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Working with null values in .NET

One of the trickier aspects of application development is dealing with null or nonexistent data. Tony Patton takes a closer look at null values in the .NET framework. Read more »

Get the most out of Java's class loaders

Class loaders are one of Java's most powerful features. However, developers often forget about the class-loading component even though it's essential when you develop anything more complex than a "Hello, world" application. Read more »

Download files over the Web with .NET's WebClient class

The System.Net namespace includes the WebClient class for uploading and downloading files via HTTP. You can copy or read files with only a few lines of code. Read more »

Employ the Iterator class to streamline filtering

Iterator objects don't store objects the way arrays and linked lists do. See how using a filtering Iterator class can help you avoid wasted memory and decreased performance. Read more »

Specify DataSet in XML

This article describes a mechanism that uses a Singleton Factory Class for creating DataSet objects that represent sets of views, locating the base configuration nodes for each view via XPath query. Read more »

Look inside the Java Reflection class

Java Reflection is a technology that looks inside a Java object at runtime and sees what variables it contains, what methods it supports, what interfaces it implements, what classes it extends -- basically everything about the object that you would know at compile time. We'll show how you can use this technology in your own projects. Read more »

Getting .NET class info with Reflection

In this article, Builder.com walks you through two example programsââ,¬"a run-time class information reporter and a convoluted Hello World applicationââ,¬"that illustrate late-bound method invocation. Read more »

Perform date/time arithmetic with Java's Calendar class?

Java's Calendar class offers a set of methods for converting and manipulating temporal information. In addition to retrieving the current date and time, the Calendar class also provides an API for date arithmetic. Read more »

How do I... Serialise a hash table in C# when the application requires it?

Unfortunately, the .NET Framework does not allow serialisation of any object that implements the IDictionary interface. This restriction includes, but is not limited to, hash tables. Read more »

Unleash the power of dynamic proxies in Java

Find out how dynamic proxies in Java work, and then learn how to create a proxy that implements a list of interfaces. Read more »

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