Using JDK 8 Streams to Convert Between Collections of Wrapped Objects and Collections of Wrapper Objects

I have found Decorators and Adapters to be useful from time to time as I have worked with Java-based applications.…

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A JAXB Nuance: String Versus Enum from Enumerated Restricted XSD String

Although Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) is fairly easy to use in nominal cases (especially since Java SE 6),…

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Writing Groovy’s groovy.util.slurpersupport.GPathResult (XmlSlurper) Content as XML

In a previous blog post, I described using XmlNodePrinter to present XML parsed with XmlParser in a nice format to…

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Writing Groovy’s groovy.util.Node (XmlParser) Content as XML

Groovy‘s XmlParser makes it easy to parse an XML file, XML input stream, or XML string using one its overloaded…

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Programmatically Determining Java Class’s JDK Compilation Version

When it is necessary to determine which JDK version was used to compile a particular Java .class file, an approach…

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Reason for Slower Reading of Large Lines in JDK 7 and JDK 8

I earlier posted the blog post Reading Large Lines Slower in JDK 7 and JDK 8 and there were some…

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Total Bummer: Pivotal Drops Groovy

Pivotal announced today that Groovy 2.4 And Grails 3.0 will be the last major releases under Pivotal sponsorship. This is…

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2015 Starts Off Strong for Java 8

JDK 8 is starting 2015 with a surge in popularity in terms of blog posts and articles. This is coinciding…

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Stream-Powered Collections Functionality in JDK 8

This post presents application of JDK 8 – introduced Streams with Collections to more concisely accomplish commonly desired Collections-related functionality.…

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