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Java13 Sept 2006

What happens if you write something like a = a++ in Java?

I've often seen discussions about this topic. Basically, here is the question. If you have code like this: What does it print? More than 50% of the programmers will answer 1, some of the…

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Java21 Aug 2006

POJO (Plain Old Java Object): The simpler...the better.

A POJO is simply an object built using a Java class that does not implement any special interfaces such as those defined by the EJB 2 framework. An example of a POJO is a class containing…

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Java12 Jul 2006

How to force one or more metacharacters to be treated as ordinary characters in a Java Regular Expression (RegEx)

When using RegEx in Java you might need to treat one or more metacharacters as ordinary characters. As a reminder, the metacharacters in a Java RegEx are: ([{^$|)?+. If you want to treat…

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Java20 Jun 2006

Using the ProGuard obfuscator through the Wireless Toolkit

When you develop an application you might want to protect your code. A good way to accomplish this is to use obfuscation. ProGuard is a good open-source tool you can use for this purpose.…

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