Most new Java developers quickly learn that they should generally compare Java Strings using String.equals(Object) rather than using ==. This is emphasized and reinforced to new developers repeatedly ...

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 ...

Many Java developers, including myself, like using the typesafe constant idiom because it provides cleaner code by removing the need to validate whether a constant value is valid or in range. I don’t ...