Java
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Casting In Java 8 (And Beyond?)
Casting an instance to a type reeks of bad design. Still, there are situations where there is no other choice.…
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Measuring Allocations Programmatically
I picked up this tip from the The Java Specialists’ Newsletter written by Heinz Kabutz. (For all Java developers wanting to…
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Writing a download server. Part V: Throttle download speed
In the age of botnets that you can rent for few hundred bucks and run your very own distributed-denial-of-service attack,…
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Windows Registry Cleanup after JDK 9 Early Release Installation
In my last blog post, I demonstrated resolution of issues surrounding the Oracle Java symbolic links (C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\ directory on Windows-based…
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JBoss Fuse 6.2 released – guide how to quickly try it
At the Red Hat summit last week, it was announced that JBoss Fuse 6.2 was released. I want to congratulate…
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How does FlexyPool support the Dropwizard Metrics package renaming
Introduction FlexyPool relies heavily on Dropwizard (previously Codahale) Metrics for monitoring the connection pool usage. Being integrated into Dropwizard, the…
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The Effect of Co-ordinated Omission – Measure loopback latency using a simple NIO client/server
In this post I demonstrate a number of ideas and techniques: How to write a simple non-blocking NIO client/server The…
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Writing a download server. Part IV: Implement HEAD operation (efficiently)
HEAD is an often forgotten HTTP method (verb) that behaves just like GET, but does not return body. You use…
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Oracle Java on Windows
I recently downloaded an early access release of JDK 9 (build 68) for my Windows 7-based laptop. Because this is…
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