SCJP 5 - Autoboxing, Regular expressions and serialization articles

I have found some really useful links for the SCJP Java 5 exam. This article is well written and covers quite a few of the tricky areas of the Java 5 SCJP Exam. Even if you aren’t studying for the exam these article’s might still be of interest to you because they cover topics like Autoboxing, serialization, printf and regular expressions.

Part 1

This link has information on the Wrapper classes added in Java 5 and the very useful Autoboxing and unboxing now make them a lot easier to use with literal variables (int, double, char etc)

Part 2

Concentrates on the Java.io packages and reading files and using the BufferedWriters and readers. This is can be quite a tricky area in the exam because you need to know what order you use the classes.

Part 3

This is all about serialization. I found this very useful because I don’t use serialization in my daily programming life, so it was a completely new subject and the more information I could read about it the better.

Part 4

Is about using the Java.text package and formatting number, dates and Strings. Learning how to use the locale class so it transforms the data into the correct locale.

Part 5

One of the nightmare areas for the exam, the fearsome Regular Expressions section. It also talks about the C style printf, which allows you to format you System.outs.

SCJP 5 : Chapter 3. API Contents (Part-1)

SCJP 5 : Chapter 3. API Contents (Part-2)

SCJP 5 : Chapter 3. API Contents (Part-3)

SCJP 5 : Chapter 3. API Contents (Part-4)

SCJP 5 : Chapter 3. API Contents (Part-5)