Understanding type compatibility is fundamental to writing good Java programs, but the interplay of variances between Java language elements can seem highly academic to the uninitiated. This article ...
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It was such a simple, brilliant idea. Use the power of Java 5.0 enumerated types to encode details of a data dictionary (attribute name, type, range, units, etc.) and create a type-safe system for ...
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“Compiler #2” as it has been affectionately called is a compiler to turn normal Ruby classes into Java classes, so they can be constructed and called by normal Java code. When I asked for 1.3 ...
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, ...
Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The key difference between a float and double in Java is that a double can represent much larger ...