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- Customize javadoc output with doclets
- Did you know that the javadoc is a pluggable documentation tool? This means you can create your own class, or doclet, to perform any task, using your source code as an input. Find out how to create a doclet. While you probably know that the javadoc tool is...
- Technical articles 2005-08-12
- Recreate prior work with source code control in Java
- David Petersheim advocates using source code control when you need to recreate work. He offers details on these functions of source code control: concurrent updates, history, source code archives, history, and versioning. Recreating work from six months ago without some source code control can be quite difficult....
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- Consider your Java application framework options
- You should consider using an existing application framework the next time you have to build an app that requires a GUI. Learn about some of your Java app framework options. The next time you have to build an application that requires a GUI, consider using an existing...
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Calling wait, notify, and notifyAll within a non-synchronized method
- Locks and monitors are important topics in multi-threaded programming. For instance, find out why if you need to call wait, notify, or notifyAll from within a non-synchronized method, you must first obtain a lock on the object's monitor. You may be used to seeing the wait, notify,...
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Maven: A project management solution for Java
- Maven is a project management tool that takes Ant concepts several steps further. See why Maven's great features—including jar repositories and project site generation—make it an attractive project management solution for Java. Nontrivial software projects need build tools. In the Java world, there's no shortage of these tools,...
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Unleash the power of dynamic proxies in Java
- Find out how dynamic proxies in Java work, and then learn how to create a proxy that implements a list of interfaces. Dynamic proxies have been part of Java since Java SE 1.3. Here's how the javadoc for the Proxy class defines it: "A dynamic proxy class...
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Choose your own version of serialization in Java
- When you attempt to recreate an object from serialized data, if the current class's version doesn't match the version number found in the serialized data, then an InvalidClassException will be thrown. Read this Java tip to discover how you can prevent this error. If you've ever used serialization in...
- Technical articles 2005-08-11
- Explore Java's static nested classes and inner classes
- Learn the basics about Java's two types of nested classes: a static nested class and an inner class. Also, get tips on how to make sense of the sometimes confusing semantics for creating instances of nested classes. Starting with JDK 1.1, Java provided the ability to create nested...
- Technical articles 2005-08-12
- Deploy Java applications with JNLP
- See why using the Java Network Launching Protocol JNLP and Java Web Start for your next distributed application may be an attractive option. For instance, one advantage about JNLP applications is that they're self-installing and self-updating. Remote clients can access and run applications on their local machines by...
- Technical articles 2005-08-12
- Sealing your Java jars can solve some of your classpath problems
- Read why David Petersheim advocates making sealed jars part of your deployment system. Also, see how sealing your jars may help you solve some classpath problems. The classpath causes many Java-induced headaches. One of the problems with the classpath is that multiple versions of the same class...
- Technical articles 2005-08-12
- Embed HSQLDB into your Java applications
- If you need an embedded database for your application, then discover why HSQLDB—a compact, 100 percent Java, SQL standards-based, database engine—might be the right answer for you. Using a database for your application's permanent storage is a practical, standard decision. But what do you do when your...
- Technical articles 2005-08-12
- Override a Java application's time zone
- There may be times when you need to override the time zone your Java application thinks it's in. Learn how to change the time zone for a particular application without changing the machine's time zone. Your application's time zone is usually determined by the machine's time zone...
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- The importance of design symmetry in your Java types
- Design symmetry means that if one method causes an effect, the logically opposite method should cause the opposite effect. In this Java tip, David Petersheim discusses why this can be a subtle point, but the results may be very significant. In this context, design symmetry means that...
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- Capture network packets in Java with Jpcap
- If you want to capture network packets in your Java program, you might want to consider using Jpcap. Read this Java tip to learn how Jpcap works. If you want to capture network packets in your Java program, you'll need a little help because no...
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- Serialize objects with XStream
- David Petersheim explains why XStream is a perfect fit for parsing and writing small, simple XML files. Check out an example in which David shows how you could use XStream to read a configuration file for an application that needs to know a server's location. XML isn't the panacea...
- Technical articles 2005-08-10
- Process the command line with CLI in Java
- Writing code to parse command line arguments is still necessary sometimes. When you need to examine command line arguments, see how and why you should use your open source Java toolkit and use Command Line Interface. Writing code to parse command line arguments isn't the most...
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Evaluate volatile keyword and synchronization in Java
- If you need to control access to certain pieces of data in a class when writing multithreaded applications, see how you can use the volatile keyword to get a similar effect as using the synchronized keyword. When writing multithreaded applications, sometimes you need to control access to certain...
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Build Web clients with HTTP Client
- David Petersheim demonstrates how using Jakarta Commons' HTTP Client to build a Web-aware application is straightforward. The next time you're building a Web-aware application and the Java API isn't enough, you may want to check out Jakarta Commons' HTTP Client. Using HTTP Client is straightforward: Create...
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Maximize your jdb debugging sessions
- Jdb, the Java Debugger provided by Sun, can do most of the things you're used to doing in your normal debugger. Find out how you can get the most out of your jdb debugging sessions. What do you do when you need to debug a Java program and...
- Technical articles 2005-08-08
- Parse mathematical expressions with JEP
- You can pass JEP a Java mathematical expression a string of mathematical operations to perform and get back an answer. See how you can start using JEP in your development work. JEP is a Java mathematical expression parser. This means that you can pass JEP a...
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
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