Inner, Nested, and Anonymous Classes
14. Errors and Exceptions
15. Threads, Daemons, and Garbage Collection
16. Basic Swing Using Default Layouts
17. Event Handling
18. Layout Managers and Other Components
19. JDBC Technology
20. The Java Connector (JCo)
21. Servlets
22. JavaServer Pages (JSP)
23. Extensible Markup Language (XML)
24. Java Messaging Services
25. Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0

The only beginning book of its kind, this book will teach you SAP/ABAP developers the skills you need for Java 5 programming. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of core Java SE 5 and Java EE 5, to get you up to speed with these technologies. Youll learn about the most important enterprise Java API found in the new Java EE 5 platform, which you can immediately use and integrate. Furthermore, the book elaborates on connecting to a database, SAP Java Connector, servlets, Java Server Pages, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java Messaging.

Alistair Rooney has been in corporate IT for 23 years. He has been an IT Manager, Project Manager, Technical Consultant, and Developer. He delivered the first Java course for SAP in Brussels and has been a dedicated evangelist for "externalizing corporate data" with Java. Alistair lives outside of Durban, South Africa, with his wife, two children, and various animals.