Tag Archives: Technology

String or StringBuffer ? what about StringBuilder?

Posted on June 20, 2008 by

The usual advice is to use StringBuffer when you are going to mutate the String. The reason is well known – String is immutable and its costlier to create new objects than appending using StringBuffer.  But StringBuffer is thread-safe, meaning … Continue reading →

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Building Web Services with JAX-WS – Basics Refresher & Tutorial

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

Smart and funny ways to save money during recession A quick refresher of JAX-WS basics! —————————————————————————————————- Concepts: —————————————————————————————————- JAX-WS stands for Java API for XML Web Services. It allows to write message-oriented as well as RPC-oriented web services A web … Continue reading →

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GoF Core Design Patterns :- Behavioral Design Patterns

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

This post can be used as a quick refresher of the GoF Behavioral Design Patterns. I have just given the intents of each of the Behavioral patterns. This will be of use to experienced professionals. Chain of Responsibility INTENT: Avoid … Continue reading →

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GoF Core Design Patterns :- Structural Design Patterns

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

This post can be used as a quick refresher of the GoF Structural Design Patterns. I have just given the intents of each of the structural patterns. This will be of use to experienced professionals. Adapter INTENT: Convert the interface … Continue reading →

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GoF Core Design Patterns :- Creational Design Patterns

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

This post can be used as a quick refresher of the GoF Creational Design Patterns. I have just given the intents of each of the creational patterns. This will be of use to experienced professionals. Abstract Factory INTENT: Provide an … Continue reading →

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Java Server Faces (JSF) 1.2 tidbits

Posted on April 16, 2008 by

Prior to version 1.2 of JavaServer Faces technology, page authors used the loadBundle tag to load a resource bundle into a page in order to reference localized data from a page. Page authors can still load resource bundles into a … Continue reading →

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Google’s AppEngine a real threat to Amazon S3!!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by

Google introduced their cloud application platform called AppEngine (beta!!) yesterday and TechCrunch already have their experience posted here . The capabilities and the reviews are awesome and this one is a real big threat to Amazon’s S3 services. Amazon had … Continue reading →

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