What are the Changes to sun SCJP/SCJA/SCEA tracks since oracle took over?

Question

The Context:

It appears that the simple scjp ->scja->.... tracks for sun certification have been merged with other oracle style certifications... As a developer, I've spent some time lately trying to figure out the new "pathways" for certification.

Existing Resources:

There is a very dense, but also informative Page here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Certified_Professional The Oracle website is also, of course, full of links and diagrams with different certification factoids.

My Problem:

It's not clear that there is a new paradigm or pathway for java certifications is emerging, and thus whether or not the old SCJP style certifications are still in existence (albeit with a different title), nor is it clear what the entire certification pipeline looks like : for example, this diagram (from the older sun certifications) http://www.whizlabs.com/images/jwhiz.png, clearly related the myriad of certification and training initiatives in a lucid and easily interpreted diagram. But I don't see any such resource for explaining and comparing the modern Oracle Java certifications.

The Question(s):

What is the relationship between the new Oracle certifications? And how do they relate to the original SCJP, SCJD, and SCEA exams?

Answer 1

The new oracle java 7 certifications don't map to the sun certifications anymore.

The old java/Java EE 5 and 6 certifications mapped one to one the oracle OCA, OCP, OCM certifications.

You can get an overview of the current certification paths at: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=140 http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=141#middleware

For java 7 you cannot get the OCP/SCJP without doing the OCA/SCJA first. They said they overhauled them. You may check the links on facebook what they actually did.

For the old Java developer you now have to visit a classroom course.

I'm still wondering what will happen to the special expert certifications.