Accessing Resources with Java

This lesson provides you with a deep dive into the various JDK features for accessing different resources when developing with Java. We’ll cover areas such as JDBC, Annotations, CDI, and JPA.

After completing this lesson, why not do our Accessing Resources using Java Annotations, CDI, JDBC, and JPA lab to put your knowledge into practice?

Learning Objectives

• Understand what the JDBC API is how to implement it to access databases
• Understand what Annotations are and the benefits of working with them to access resources
• Understand what CDI is and how you can use it for dependency injection and interception
• And understand what JPA is and how you can use it for object relational mapping and as a persistence framework

Prerequisites

• A basic understanding of the Java programming language
• A basic understanding of software development
• A basic understanding of the software development life cycle

Intended Audience

• Software Engineers interested in advancing their Java skills
• Software Architects interested in using advanced features of Java to design and build both applications and frameworks
• Anyone interested in advanced Java application development and associated tooling
• Anyone interested in understanding the advanced areas and features of the Java SDK