Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements quickly ...

In a recent project, I needed an easy way to traverse Java object trees and extract values from the objects. Instead of continually going through huge iterator-if-else setups, I wanted a tool that ...

Most Java developers who come from a C/C++ background have probably at one time wished for a Java equivalent of sizeof(). Although Java lacks a true sizeof() equivalent, the Instrumentation interface ...

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How does one measure the performance penalty imposed by a compiler and execution environment on a program for using the data abstractions? In this article, I present the Data Abstraction Penalty (DAP) ...

Remote Method Invocation (RMI) is an application programming interface (API) in the Java programming language and development environment. It allows objects on one computer or Java Virtual Machine ...

Runtime errors occur when something goes wrong in the normal execution of a program. When severe enough, these errors abruptly terminate an application. To help programmers both anticipate and recover ...

This article describes a model for teaching Java Programming Language through Dynamic Learning Objects. The design of the learning objects was based on effective learning design principles to help ...