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1Z1-809: Java SE 8 Programmer II is available for scheduling at Pearson VUE

 
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Here is the Oracle certification blog posting :

Java SE 8 OCA Programmers, move to Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer by passing Java SE 8 Programmer II (1Z1-809) now. Beta testing is currently under way for this exam at the greatly discounted rate of USD$50.



Attached is proof.

Have fun !
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Exam objectives:

Java Class Design

Implement encapsulation
Implement inheritance including visibility modifiers and composition
Implement polymorphism
Override hashCode, equals, and toString methods from Object class
Create and use singleton classes and immutable classes
Develop code that uses static keyword on initialize blocks, variables, methods, and classes

Advanced Java Class Design

Develop code that uses abstract classes and methods
Develop code that uses final keyword
Create inner classes including static inner class, local class, nested class, and anonymous inner class
Use enumerated types including methods, and constructors in an enum type
Develop code that declares, implements and/or extends interfaces and use the atOverride annotation.
Create and use Lambda expressions

Generics and Collections

Create and use a generic class
Create and use ArrayList, TreeSet, TreeMap, and ArrayDeque objects
Use java.util.Comparator and java.lang.Comparable interfaces
Collections Streams and Filters
Iterate using forEach methods of Streams and List
Describe Stream interface and Stream pipeline
Filter a collection by using lambda expressions
Use method references with Streams

Lambda Built-in Functional Interfaces

Use the built-in interfaces included in the java.util.function package such as Predicate, Consumer, Function, and Supplier
Develop code that uses primitive versions of functional interfaces
Develop code that uses binary versions of functional interfaces
Develop code that uses the UnaryOperator interface

Java Stream API

Develop code to extract data from an object using peek() and map() methods including primitive versions of the map() method
Search for data by using search methods of the Stream classes including findFirst, findAny, anyMatch, allMatch, noneMatch
Develop code that uses the Optional class
Develop code that uses Stream data methods and calculation methods
Sort a collection using Stream API
Save results to a collection using the collect method and group/partition data using the Collectors class
Use of () and flatMap() methods of the Stream API

Exceptions and Assertions

Use try-catch and throw statements
Use catch, multi-catch, and finally clauses
Use Autoclose resources with a try-with-resources statement
Create custom exceptions and Auto-closeable resources
Test invariants by using assertions

Use Java SE 8 Date/Time API

Create and manage date-based and time-based events including a combination of date and time into a single object using LocalDate, LocalTime, LocalDateTime, Instant, Period, and Duration
Work with dates and times across timezones and manage changes resulting from daylight savings including Format date and times values
Define and create and manage date-based and time-based events using Instant, Period, Duration, and TemporalUnit

Java I/O Fundamentals

Read and write data from the console
Use BufferedReader, BufferedWriter, File, FileReader, FileWriter, FileInputStream, FileOutputStream, ObjectOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, and PrintWriter in the java.iopackage.

Java File I/O (NIO.2)

Use Path interface to operate on file and directory paths
Use Files class to check, read, delete, copy, move, manage metadata of a file or directory
Use Stream API with NIO.2

Java Concurrency

Create worker threads using Runnable, Callable and use an ExecutorService to concurrently execute tasks
Identify potential threading problems among deadlock, starvation, livelock, and race conditions
Use synchronized keyword and java.util.concurrent.atomic package to control the order of thread execution
Use java.util.concurrent collections and classes including CyclicBarrier and CopyOnWriteArrayList
Use parallel Fork/Join Framework
Use parallel Streams including reduction, decomposition, merging processes, pipelines and performance.

Building Database Applications with JDBC

Describe the interfaces that make up the core of the JDBC API including the Driver, Connection, Statement, and ResultSet interfaces and their relationship to provider implementations
Identify the components required to connect to a database using the DriverManager class including the JDBC URL
Submit queries and read results from the database including creating statements, returning result sets, iterating through the results, and properly closing result sets, statements, and connections

Localization

Describe the advantages of localizing an application
Read and set the locale by using the Locale object
Create and read a Properties file
Build a resource bundle for each locale and load a resource bundle in an application
 
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See this thread for info about OCP 7 vs OCP 8 exam mapping. I registered for the beta for late May. They aren't giving long to take the beta (unless they extend it).
 
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What are the pros and cons of taking beta exam instead of regular non-beta exam?
 
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Lukasz Jarocki wrote:What are the pros and cons of taking beta exam instead of regular non-beta exam?


Pros:
- it's cheaper
- you get your certification earlier
Cons:
- the exam is exhausting (I just took a 3-hours-long beta exam)
- short time to study
- no dedicated study materials
- you don't get your results immediately after taking the exam
 
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