Guava Preconditions Class

Anyone who’s written much Java has probably written methods that begin with conditionals that verify either the provided parameters or…

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Guava Stopwatch

Guava‘s Stopwatch is another Guava class new to Guava Release 10 (as is Optional, the subject of another recent post).…

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Guava’s Strings Class

In the post Checking for Null or Empty or White Space Only String in Java, I demonstrated common approaches in…

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Design Patterns: Mogwai or Gremlins?

The 1994 book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software introduced many software developers to the concept of ‘a catalog…

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Java: The Checker Framework

One of the interesting tools I learned about at JavaOne 2012 is The Checker Framework. One of the Checker Framework’s…

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JavaOne 2012: Observations and Impressions

I am starting this particular blog post as I sit the the San Francisco International Airport waiting to board an…

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JavaOne 2012: JavaFX Graphics Tips and Tricks

I returned to the Hilton (Imperial Ballroom B) to see Richard Bair‘s (Oracle Java Client Architect) ‘JavaFX Graphics Tips and…

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JavaOne 2012: NetBeans.Next – The Roadmap Ahead

I walked the few steps necessary from Continental Ballroom 4 and one NetBeans topic (Project Easel) to Continental Ballroom 5…

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JavaOne 2012: Diagnosing Your Application on the JVM

It was worth attending Staffan Larsen‘s (Oracle Java Serviceability Architect) presentation ‘Diagnosing Your Application on the JVM‘ (Hilton Plaza A/B)…

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