Remove Byte Order Mark Characters from File

The Byte Order Mark (BOM) signifies a file’s encoding but can lead to problems if not handled properly, particularly when…

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Java NIO Tutorial

1. Introduction Java NIO is a library introduced from Java 1.4. Java NIO has since its launch provided an alternative…

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The Effect of Co-ordinated Omission – Measure loopback latency using a simple NIO client/server

In this post I demonstrate a number of ideas and techniques:  How to write a simple non-blocking NIO client/server The…

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JavaSE: How to SET/GET your own Files and Directory Attributes

In the previous article “Determining Views Supported by a Particular File System” and see how to ask the file system…

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Ensuring the order of execution for tasks

Sometimes it is necessary to impose certain order on the tasks in a threadpool. Issue 206 of the JavaSpecialists newsletter…

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The Java ByteBuffer – a crash course

In my experience, java.nio.ByteBuffer is a source of confusion and subtle bugs when developers first encounter it, because it is…

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Java 7: File Filtering using NIO.2 – Part 3

Hello all. This is Part 3 of the File Filtering using NIO.2 series. For those of you who haven’t read Part…

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Java 7: File Filtering using NIO.2 – Part 2

Hello all. This is Part 2 of the File Filtering using NIO.2 series. For those of you who haven’t read Part…

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Java 7: File Filtering using NIO.2 – Part 1

NIO.2 is a new API for I/O operations included in the JDK since Java 7. With this new API, you…

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