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When a Java class overrides the equals method, it should override the hashCode method as well. As defined in the method's contract: Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, ...

Once we've gotten the Connection, we will mostly use it to create Statement objects. Statements represent a single SQL transaction; they are used to execute a query, and retrieve the results (if any). Let's look at some examples: public void useConnection() throws SQLException{ Connection ...

An enum can contain a method, just like any class. To see how this works, we'll declare an enum like this: public enum Direction { NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST; } Let's have a method that returns the enum in the opposite direction: public enum Direction { NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST; ...

One use of SharedPreferences is to implement a "Settings" screen in your app, where the user can set their preferences / options. Like this: A PreferenceScreen saves user preferences in SharedPreferences. To create a PreferenceScreen, you need a few things: An XML file to define the av...

Sometimes the same functionality has to be written for different kinds of inputs. At that time, one can use the same method name with a different set of parameters. Each different set of parameters is known as a method signature. As seen per the example, a single method can have multiple signatures....

The switch statement is Java's multi-way branch statement. It is used to take the place of long if-else if-else chains, and make them more readable. However, unlike if statements, one may not use inequalities; each value must be concretely defined. There are three critical components to the switch...

wait() and notify() work in tandem – when one thread calls wait() on an object, that thread will block until another thread calls notify() or notifyAll() on that same object. (See Also: wait()/notify() ) package com.example.examples.object; import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean; p...

A simple example of producer-consumer problem solution. Notice that JDK classes (AtomicBoolean and BlockingQueue) are used for synchronization, which reduces the chance of creating an invalid solution. Consult Javadoc for various types of BlockingQueue; choosing different implementation may drastica...

Java's Reflection API allows the programmer to perform various checks and operations on class fields, methods and annotations during runtime. However, in order for an annotation to be at all visible at runtime, the RetentionPolicy must be changed to RUNTIME, as demonstrated in the example below: @i...

The getClass() method can be used to find the runtime class type of an object. See the example below: public class User { private long userID; private String name; public User(long userID, String name) { this.userID = userID; this.name = name; } } pu...

Static and member methods in Java can be marked as native to indicate that their implementation is to be found in a shared library file. Upon execution of a native method, the JVM looks for a corresponding function in loaded libraries (see Loading native libraries), using a simple name mangling sche...

Calling a Java method from native code is a two-step process : obtain a method pointer with the GetMethodID JNI function, using the method name and descriptor ; call one of the Call*Method functions listed here. Java code /*** com.example.jni.JNIJavaCallback.java ***/ package com.example....

The shared remote interface: package remote; import java.rmi.Remote; import java.rmi.RemoteException; public interface RemoteServer extends Remote { int stringToInt(String string) throws RemoteException; } The server implementing the shared remote interface: package server; im...

Button button = new Button("I'm here..."); Timeline t = new Timeline( new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(0), new KeyValue(button.translateXProperty(), 0)), new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(2), new KeyValue(button.translateXProperty(), 80)) ); t.setAutoReverse(true); t.setCy...

The Java language provides 7 operators that perform arithmetic on integer and floating point values. There are two + operators: The binary addition operator adds one number to another one. (There is also a binary + operator that performs string concatenation. That is described in a separate e...

Overview In this example 2 clients send information to each other through a server. One client sends the server a number which is relayed to the second client. The second client halves the number and sends it back to the first client through the server. The first client does the same. The server st...

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function () { if (xhttp.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE && xhttp.status === 200) { //parse the response in xhttp.responseText; } }; xhttp.open("GET", "ajax_info.txt", true); xhttp.send(...

Variables can be accessed via dynamic variable names. The name of a variable can be stored in another variable, allowing it to be accessed dynamically. Such variables are known as variable variables. To turn a variable into a variable variable, you put an extra $ put in front of your variable. $va...

The Increment operator (++) increments its operand by one. If used as a postfix, then it returns the value before incrementing. If used as a prefix, then it returns the value after incrementing. //postfix var a = 5, // 5 b = a++, // 5 c = a // 6 In this case, a is incr...

The decrement operator (--) decrements numbers by one. If used as a postfix to n, the operator returns the current n and then assigns the decremented the value. If used as a prefix to n, the operator assigns the decremented n and then returns the changed value. var a = 5, // 5 b = a...