Introducing the BrokerTool Project
• Explain the problem statement of the BrokerTool project

Model View Controller Design Pattern
• Explain design patterns
• Explain the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern
• Analyze how the MVC design pattern can be used in applications

BrokerTool Design
• Begin the analysis and design of the BrokerTool project
• Apply the MVC design pattern
• Develop a build plan for the project

Introduction to Java Database Connectivity API
• Describe the JDBC API
• Explain how using the abstraction layer provided by the JDBC API can make a databasefront end portable across platforms
• Describe the five major tasks involved with the JDBC programmer´s interface
• State the requirements of a JDBC driver and its relationship to the JDBC driver manager
• Describe the data access objects (DAO) pattern and its applicability to a given scenario

Creating Client Software: Part 1
• Apply the principles of good GUI design
• Differentiate, at a high level, between the new Java Foundation

Classes/Swing components (Swing components) and the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) model
• Explain how you can create the class structure needed for an
object-oriented GUI
• Design and implement a GUI for the BrokerTool project using your choice of containers,components, and layout managers
• Apply the Composite Design pattern to build the BrokerTool GUI

Creating Client Software: Part 2
• Implement a view class
• Implement a controller class

Advanced GUI
• Use JTable and JTabbedPane classes in your application to build a sophisticated GUI

Logging Utility
• Use the logging API
• Examine a logging example
• Write a custom handler
• Set filters to a particular handler

Multiple-Tier Design
• Compare the BrokerTool two-tier design with the BrokerTool three-tier design
• Explain how you can use the Java technology package java.net to
• Demonstrate how to use the Command design pattern in the BrokerTool application
• Apply the Strategy design pattern to create reusable code
• Describe how you can implement the BrokerTool network client
• Describe how you can implement the BrokerTool network server

Advanced Multiple-Tier Design
• Use the new Java concurrency APIs to create a multithreaded server
• Examine a thread pool
• Identify integrity problems in multithreaded servers

Remote Objects
• Create remote objects
• Use Java RMI to create a multitier application