| [Issue
210] Calling Methods from a Constructor
In this newsletter we investigate what can go wrong when we call methods from constructors, showing examples from the JDK, Glassfish, Spring Framework and some other well known frameworks.. |
[Issue
209] Unicode Redux (1 of 2)
Unicode is the most important computing industry standard for representation and handling of text, no matter which of the world's writing systems is used. This newsletter discusses some selected features of Unicode, and how they might be dealt with in Java. |
| [Issue
208] Throwing Exceptions from Fields
How can you set a field at point of declaration if its constructor throws a checked exception? |
[Issue
207] Final Parameters and Local Variables
The trend of marking parameters and local variables as "final" does not really enhance your code, nor does it make it more secure. |
| [Issue
206] Striped Executor Service
We present a new type of ExecutorService that allows users to "stripe" their execution in such a way that all tasks belonging to one stripe are executed in-order. |
[Issue
205] How to Make Your Own Rules
Rule Based Programming, a declarative programming paradigm, is based on logical patterns to select data and associate it with processing instructions. This is a more indirect method than the sequential execution steps of an imperative programming language. |
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