java Programming Glossary: guarantees

What is a difference between <? super E> and <? extends E>?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1368166/what-is-a-difference-between-super-e-and-extends-e

is okay. So the constructor uses the extends E form so it guarantees that when it fetches values from the collection they will all..

How to pretty print XML from Java?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/139076/how-to-pretty-print-xml-from-java

results to write a class that pretty prints XML. No guarantees on how it responds with invalid XML or large documents. package..

Hashset vs Treeset

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1463284/hashset-vs-treeset

like add remove and contains but offers no ordering guarantees like TreeSet. HashSet class offers constant time performance.. the size to which you expect the set to grow. TreeSet guarantees log n time cost for the basic operations add remove and contains.. time cost for the basic operations add remove and contains guarantees that elements of set will be sorted ascending natural or the..

Best way to list files in Java, sorted by Date Modified?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203030/best-way-to-list-files-in-java-sorted-by-date-modified

and the documentation states that this makes no guarantees about the order of the files returned. Therefore you need to..

Java Generics: What is PECS?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2723397/java-generics-what-is-pecs

Difference between HashMap, LinkedHashMap and SortedMap in Java

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2889777/difference-between-hashmap-linkedhashmap-and-sortedmap-in-java

the entries will happen HashMap makes absolutely no guarantees about the iteration order. It can and will even change completely..

Validating input using java.util.Scanner

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

NumberFormatException combo. By contract a Scanner guarantees that if it hasNextInt then nextInt will peacefully give you..

Spring session-scoped beans (controllers) and references to services, in terms of serialization

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3180963/spring-session-scoped-beans-controllers-and-references-to-services-in-terms-o

ServletContext in a ThreadLocal . This is tedious but it guarantees that when the object is deserialized its dependencies will be..

Why use @PostConstruct?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3406555/why-use-postconstruct

use the dependencies. because this is the contract that guarantees that this method will be invoked only once in the bean lifecycle... times by the container in its internal working but it guarantees that @PostConstruct will be invoked only once. share improve..

Java - Transparent JScrollPane

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3517722/java-transparent-jscrollpane

its rectangular bounds. false The component makes no guarantees about painting all the bits within its rectangular bounds. Transparency..

How can a Java program get its own process ID?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35842/how-can-a-java-program-get-its-own-process-id

id . Beware though that according to the docs there are no guarantees about this value Returns the name representing the running Java..

Java Array, Finding Duplicates

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3951547/java-array-finding-duplicates

int MAXZIP 99999 boolean bitmap new boolean MAXZIP 1 Java guarantees init to false for int item zipcodeList if bitmap item ^ true..

Memory barriers and coding style over a Java VM

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3964317/memory-barriers-and-coding-style-over-a-java-vm

Smith it appears that volatile now provides stronger guarantees since JSR 133 and the earlier assertion You can use volatile..

java: “final” System.out, System.in and System.err?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5951464/java-final-system-out-system-in-and-system-err

static final fields what does this mean as far as the guarantees if any that final gives you I never realized nor expected System.in..

Stack with find-min/find-max more efficient than O(n)?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7134129/stack-with-find-min-find-max-more-efficient-than-on

to construct a queue with the same properties and time guarantees. You can also use it in a more complex construction to build..

What Java XML library do you recommend (to replace dom4j)?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/831865/what-java-xml-library-do-you-recommend-to-replace-dom4j

In fact it's a little stricter than that it actually guarantees that all documents are round trippable and have well defined..