If you are fortunate enough to be using JDK 7, the newly available Objects class is the obvious (at least to me) choice for implementing the “common” Java object ...

Instead of `Short.valueOf(value).toString()` we can implement `UByte#toString()` as `Short.toString(value)`. Also `UByte#hashCode()` can be changed from `Short.valueOf(value).hashCode()` to ...

public boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object ...

One day, there will be a full increment release of Java, and when that two-point-oh version becomes official, I am desperately hoping they will include a fully implemented toString() method in the ...

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...