http://www.devshed.com Java - RSS Feeds en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:09:08 -0500 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:09:08 -0500 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Exception-Handling-Techniques-in-Java/?kc=rss - All right, let's begin explaining what exceptions are. Just as in other programming languages, this applies to Java as well: exceptions are those errors that occur during runtime. These aren't real errors, because they are exceptions. One might call them exceptional events that can and should be ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Exception-Handling-Techniques-in-Java/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:00:47 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/More-About-Multithreading-in-Java/?kc=rss - Before we begin, its worth noting that this article is a sequel, so it presumes sound knowledge of the things we learned in the prior part. That part of the series was also published here, so should you have any doubts, please refer back to it. There are three kinds of variable types to whic...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/More-About-Multithreading-in-Java/?kc=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:48 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/The-Basics-of-Multiple-Threads-in-Java/?kc=rss - Untitled Before we jump into the middle of everything, we must learn the basics so that we won't get lost during the coding process later on. First of all, a thread is a single sequential flow of control-each thread within a program becomes its own thread of execution. This is how an ap...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/The-Basics-of-Multiple-Threads-in-Java/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:46 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Data-Access-Using-Spring-Framework-JDBC/?kc=rss - The beauty of the Spring Framework is the flexibility it provides. Using the Spring Framework, one can integrate low-level APIs such as JDBC or high-level frameworks such as Hibernate into an application using the same technique - Dependency Injection. In this discussion, the focus will be on using...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Data-Access-Using-Spring-Framework-JDBC/?kc=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/New-Object-Initialization-in-Java/?kc=rss - Please be aware that this tutorial assumes that you have a basic knowledge of Java terminology to begin with, and that you can already write some basic code. There is some information available for the Java novice, but if you are new to Java, and find that you are having problems following this tuto...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/New-Object-Initialization-in-Java/?kc=rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Adding-Images-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss - Adding Images The first thing we'll take a look at is adding existing images into a PDF document. The library supports various images types, each represented by its own class and derived from the Image class, which is abstract. We can import an image using the GetInstance static method of the Imag...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Adding-Images-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:00:47 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Adding-Columns-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss - Creating simple columns of text Creating a simple column of text is more complex than creating a paragraph you can't just pass a line of text to a constructor and then simply add the result to the document. There are more steps involved in the process. One of the first steps is to create a referenc...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Adding-Columns-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Creating-Simple-PDF-Files-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss - The Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the most popular ways to exchange documents because it allows for a consistent look across multiple platforms and configurations. When a PDF document is created, everything is fixed, including the page size, the font size, the margins, and so forth. The ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Creating-Simple-PDF-Files-With-iTextSharp/?kc=rss Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:47 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/The-Spring-Framework-Understanding-IoC/?kc=rss - The first section will focus on the concepts of IoC, including its relationship with Dependency Injection. The focus of the second and third sections will be on the steps necessary to use IoC services provided by the Spring Framework. In the last section, an application will be developed that is ba...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/The-Spring-Framework-Understanding-IoC/?kc=rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:00:54 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Introducing-the-Spring-Framework/?kc=rss - In an enterprise application, business logic forms the basis of transforming the persisted data. That is the reason why the business logic layer is considered the most important layer of any enterprise application. Typically, the Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) component that was used to implement bus...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Introducing-the-Spring-Framework/?kc=rss Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:00:55 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Java-Classes/?kc=rss - We touched on Classes and Objects in my article on Java and Object-Oriented Programming, which you can find here: http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Java-and-ObjectOriented-Programming/2/ Objects and Classes: What Are They? An object is made up of states and behaviors and is usually used as a model ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Java-Classes/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:01:00 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Completing-the-Syntactic-Comparison-of-Java-and-CC/?kc=rss - In the first part I showed you the main differences as far as data types, classes, and some additional important details on the semantics of those two languages. Now were going to discuss more thoroughly the topics of classes, command line arguments, unconditional transfers of control (goto, labels...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Completing-the-Syntactic-Comparison-of-Java-and-CC/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:00:52 -0500 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Syntactic-Comparison-of-Java-and-CC/?kc=rss - Throughout this two-part series well endeavor into comparing the syntax of two of the most popular programming languages while heavily pointing out the similarities and differences. Needless to say, I wont claim that one is better than the other. The main focus should be on learning both up to an in...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Syntactic-Comparison-of-Java-and-CC/?kc=rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:00:48 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Java-Statements/?kc=rss - As a bratty kid, do you remember you parents ever saying, “Don't make me repeat myself!” Their faces would be all red and sweaty and their eyes would spin in circles. Usually they would be pointing one enormous finger at you and you could tell by the look on their faces that they were dead serious ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Java-Statements/?kc=rss Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:00:49 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Conditionals-Expressions-and-Other-Java-Operators/?kc=rss - As I recall, by some fluke, you had ended up with more muscles than me (*cough* steroids *cough*) and I put a call into my buddy at the Steroid Usage is a No No Board. To determine if you were a liar, they would have to ask you a series of Boolean questions: True or False -- did you do steroids? Ye...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Java/Conditionals-Expressions-and-Other-Java-Operators/?kc=rss