Update: Read this post to learn how to use this book to study for the new 1Z0-819 exam.
Scott Selikoff and Jeanne Boyarsky developed two study guides for the new Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Java SE 11 Programmer exams. The second book, OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Programmer II Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-816 and Exam 1Z0-817 is published by Wiley Publishing.
We are using this blog to publish information about the book such as objectives changes and any errata found within the book. To report an error in the book that is not yet listed here, please create a thread in the OCP forum and include “Sybex 816” in the subject.
For more information, visit Oracle’s Java SE 11 Programmer II exam page. If you have any questions for us, feel free to post in the OCP forum at CodeRanch which Scott and Jeanne visit frequently.
Key links
- OCP/Java SE 11 Programmer II official exam page (check the latest score/duration/objectives)
- Upgrade exam official page (check the latest score/duration/objectives)
- Pearson VUE (register for the test) and ID requirements
- Cert View (check your score)
- OWASP Top 10
- Egregious Eleven
- Chapter 6 GitHub Examples
- Appendix A GitHub Examples
- Download Java 11 from Oracle
- Appendix GitHub Examples
- Chapter 6 GitHub Examples
Where to buy it
Length/score
Oracle has a tendency to change this information from time to time. See the exam metadata.
Changes to the objectives
- None so far
Online Material
- None so far
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Errata
All known errors are listed here. To report a potential error, please create a thread at https://coderanch.com/f/24/java-programmer-OCPJP. Be sure to include “Sybex 816” and the chapter and/or page number in the subject.
| Page | Chapter | Error | Reporter | Confirmed |
| 21 | 1 | In Table 1.1, “Final” should be “final” | Scott Selikoff | 7/3/20 |
| 49 | 1 | #10 – Remove all references to the Wild interface | Oksana Cherniavskaia | 8/19/20 |
| 88 | 2 | Both instances of @SafeVargs should be @SafeVarargs | Pavel Serebriakov | 8/19/20 |
| 98 | 2 | #13 – “optional annotation” should be “optional annotation element” | Pavel Serebriakov | 8/19/20 |
| 124 | 3 | Set.of(‘z’, ‘o’, ‘o’) should be Set.of(‘z’, ‘o’, ‘O’) | Charles O’Leary | 9/3/20 |
| 129 | 3 | In the second paragraph, “This code compiles but throws an error at runtime” is incorrect because Map.of() does not take a varargs. This sentence should be “This code does not compile’ | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 129 | 3 | Map.entry(“key1”) should be Map.entry(“key2”) on the second line | Charles O’Leary | 9/4/20 |
| 130 | 3 | The merge() method takes a BIFunction, not a Function | Vasiliy Spodin | 9/1/20 |
| 137 | 3 | In the third paragraph “a class called Comparator” should be “an interface called Comparator” | Oksana Cherniavskaia | 8/22/20 |
| 147 | 3 | Near the middle of the page “class Duck cannot be cast” should be “class Rabbit cannot be cast” | Vladimir Prud | 8/19/20 |
| 294 | 5 | In the 2nd exam essentials “as well as a try statement with a finally block” should be removed | Oksana Cherniavskaia | 8/20/20 |
| various | 6 | There are a few references to only having one service provider implementation in a module. This is incorrect. (However, you do not need to know how to use multiple for the exam) | Vasiliy Spoden | 9/19/20 |
| 310 | 6 | “memorize as many command-line options for the 1Z0-815 exam” should be “memorize as many command-line options for the 1Z0-816 exam” | Scott Selikoff | 6/21/20 |
| 326 | 6 | The sentence before figure 6.9 should say “the new module zoo.tickets.etech” not “the new module zoo.tickets.discount” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 329 | 6 | In figure 6.10, the arrow from service provider interface to service provider is the wrong way. | Jeanne Boyarsky | 7/10/20 |
| 330 | 6 | In the last paragraph “provides a ServiceLocator” should be “provides a ServiceLoader” | Vasiliy Spodi | 8/19/20 |
| 342 | 6 | Options D, E, and F should say “magic.helper” instead of “magic.util” | Edmond Yong and Oksana Cherniavskaia | 8/27/20 |
| 358 | 7 | In the last row of Table 7.1, remove the last sentence (about returning a Future) | Brad Bouquio | 8/19/20 |
| 362 | 7 | In the first sentence of “Submitting Task Collections”, Table 7.2 should be Table 7.1 | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 375 | 7 | The header “Applying a ReentrantLock Interface” should be “Applying a ReentrantLock” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 436 | 8 | “void void” should be “void” in the first line | Vladimir Prud | 9/1/20 |
| 469 | 8 | #11 – deleteTree(“/storage”) should be deleteTree(new File(“/storage”)) in the question. Give yourself credit if you answered option F. | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 473 | 8 | #22 “line 15” should say “line 17” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 491 | 9 | In the tip “Files.resolve()” should be “resolve()” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 494 | 9 | In table 9.3, toURI() should be toUrl() | Edmund Yong | 9/19/20 |
| 511 | 9 | In the second to last paragraph “Steam” should be “Stream” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 514 | 9 | In the fifth row of table 9.6, “nest.gif” would be “wings.gif” | Jos Roseboom | 9/19/20 |
| 596 | 11 | In table 11.2, ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream should be swapped | Ilenia Salvadori | 9/19/20 |
| Various | Appendix | All references to “zoo.animals” should be “zoo.animal” | Jeanne Boyarsky | 6/17/20 |
| 676 | Chapter 6 answer | #9 – The answer should be H and “–internal-jdk” should be “jdk-internals” | Mustafa Iilkkan | 7/18/20 |
| 677 | Chapter 6 explanation | #15 – “The service provider must” should be “The service locator must” | Edmund Yong | 8/22/20 |
| 688 | App Answer | #11 – give yourself credit if you answered E (But knowing that is out of scope) | Oksana Cherniavskaia | 7/19/20 |
| Test bank | 1 | The question about which module “can reference classes” in another module has the wrong answer. E and F are also correct. | Fabio Salvi | 8/19/20 |