Summary
In today's lesson, you learned about working with existing data stored in popular database formats such as Microsoft Access, MySQL, and xBase. Using either Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) or a combination of JDBC and ODBC, you can incorporate existing data storage solutions into your Java programs.
You also learned several ways to work with data that doesn't exist yet, by using some of the data structures that are more sophisticated than arrays and linked lists.
These standard data structures provide a range of options that cover many practical programming scenarios.
This brings us to the main event: the conclusion of your three-week trip through the Java language. Now that you've had a chance to work with the syntax and the core classes ...
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