| [Issue
187] Cost of Causing Exceptions
Many years ago, when hordes of C++ programmers ventured to the greener pastures of Java, some strange myths were introduced into the language. It was said that a "try" was cheaper than an "if" - when nothing went wrong. |
[Issue
186] Iterator Quiz
Most of the northern hemisphere is on holiday, so here is a quick quiz for those poor souls left behind manning the email desk. How can we prevent a ConcurrentModificationException in the iterator? |
| [Issue
185] Book Review: Java: The Good Parts
In his latest book, Jim Waldo describes several Java features that he believes make Java "good". A nice easy read, and I even learned a few new things from it. |
[Issue
184] Deadlocks through Cyclic Dependencies
A common approach to ensuring serialization consistency in thread safe classes such as Vector, Hashtable or Throwable is to include a synchronized writeObject() method. This can result in a deadlock when the object graph contain a cyclic dependency and we serialize from two threads. Whilst unlikely, it has happened in production. |
| [Issue
183] Serialization Size of Lists
What has a larger serializable size, ArrayList or LinkedList? In this newsletter we examine what the difference is and also why Vector is a poor candidate for a list in a serializable class. |
[Issue
182] Remote Screenshots
In this newsletter, we describe how we can generate remote screen shots as compressed, scaled JPGs to build a more efficient remote control mechanism. |
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