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December 19, 2006 Joshua Marinacci
November 18, 2006 Joshua Marinacci
September 23, 2006 Chris Campbell
August 24, 2006 John O'Conner
June 20, 2006 John Zukowski
May 13, 2006 John Zukowski
April 15, 2006 John Zukowski
March 14, 2006 John Zukowski
February 11, 2006 John Zukowski
January 13, 2006 John Zukowski
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December 14, 2004 John Zukowski
Resource Bundle Loading, and Hiding ListResourceBundles from javadoc
December 1, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Scanning Text With java.util.Scanner, and Covariant Return Types
November 16, 2004 John Zukowski
Converting Images to BMP/WMBP, and Pooling Threads to Execute Short Tasks
November 2, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
What's New in the Math Class, and Changes in Working With ContentPane
October 19, 2004 John Zukowski
Queues and Delayed Processing, and Getting to Know Synth
October 5, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Using Static Imports for Constants and Methods, and Formatting Output With the New Formatter
September 14, 2004 John Zukowski
Working with Selectors, and SSL Servers
August 17, 2004 John Zukowski
Secure Communications with JSSE, and Customizing the JColorChooser Component
August 10, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Sending and Receiving Multicast Messages, and Extending a DefaultHandler to Parse XML files
July 27, 2004 John Zukowski
Using GridBagLayout, and Updating JAR Files
June 16, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Using Collections to Sort and Shuffle a List, and Lighting a 3D Scene
June 11, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
More Multithreading in Swing, and Printing Components with PrinterJob
May 18, 2004 John Zukowski
Understanding Rendering Hints, and Creating Custom Security Permissions
May 4, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Formatting Text Input With JFormattedTextField, and When Are Two Strings Equal?
April 20, 2004 John Zukowski
User Datagram Protocol Programming, and Garbage Collection and You
March 16, 2004 John Zukowski
Customizing JFileChooser, and Best Practices in Exception Handling
March 9, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Working with Swing Look and Feel, and Using Soundbanks
February 17, 2004 John Zukowski
Loading and Saving Images with the Image I/O Library, and Reflecting JavaBeans Components
February 10, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Styling Digital Images with ConvolveOp, and Using HttpURLConnection to Access Web Pages
January 22, 2004 John Zukowski
Beyond the Basics of JOptionPane, and Monitoring Class Loading and Garbage Collection
January 16, 2004 Daniel H. Steinberg
Asymmetric Encryption Keys With the KeyPairGenerator, and Encryption and Decryption Using Symmetric Keys
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December 23, 2003 John Zukowski
Programmer Challenge
December 10, 2003 Daniel H. Steinberg
More About Handling Exceptions, and Using HTML in Swing Components
December 8, 2003 John Zukowski
Multithreading in Swing, and ThreadLocal Variables for Storing Thread-Specific State Information
November 4, 2003 Daniel H. Steinberg
Handling Exceptions, and Using the TimeZone Class
October 21, 2003 John Zukowski
Converting Between Old and New Collections, and Choosers Outside Dialogs
October 14, 2003 Daniel H. Steinberg
Introduction to the Java3D API, and Using the TransferHandler
September 26, 2003 John Zukowski
Using ChoiceFormat for Handling Plural Messages, and Component Orientation in Swing User Interfaces
September 9, 2003 Daniel Steinberg
Working with SocketChannels, and Understanding AffineTransform
August 19, 2003 John Zukowski
Formatting Messages With Variable Content, and Unloading and Reloading Classes
August 5, 2003 Daniel Steinberg
Producing MIDI Sound, and Saving and Reconstituting Swing Components
July 22, 2003 John Zukowski
Generating Custom Taglets, and Compiling Source Directly From a Program
July 15, 2003 Daniel Steinberg
Using the Preferences API, and Interfaces and Constants
June 24, 2003 John Zukowski
Generating Diagnostics by Monitoring the System Event Queue, and Internationalizing Dates, Times, Months, and Days of the Week
May 20, 2003 John Zukowski
Drawing Dashed Lines with Stroke and Generating Custom Doclets
May 06, 2003 Glen McCluskey
Using the native2ascii Tool and Local Classes
April 22, 2003 John Zukowski
Validating URL Links and Reusing Exceptions
April 8, 2003 Glen McCluskey
Destroying Objects and Preprocessing and the Java Language
March 18, 2003 John Zukowski
Dragging Text and Images with Swing and Discovering the Calling Method Name
March 04, 2003 Glen McCluskey
Using Runtime.exec to Invoke Child Processes and Programming With File Attributes
February 20, 2003 John Zukowski
Choosing A Collections Framework Implementation, Providing a Scalable Image Icon, and An Addition to Last Month's Tip on Reading Files From JARs
February 4, 2003 Glen McCluskey
Using Variable Argument Lists and Some Things You Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
January 22, 2003 John Zukowski
