Tweet This post is a continuation of my series on the Java 7 java.nio.file package, this time covering the copying and moving of files and complete directory trees. If you have ever been frustrated by Java’s lack of copy and move methods, then read on, for relief is at hand. Included in the coverage is [...]
What’s new in Java 7 – The (Quiet) NIO File Revolution
January 20, 2012 by 18 Comments
Tweet Java 7 (“Project Coin”) has been out since July of last year. The additions with this release are useful, for example Try with resources – having closable resources handled automatically from try blocks, Strings in switch statements, multicatch for Exceptions and the ‘‘ operator for working with generics. The addition that everyone was anticipating [...]
Event Programming with Google Guava EventBus
January 6, 2012 by 26 Comments
Tweet It’s a given in any software application there are objects that need to share information in order to get work done. In Java applications, one way of achieving information sharing is to have event listeners, whose sole purpose is to take some action when a desired event occurs. For the most part this process [...]
