Java tips This is the java tips area of programmingtips.co.uk http://programmingtips.co.uk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:40:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://programmingtips.co.uk/images/M_images/rss.png Programming tips rss feed http://programmingtips.co.uk This is the java tips area of programmingtips.co.uk parsing a text date in java http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=5 To parse a text date in java you first need to create a SimpleDateFormat object with the pattern matching the... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:09:45 +0100 Getting the current date in java http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=5 To get the current date in java then use the gettime() methodhere is an example methodpublic void printCurrentDate() Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:05:53 +0100 Finding the number of days between 2 dates in java http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=5 To get the difference between two dates, the key thing is to turn them into longs using the... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:42 +0100 Printing a formatted date in Java http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=5 Printing a date out in the certain format is easy in java - you need to use the SimpleDateFormat class... Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:00:19 +0100 Java Naming standards http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=5 Packages... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:26:46 +0100 Java Socket Tutorial http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=5 The following link is a java socket tutorialhttp://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1996/jw-12-sockets.html (http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1996/jw-12-sockets.html) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:56:05 +0100 Java5 iterator for loop syntax http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=5 There is a new collections iterator loop within java.The syntax is for(Item theItem: Items)you can find more info about this... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:49:23 +0100 New Java 5 features http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=5 Java 5 encompases the first set of new language features since Java 2. These features are:-Autoboxing - This allows you... Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:47:52 +0100 XPath syntax http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=5 Here is the basic xpath syntax as taken from w3schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com/XPath/xpath_syntax.asp) Selecting Nodes XPath uses path expressions to select nodes... Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:38:04 +0100 Adding x days to a date in java http://programmingtips.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=5 import java.util.GregorianCalendar; import java.util.Calendar; public class TestDate { public TestDate() {         run() } public void run() { GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar(); // Todays date System.out.println(gc.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/" + (gc.get(Calendar.MONTH)+... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:16:49 +0100