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JavaWorld
December 2000
Robert Nielsen |
Calculating Java dates Whether you are dealing with financial transactions or planning future activities, you need to know how to create, use, and display dates in a Java program. That requires more than simply looking up the appropriate class in the API reference: just one date can easily involve creating objects in three date-related classes. This tutorial shows what you need to know.   |
JavaWorld
October 2002
Jeff Friesen |
Java's character and assorted string classes support text-processing Text-processing is one of the more frequent activities in which computer programs engage. Java supports that activity via the Character, String, StringBuffer, and StringTokenizer classes. This article explores each class and introduces you to an assortment of those classes' methods. |
JavaWorld
November 2001
Jeff Friesen |
Class and object initialization An exploration of class and object initialization, which introduces the strange concepts of the <clinit> and <init> methods... |
JavaWorld
June 2001
Jeff Friesen |
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... |
JavaWorld
May 2001
Jeff Friesen |
Object-oriented language basics, Part 2 In this article, you'll gain an understanding about fields, parameters, and local variables and learn to declare and access fields and methods... |
JavaWorld
August 2002
Greg Holling |
Put Java in the fast lane This article presents some techniques for locating performance bottlenecks in Java applications and offers suggestions for improving Java performance. Along the way, you'll look at some of the classes in the new java.nio package. |
JavaWorld
March 2002
Jeff Friesen |
Exceptions to the programming rules, Part 1 Learn about exceptions and how to handle them in C, C++, and Java. Learning how to handle exceptions in various languages gives you an appreciation for why exception handling works the way it does in Java... |
JavaWorld
December 2000
Mark Johnson |
C#: A language alternative or just J--?, Part 2 Despite their enormous similarities, Java and C# differ greatly in many language details and also in their basic technical intent. This second article of a two-part series covers C# language constructs and concludes with some speculation on the idea of standardizing C#... |
JavaWorld
December 2001
David Geary |
Decorate your Java code The Decorator design pattern lets you attach responsibilities to objects at runtime. This pattern proves more flexible than inheritance, which is static... |
JavaWorld
February 2001
Brian Goetz |
Design for performance, Part 2: Reduce object creation Many common Java performance problems stem from class design decisions made early in the design process, long before most developers even start thinking about performance. The author discusses some techniques for reducing temporary object creation... |
