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How to tackle daylight savings using Timezone in java

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10545960/how-to-tackle-daylight-savings-using-timezone-in-java

3 letter abbreviations should be wholeheartedly avoided in favour of TZDB zone IDs. EST is Eastern Standard Time and Standard..

Java Date vs Calendar

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1404210/java-date-vs-calendar

Calendar types. When writing new code is it best to always favour Calendar over Date or are there circumstances where Date is..

How to validate against schema in JAXB 2.0 without marshalling?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1560422/how-to-validate-against-schema-in-jaxb-2-0-without-marshalling

Firstly javax.xml.bind.Validator has been deprecated in favour of javax.xml.validation.Schema . The idea is that you parse..

Java AWT/SWT/Swing: How to plan a GUI?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1742001/java-awt-swt-swing-how-to-plan-a-gui

Do not use the Observer Observable classes but instead favour ChangeListener PropertyChangeListener or your own custom listener..

Is there any point in using a volatile long?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3038203/is-there-any-point-in-using-a-volatile-long

bean for use in a single threaded application I tend to favour volatile instance variables as there is no guarantee that the..

SessionTimeout: web.xml vs session.maxInactiveInterval()

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3118968/sessiontimeout-web-xml-vs-session-maxinactiveinterval

for 15 minutes. Are these methods equivalent Should I favour the web.xml config java session servlets weblogic session timeout..

Why is January month 0 in Java Calendar?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/344380/why-is-january-month-0-in-java-calendar

dates and times is tricky but aaargh anyway. Do yourself a favour and use Joda Time instead or possibly JSR 310 . EDIT As for.. and find something better. One point which is in favour of using 0 based indexes is that it makes things like arrays..

Want to know whether enough memory is free on a linux machine to deploy a new application

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3784974/want-to-know-whether-enough-memory-is-free-on-a-linux-machine-to-deploy-a-new-ap

that have been inactive for some time to the swap space in favour of caching data for active processes. This tends to favour throughput.. favour of caching data for active processes. This tends to favour throughput over responsiveness so some people tune their kernel..

Java time-based map/cache with expiring keys

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3802370/java-time-based-map-cache-with-expiring-keys

many of these MapMaker methods have been deprecated in favour of the new CacheBuilder Cache Key Graph graphs CacheBuilder.newBuilder..

How to properly clean up JDBC resources in Java?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4508172/how-to-properly-clean-up-jdbc-resources-in-java

finally try rs.close catch Exception ignored Personally I favour the second option since it is a bit shorter. Any input on this..

Default constructor vs. inline field initialization

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4916735/default-constructor-vs-inline-field-initialization

size or integer of specific value but it can work in your favour or against you If you have many constructors that initialise..

Downsides to immutable objects in Java?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/752280/downsides-to-immutable-objects-in-java

state automatic thread safety simplicity You can favour immutability by using private final fields and constructor injection... and constructor injection. But what are the downsides to favouring immutable objects in Java i.e. incompatibility with ORM or.. improve this question But what are the downsides to favouring immutable objects in Java incompatibility with ORM or web..