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Core Java
Can synchronization be optimised away?
Overview There is a common misconception that because the JIT is smart and synchronization can be eliminated for an object…
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Enterprise Java
JAXB – Representing Null and Empty Collections
Demo Code The following demo code will be used for all the different versions of the Java model. It simply…
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Groovy
A simple Groovy issue tracker using file system
It will be a chaos not to track bugs and feature requests when you developing software. Having a simple issue…
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Core Java
Under the JVM hood – Classloaders
Classloaders are a low level and often ignored aspect of the Java language among many developers. At ZeroTurnaround , our…
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Agile
Who Do You Promote Into Management?
I vividly remember my first promotion into management. I was looking for a promotion to be a senior engineer. I…
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Enterprise Java
Chunk Oriented Processing in Spring Batch
Big Data Sets’ Processing is one of the most important problem in the software world. Spring Batch is a lightweight…
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Core Java
Java Object resurrection
Overview After an object which overrides finalize() is collected it is added to a finalization queue to be cleaned up…
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Software Development
Don’t take the Technical Debt Metaphor too far
Because “technical debt” has the word “debt” in it, many people have decided that it makes sense to think and…
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Core Java
Java – far sight look at JDK 8
The world is changing slowly but surely. After the changes that gave java a fresher look with JDK 7, the…
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