There are numerous new classes, enums, methods, and interfaces being added to JDK 7 that may not get significant coverage in the blogs and articles on Java 7. In this post, I list and describe some of ...

Departing from traditional practice for JavaWorld’s Tips ‘N Tricks column, I will talk about when not to use a previously suggested trick. Specifically, the typesafe enum construct, covered in JDC ...

Q. I'm working on a tool to support my internal framework. This tool needs to include a combo box that contains a list that is specific to a particular project. The framework tool assembly doesn't ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any ...

If you decide on using an Enum with enumerated values in your Entity Framework class, here are the tools you'll need to make it work. But an enumerated value shouldn't be your first choice. Enumerated ...