November 19, 2008
Java is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language created by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems. JavaScript was created by the fine people at Netscape. JavaScript is a distant cousin of Java. It is also an OOP language. Many of their programming structures are similar. However, JavaScript contains a much smaller and simpler set of commands [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at November 19th, 2008 under Programming
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September 3, 2008
Methods of a Java interface are implicitly abstract and cannot have implementations. A Java abstract class can have instance methods that implements a default behavior. Variables declared in a Java interface is by default final. A Java abstract class may contain non-final variables. Memebers of a Java interface are public by default. A Java abstract [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at September 3rd, 2008 under Java
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July 19, 2008
Two JVM options are often used to tune JVM heap size: -Xmx for maximum heap size, and -Xms for initial heap size. Here are some common mistakes I have seen when using them: * Missing m, M, g or G at the end (they are case insensitive). For example, java -Xmx128 BigApp java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at July 19th, 2008 under Java
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If Java runs out of memory, the following error occurs: Exception in thread “main” java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space This can have two reasons: * Your Java application has a memory leak. There are tools like YourKit Java Profiler that help you to identify such leaks. * Your Java application really needs a lot of [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at July 19th, 2008 under Java
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July 18, 2008
You can also configure Eclipse to be able to start and stop tomcat as a program (this approach also seems to work well on Windows). To configure Eclipse to be able to start and stop tomcat: If you have not already done so, set a breakpoint somewhere in your code (preferably something not associated with [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at July 18th, 2008 under Java
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To configure tomcat to allow remote debugging, start tomcat using the catalina startup script (from your tomcat home) instead of the normal startup script like so (tomcat must be stopped before you can change over): WIN: set JPDA_ADDRESS=8000set JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socketbin/catalina.bat jpda start UNIX: export JPDA_ADDRESS=8000export JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socketbin/catalina.sh jpda start We recommend adding this stuff to your startup [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at July 18th, 2008 under Java
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January 8, 2007
Today, we had a professional class called Java EE Architecture and Enterprise JavaBeans, and we learned how to install both JaveSE and JaveEE, and configure them. It’s a little bit complicated from professior’s notes. After I did the installation, I summarized the following three steps and make the installation easy. Download both package which are [...]
Filed by Paul Gu at January 8th, 2007 under Windows
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