After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Take advantage of Java-7 features including strings in switch/case and auto-selection of type parameters for generics.
• Use "try-with-resources" for simpler cleanup.
• Use Java as a functional language, making appropriate choices of tools including inner classes, functional interfaces, method references, and lambda expressions.
• Use the Stream API for efficient processing of data sets.
• Use the Time API to manage local dates and times effectively.

• Binary Literals
• Integer Literals with Underscores
• String Types in switch/case
• Auto-Detection of Type Parameters
• Try-with-Resources
• Multiple Exceptions in catch

• Passing Behavior as a Parameter
• Inner Classes
• Functional Interfaces
• Built-In Functional Interfaces
• Lambda Expressions
• Scope and Visibility
• Deferred Execution
• Method References
• Creational Methods
• Designing for Functional Programming
• Default Methods

• The Stream Processing Model
• Streams
• Relationship to Collections
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Iterating, Filtering, and Mapping
• Primitive-Type Streams
• Aggregate Functions and Statistics
• Sorting
• Generating, Limiting, and Reducing
• Finding and Matching
• Grouping
• Flattening and Traversing
• Sequential vs. Parallel Processing

• A History of Time ... in Java
• Limitations of Date and Calendar
• The Time API
• Temporal Types
• Accessors and Adjusters
• Formatting
• Decomposition Into Fields
• Date Arithmetic
• Managing Precision
• Duration and Period
• Time Zones and Offsets
• Converting Between Time Zones

• Core i5, 1.8 GHz, 4 gig RAM, 500 meg disk space.

• Core i5, 2.8 GHz, 8 gig RAM, 500 meg disk space.

• Tested on Windows 7/8, Mac OS 10.5.2.