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A Plethora of Java Developments in February 2012

There are several sites (Java.net, JavaWorld, JavaLobby/DZone, Java reddit, and Java Code Geeks) that I like to browse for the latest Java news. These sites are great and bring the best from around the web from the wider Java community. A nice compleme… Continue reading

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Recent Java-Related Posts Worthy of Special Notice

In this blog post, I reference and summarize recent Java-related posts that I have found to be particularly interesting and well worth the time spent reading them.

JDK 8 and Unsigned Integer Arithmetic

Joe Darcy’s post Unsigned Integer Arithmetic API… Continue reading

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JavaFX 2.0.2 Delivered with Java 7 Update 2

The JavaTM SE 7 Update 2 Release Notes state that this update contains “new JVM (Java HotSpot Virtual Machine, version 22) that improves reliability and performance” along with support for Oracle Solaris 11 and “Firefox 5 and later”. Perhaps most inter… Continue reading

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Java 7′s ThreadLocalRandom

Java 7 brings many new language features and new classes to the Java developer. One of the new classes included in Java 7′s new concurrency offerings is ThreadLocalRandom (located in the java.util.concurrent package). ThreadLocalRandom extends java.uti… Continue reading

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Java Posts of Interest – 19 October 2011

JavaOne 2011 and announcements from JavaOne have been big news recently in the world of Java. However, there are some other Java-related posts of interest that are not directly related to JavaOne 2011 that have been of interest and I reference and brie… Continue reading

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Automatic Deletion of Temporary Work Files in Java 7/Groovy

I have touched on several subjects in individual posts prior to this one that now come together in this single post. These subjects include use of File.deleteOnExit() in Groovy, creation of temporary files in Java, and use of the Java System property j… Continue reading

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Walking the File Tree with Java 7′s Files and FileVisitor

In the previous post Java SE 7 Brings Better File Handling than Ever to Groovy, I discussed the ability to use Java 7′s NIO.2 implementation to discover a wide set of attributes, characteristics, and metadata regarding files and file systems. I followe… Continue reading

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File and Directory Operations with Java 7′s Files Class

In the blog post Java SE 7 Brings Better File Handling than Ever to Groovy, I discussed how the addition of NIO.2 features in JDK 7 means better file handling for Groovy scripts. My particular focus in that post was on the characteristics of files and … Continue reading

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Java SE 7 Brings Better File Handling than Ever to Groovy

There have always been multiple reasons to avoid Java for writing scripts. It was not surprising that Java was not the most appropriate language for scripting because it was never intended to be a scripting language. In addition, the Write Once Run Any… Continue reading

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Software Development Posts of Interest – 2 July 2011

There have been numerous blog posts on software development that I have found to be well worth the time invested in reading them in recent weeks. In this post, I summarize and link to some of these. Topics include Oracle’s Java 7 kick-off, Scala, Devop… Continue reading

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