Reading files from Java Archives (JARs) and Getting Started with the Java Management Extensions (JMX)
January 10, 2003 Glen McCluskey
Using Charsets and Encodings and Using Reflection To Create Class Instances
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December 17, 2002 John Zukowski
Programmer Challenge
December 3, 2002 Glen McCluskey
Using the BitSet Class and Using JSpinner to Choose From an Ordered List
November 19, 2002 John Zukowski
Displaying Multi-column Lists and Dealing with Timeouts on Socket Connections
November 5, 2002 Glen McCluskey
Using HashSet, LinkedHashSet, and TreeSet and Understanding Expression Evaluation Order
October 22, 2002 by John Zukowski
Filtering Logged Messages and Controlling Focus Traversal Sequencing
October 8, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using Regular Expression Groups and Anonymous Classes
September 24, 2002 by John Zukowski
Locking Files For Shared Access and Changing User Interface Attributes
September 10, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using ArrayList and LinkedList, and Using Zero-Length Arrays
August 21, 2002 by John Zukowski
Maintaining a Priority Queue, and Displaying Text in Multiple Styles
August 06, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Generating Prime Numbers, and When Not to Overload Methods
July 23, 2002 by John Zukowski
Converting Numeric Entries, and Displaying Multiline Text
July 09, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using the LinkedHashMap Class, and The RandomAccess Interface
June 18, 2002 by John Zukowski
Reading from Output Streams, and Blending Images
June 04, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using the CharSequence Interface, and Programming With Buffers
May 21, 2002 by John Zukowski
Using Swing Timers, and Adding help to Your Applications With JavaHelp Software
May 07, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
File Channels, and Stack Trace Elements
April 23, 2002 by John Zukowski
Pattern Matching, and Creating a HelpSet with JavaHelp software
April 9, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using Assertions, and Representing Currencies
March 19, 2002 by John Zukowski
Capturing Audio with the Java Sound API, and Validating Deserialized Objects
March 5, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
String Concatenation and Performance, and Improving Java I/O Performance
February 19, 2002 by John Zukowski
Playing Audio and Video With the Java Media Framework, and Using the JSObject Class in Applets
February 5, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Writing toString Methods, and Using readResolve
January 22, 2002 by John Zukowski
Retrieving Mail with the JavaMail API, and Working with the Java Communications API
January 10, 2002 by Glen McCluskey
Using Exceptions, and Sizing Text With FontMetrics
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December 20, 2001 by John Zukowski
Creating Modal Internal Frames -- Approach 1, and Creating Modal Internal Frames -- Approach 2
December 4, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Accessing the Environment from Java Applications, and Working With Number Bases
November 20, 2001 by John Zukowski
Validating Numerical Input in a JTextField, and Working with Fonts
November 6, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Using Method Pointers, and Abstract Classes vs. Interfaces
October 23, 2001 by John Zukowski
Sorting Lists, and Sending Mail With the JavaMail API
October 09, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
How Arguments are Passed to Java Methods, and Converting C Programs to the Java Programming Language
September 25, 2001 by John Zukowski
Generating Integer Random Numbers, and Displaying Element-Level Tool Tips for Swing Components
September 04, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Making Defensive Copies of Objects, and Using Iterators
August 21, 2001 by John Zukowski
Supporting an Unlimited Number of Applet Parameters, and Delivering Dynamic Images from JavaServer Pages (JSP) Technology
August 7, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Performing Exact Calculations With Floating-Point Numbers, and Using Enumerations in Java Programming
July 27, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
Introduction to JAAS, and Using JAAS
July 12, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
JTabbedPane, and Using Reflection to Test Methods and Classes
June 26, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
Improving Code Reuse With Servlet Filters, and Using Filters to Modify the Server's Response
June 12, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Abstract Classes, and Using Peer Classes With the Java Native Interface
May 30, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP), and Java Web Start
May 18, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Using the PushbackReader Class, Optimizing StringBuffer Usage, and Handling Keyboard Focus
April 24, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
Using XPath Expressions in a Simple Transform, and Using Rule-Based XSLT
April 10, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Making Deep Copies of Objects, Using strictfp, and Optimizing String Performance
