Comparing Strings in Java has evolved from the character comparisons to String comparisons to StringUtils comparison. Using the StringUtils to compare Strings is so much safer and faster to code.

How can you try and catch and error and avoiding code redundancy in Java 7. With Java 7 still in beta mode, there are more upgrades to this amazing programming language.

Fast forward to Java SE 7, you can now use Strings inside a switch statement. Unlike previous versions, putting Strings on a switch would produce an error but on Java 7, finally a switch comparator is enabled. Much more flexibility now.

Some tips on Autoboxing to be applied in Java and for your SCJP 6 exams. The flexibility of the Java language has made programming easy and in some ways less complicated for the beginners.

Using JSTL is comfortable and easy, but sometimes simple mistake by using <c:when test> and it doesn’t work is because of human errors. Do refer what is the common mistake

How to use Hibernate’s DetachedCriteria to get result by using Join for a class. As of newest Hibernate, the type Expression is deprecated and that’s where Restrictions come into place. What’s the difference then by using HQL and Criterias?

For those running Tomcat 5.5 on a JDK 1.4, there will be compatibility issues. Testing it on Eclipse, the error would appear as such.

This release of Apache Tomcat was packaged to run on J2SE 5.0
or later. It can be run on earlier JVMs by downloading and
installing a compatibility package from the Apache Tomcat
binary download page.

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Been playing around with Hibernate and mapping classes with Java. A reason why Hibernate is useful is so to facilitate users to stop writing pure SQL for queries and reduce code redundancy. A slight note, Hibernate also works well with the .NET platform.

Though there was this error which TechieDan experienced

org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateSystemException: [...]