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java Programming Glossary: analogy

Why is processing a sorted array faster than an unsorted array?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809/why-is-processing-a-sorted-array-faster-than-an-unsorted-array

This is branch prediction. I admit it's not the best analogy since the train could just signal the direction with a flag...

Precision vs. accuracy of System.nanoTime()

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11452597/precision-vs-accuracy-of-system-nanotime

are to be understood as illustrated by the dartboard analogy http en.wikipedia.org wiki Precision_vs._accuracy#Accuracy_versus_precision.. _the_target_analogy . So low accuracy high precision the wrong value is repeatedly..

Tutorials about javaagents

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11898566/tutorials-about-javaagents

. The main concept is to Implement a static premain as an analogy to main method like this public static void premain String args..

Why does for loop using a double fail to terminate

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19907186/why-does-for-loop-using-a-double-fail-to-terminate

binary representation approximate 0.1. Expanded decimal analogy In decimal you may find that 1 3 1 3 1 3 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.999..

Why choosing JMS for asynchronous solution ? Why is it better than a simple entity bean?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2096734/why-choosing-jms-for-asynchronous-solution-why-is-it-better-than-a-simple-enti

re invent the wheel to deal with low level issues... the analogy is not that great but well I suggest you look at the FAQ . ..

Java Arrays.equals() returns false for two dimensional arrays

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2721033/java-arrays-equals-returns-false-for-two-dimensional-arrays

and Arrays.deepToString It's worth noting the analogy between these two methods and what we've discussed so far with..

How do I calculate a good hash code for a list of strings?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2730865/how-do-i-calculate-a-good-hash-code-for-a-list-of-strings

and compute the hashcode for the concatenation. As an analogy say that I wanted to compute a MD5 checksum for a memory block..

How to cast a list of inheriting objects to a collection of objects in Java?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2754756/how-to-cast-a-list-of-inheriting-objects-to-a-collection-of-objects-in-java

T U does not imply that C T C U . It was this example analogy from the Java Generics Tutorial that helped me understand this..

Production settings file for log4j?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3537870/production-settings-file-for-log4j

into account later. See explanation with publish subscribe analogy . Nested categories of interest can be individually given lower..

Bulk insert in Java using prepared statements batch update

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6892105/bulk-insert-in-java-using-prepared-statements-batch-update

is where the time savings come in. As a rather stretched analogy it's like dropping out of user mode down into kernel mode and..

Why java people frequently consume exception silently?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/921471/why-java-people-frequently-consume-exception-silently

code probably it is something that is expected and in my analogy is like a bulletproof jacket and the man was waiting for the..