March 27, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
Deserializing Marshalled Objects, and JNDI Lookup in Distributed Systems
March 6, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Cloning Objects, and Using the Serializable Fields API
February 27, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
The Lifecycle of an RMI Server, and Dynamic Class Loading in RMI
February 8, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Piped Streams, and Using Sets
January 30, 2001 by Stuart Halloway
Controlling Package Access With Security Permissions, and
Controlling Package Access With Sealed JAR Files
January 9, 2001 by Glen McCluskey
Using the java.lang.Character Class, and Handling Uncaught Exceptions
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December 22, 2000 by Stuart Halloway
A Memory Testbed Application, and Controlling Your Memory Manager
December 5, 2000 by Glen McCluskey
Returning Multiple Values From a Method, and Constructor and Initialization Ordering
November 28, 2000 by Stuart Halloway
Using Privileged Scopes, and Debugging Class Loading
November 7, 2000 by Glen McCluskey
Using Random Numbers for Testing and Simulation, and Collection Utilities
October 31, 2000 by Stuart Halloway
Class loaders as a namespace mechanism, Relating class loaders to the class path, and Using class loaders for hot deployment.
October 10, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Customizing JToolTips, and Shadowing.
September 26, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Using SecurityManager, and Policies and the Policy File.
September 12, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Using Class Methods and Variables, and Using Progress Bars and Monitors in Java GUI Applications.
August 29, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Getting Started With javap, How Bytecode Protects You From Memory Bugs,
and Analyzing Bytecode to Improve Your Code.
August 15, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Manipulating Java Arrays, and Java I/O Redirection.
August 01, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Caching objects in JNI, and Accessing arrays in JNI.
July 11, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Using
Shutdown Hooks, and Automating GUI Programs with java.awt.Robot.
June 13, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Using BreakIterator to Parse Text and Goto Statements and
Java Programming
May 30, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Using Dynamic Proxies to Layer New Functionality Over Existing Code, and Using Timers to Run Recurring or Future Tasks on a Background Thread
May 09, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Random Access for Files, and Using Adapters.
April 25, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Improving Serialization Performance with Externalizable, and Handling Those
Pesky InterruptedExceptions.
April 11, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Formatting Decimal Numbers, and Using Checksums.
March 28, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Why Use
Threads?, Protecting Shared Resources with Synchronized Blocks, and Minimizing
the Overhead of Synchronized Blocks.
March 14, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Using
java.lang.Class, and Overload Resolution
February 29, 2000 by Stuart Halloway:
Serialization in the Real World, Serialization and Class Versioning,
Serialization and Secure Data, and Serialization and the Complete Class Rewrite
February 15, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Manipulating Hierarchical Data with JTree, and Invoking Programs from Java Applications
January 11, 2000 by Glen McCluskey:
Narrowing and Widening Conversions, and Using Import Declarations
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December 14, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Using Remote Method Invocation to Access Legacy Databases
November 24, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Color Choosers, and Loading Text Files in Swing Efficiently
October 5, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Swing
Document Locations, and Keymaps
October 21, 1999 by Patrick Chen:
Creating Image Thumbnails, and Capturing Standard Output in a Log File
September 7, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Error Checking With Java Native Interface (JNI), and Using JTextPane
September 23, 1999 by Patrick Chen:
Extracting Links from an HTML File, and Sorting Arrays
August 9, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Using
Coordinate Transformations With the Java2D API, and Using List Collections Efficiently
August 26, 1999 by Patrick Chen:
Creating Round Swing Buttons, and Formatting BigDecimal Numbers
July 13, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Undoing Text Edits, and Adding Security Features to Applications
June 15, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
File Choosers, and Using the Graphics Environment Class
May 11, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Custom Carets, and Reference Objects
April 13, 1999 by Glen McCluskey:
Cut, copy, and paste, and Package version identification
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