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Java 101 study hall Brush up on Java terms, learn tips and cautions, and enter the first Java 101 reader challenge |
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October 2001
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Object-oriented language basics, Part 7 This final installment of Java 101's object-oriented programming series explores Java's support for polymorphism and investigates how abstract classes accommodate generalities in class hierarchies. |
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Letters to the Editor Should you enable assertions in a production system? What's the difference between Jxta and Jini? Do access modifiers prevent inheritance? Is MVC a design pattern? |
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September 2001
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Object-oriented language basics, Part 6 Learn why Java's standard class library contains empty interfaces (such as Cloneable and Serializable). Also, examine the power of interfaces and learn why they provide more than a workaround for Java's lack of multiple implementation inheritance support... |
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Object-oriented language basics, Part 5 Every Java class has a superclass. In the absence of an extends keyword, Object is that superclass. Object takes center stage as this article presents its 11 methods... |
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February 2002
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Make the Java-Oracle9i connection This article provides Java programmers with techniques for utilizing Oracle9i's new object-oriented features such as inheritance, custom constructors, dynamic dispatch, array descriptors, and mapping strategies from a Java class hierarchy to an Oracle type hierarchy without using traditional object-relational (O/R) mapping strategies. |
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Object-oriented language basics, Part 3 The author explores composition and demonstrates its value in object-oriented programming. Composition and inheritance are design consepts related in a manner similar to both sides of the same coin... |
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October 2000
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JUnit best practices Extreme Programming's rise in popularity among the Java community has prompted more development teams to use JUnit: a simple test framework for building and executing unit tests. Like any toolkit, JUnit can be used effectively and ineffectively... |
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J2SE 1.4 premieres Java's assertion capabilities, Part 1 J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.4 adds a simple assertion facility to Java. This article, the first in a two-part series, covers the mechanics of using the new assertion facility... |
