Implement visitors in Java, using reflection Collections are commonly used in object-oriented programming and often raise code-related questions. For example, “How do you perform an operation across a collection of different objects?” One approach is to iterate through each element…
In Dan Briody’s The Ten Commandments of cell phone etiquette he asks for suggestions for additions. In Dan Briody’s The Ten Commandments of cell phone etiquette he asks for suggestions for additions. Thou can make them below. We’ve updated the…
Discover the skills you need to program Java on Linux Q: I have two requests: I would appreciate a pointer to a list of Web resources that outline how to integrate Java on the Linux platform. What Unix/Linux knowledge should…
DOMination: Take control of structured documents with the Document Object Model The Simple API for XML (SAX) is an excellent interface for many XML applications. It is intuitive, extremely easy to learn, and, as its name implies, simple. Any Java…
Learn how to deploy, use, and benchmark JDBC driver types 1, 2, 3, and 4 Why should you consider Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers apart from the JDBC-ODBC Bridge? What level of JDBC driver is suited for your application? What…
Although two of Java’s biggest backers — Sun and IBM — have mended fences, the Java community still sees tension over licensing and open standards July 7, 2000 — Sun and IBM this week called a truce to their high-profile…
Use XSL and servlets to style your XML data Wow, you’ve come so far. A year ago you didn’t know what XML was, but now it’s everywhere. You’re storing XML in databases and using it in middleware, and now you…
Improve JTree usability with drag and drop Implementing drag and drop lets users manipulate data with simple mouse movements and can mean the difference between an efficient or cumbersome application. Unfortunately, one of the more useful and powerful GUI components,…
Enhance the framework to support large-scale projects The if-then-else framework is a tool for coding complex branching logic in a maintainable way. In the first two parts of this series, I described how to use the framework in a simple…
How do you use this crazy thing? Q: How do you use jdb (included in the JDK 1.2 package) effectively to debug Java programs? I’ve tried many times, but I am successful only in loading a class file to jdb;…