java Programming Glossary: discussion

Does the JVM prevent tail call optimizations?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105834/does-the-jvm-prevent-tail-call-optimizations

see John Rose's informal proposal . There is also more discussion in Sun bug #4726340 where the evaluation from 2002 ends I believe..

How to read a single char from the console in Java (as the user types it)?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1066318/how-to-read-a-single-char-from-the-console-in-java-as-the-user-types-it

this across operating systems. There's also an interesting discussion thread here . One of the suggestions is to use JNI. Again that's..

What is the best method to capture images from a live video device for use by a Java-based application?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115835/what-is-the-best-method-to-capture-images-from-a-live-video-device-for-use-by-a

This is how I define best for the purpose of this discussion Latency if I'm controlling the camera using this video stream..

Is shifting bits faster than multiplying and dividing in Java? .NET?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1168451/is-shifting-bits-faster-than-multiplying-and-dividing-in-java-net

companion website http www.hackersdelight.org See also a discussion with a link or two here http hexblog.com 2005 11 do_you_know_the_division_opera.html..

Is there a destructor for Java?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/171952/is-there-a-destructor-for-java

log an error . There was a question that spawned in depth discussion of finalize recently so that should provide more depth if required.....

EventListenerList firing order

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2159803/eventlistenerlist-firing-order

parent slider.addChangeListener this ... Addendum the discussion in EventListenerList appears to be implementation advice rather..

How to discover memory usage of my application in Android

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2298208/how-to-discover-memory-usage-of-my-application-in-android

usage numbers with other engineers there is always a long discussion about what they actually mean that only results in a vague conclusion... probably read the last part of this article which has some discussion of how memory is managed on Android http android developers.blogspot.com..

How to properly override clone method?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2326758/how-to-properly-override-clone-method

that Cloneable is broken but it happens. You may read more discussion on the topic in his book Effective Java 2nd Edition Item 11..

bug with varargs and overloading?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2521293/bug-with-varargs-and-overloading

varargs share improve this question There is a discussion about this over at the Sun Forums . No real resolution there..

Validating input using java.util.Scanner

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3059333/validating-input-using-java-util-scanner

and skip methods that ignores delimiters. The following discussion will keep the regex as simple as possible so the focus remains..

Weird Integer boxing in Java

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3130311/weird-integer-boxing-in-java

conversions of p. It is always the case that r1 r2. The discussion goes on suggesting that although your second line of output..

If profiler is not the answer, what other choices do we have?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4387895/if-profiler-is-not-the-answer-what-other-choices-do-we-have

optimization UPDATE A point that seems to be missed in the discussion is observer effect . Can we build a profiler that really ' observer..

How can I protect MySQL username and password from decompiling?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/442862/how-can-i-protect-mysql-username-and-password-from-decompiling

be different. More Important Notes There has been a lot of discussion in the comments of this answer and others about what the correct..

Java, pass-by-value, reference variables

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/498747/java-pass-by-value-reference-variables

value share improve this question There's an extended discussion of how Java passes variables at an earlier question Is Java..

Why does JSF need to save the state of UI components on the server side?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5474316/why-does-jsf-need-to-save-the-state-of-ui-components-on-the-server-side

for use. See this blog this question for relevant details discussion. Also there is an open issue to include in JSF specs an option..

Convert from byte array to hex string in java

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9655181/convert-from-byte-array-to-hex-string-in-java

notation share improve this question From the discussion here and especially this answer this is the function I currently.. took it from switching to bitwise ops as suggested in the discussion cut about 20 off of the time for long arrays. Edit When I say.. alternatives I mean the alternative code offered in the discussions. Performance is equivalent to Commons Codec which uses very..

Seeking clarification on apparent contradictions regarding weakly typed languages

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9929585/seeking-clarification-on-apparent-contradictions-regarding-weakly-typed-language

with any certainty is that a strongly typed language under discussion has some additional restriction in the type system either at.. runtime or compile time that a weakly typed language under discussion lacks. What that restriction might be cannot be determined without..