Tag Archives: Java

Capturing a process output in Java

Posted on October 9, 2008 by david

Capturing a process’ output in Java is a relatively simple task as shown in the following sample code. import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Capture { private final static String COMMAND=”ifconfig lo0″; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { … Continue reading →

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Exception-Handling Antipatterns

Posted on April 10, 2006 by david

I’ve just read an article on exception handling antipatterns by Tim McCune over on java.net. In thie article, Tim describes the different types of exceptions Java has and when each different type should be used. He then goes on to detail 12 … Continue reading →

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Setting J2SE 5.0 as the default on Apple Mac

Posted on March 11, 2006 by david

The new Apple MacBook Pro’s come with both J2SE 1.4 and J2SE 5.0. J2SE 1.4 is set as the default. If you want to make J2SE 5.0 the default JVM, open up a terminal and type the following: cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions … Continue reading →

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Sun Java Studio Enterprise

Posted on January 26, 2006 by david

Thanks to this post on The Pragmatic Architect I’ve downloaded Sun’s Java Studio Enterprise with the intention of using it for UML modelling. I’ve only played with it so far, but it looks like a comprehensive UML modelling package. I’ll post some more notes … Continue reading →

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Log4j vs Java 1.4 Logging – Is there a difference?

Posted on December 16, 2005 by david

In the past, whenever I’ve done logging within a project, I’ve used log4j as my preferred logging package. This has been primarily for historical reasons as I started developing with Java before the JDK 1.4 logging package was available. Earlier this week, … Continue reading →

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Useful tip for Java/C# developers

Posted on November 3, 2005 by david

Tip of The Day on devx.com shows how comparing strings is different in C# and Java. One to remember for developers using both languages.

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Commons Email 1.0 Released

Posted on September 27, 2005 by david

Commons Email version 1.0 has been released today. “Commons-Email aims to provide a API for sending email. It is built on top of the Java Mail API, which it aims to simplify.”

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Java Antipatterns

Posted on September 9, 2005 by david

As patterns generally described good software practices, antipatterns do the opposite – they describe bad software practices. Theres a good article on devx.com that gives an introduction to antipatterns.

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Java Web Start

Posted on June 21, 2005 by david

I’ve just noticed a poll that is currently running on the java.net home page asking if anyone has ever ran a Java Web Start Application. I must say that the results were quite encouraging. At the time of writing, 80% of the … Continue reading →

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Do you follow the Project Conventions for Enterprise Applications?

Posted on June 15, 2005 by david

I was reading the Project Conventions for Enterprise Applications today which is published on the Java blueprints web site and wondered how many people follow these guidelines? Do you follow these guidelines, or do you let your IDE take control over your … Continue reading →

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