What is @SuppressWarnings annotation?

By I Wayan Saryada in Basic, Core API 0 Comment

The @SuppressWarnings annotation tells the compiler to suppress the warning messages it normally shows during compilation time. It has some level of suppression to be added to the code, these level including: all, deprecation, fallthrough, finally, path, serial and unchecked.

package org.kodejava.basic;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class SuppressWarningsExample {
    @SuppressWarnings(value={"deprecation"})
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Date date = new Date(2021, Calendar.OCTOBER, 3);

        System.out.println("date = " + date);
    }
}

In the example above if we don’t use @SuppressWarnings annotation the compiler will report that the constructor of the Date class called above has been deprecated.

How do I use @Override annotation?

By I Wayan Saryada in Basic, Core API 0 Comment

We use the @Override annotation as part of method declaration. The @Override annotation is used when we want to override methods and want to make sure have overridden the correct methods.

As the annotation name we know that there should be the same method signature in the parent class to override. That means using this annotation let us know earlier when we are mistakenly override method that doesn’t exist in the base class.

package org.kodejava.basic;

public class OverrideExample {
    private String field;
    private String attribute;

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return field.hashCode() + attribute.hashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return field + " " + attribute;
    }
}

How do I mark method as @deprecated?

By I Wayan Saryada in Basic, Core API 0 Comment

To mark a method as deprecated we can use the JavaDoc @deprecated tag. This is what we did since the beginning of Java. But when a new metadata support introduced to the Java language we can also use annotation. The annotation for marking method as deprecated is @Depreated.

The difference between these two that the @deprecated is place in the JavaDoc comment block while the @Deprecated is placed as a source code element.

package org.kodejava.basic;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class DeprecatedExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DeprecatedExample de = new DeprecatedExample();
        de.getDate();
        System.out.println(de.getMonthFromDate());
    }

    /**
     * Get current system date.
     *
     * @return current system date.
     * @deprecated This method will be removed in the near future.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public Date getDate() {
        return new Date();
    }

    public int getMonthFromDate() {
        return Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.MONTH);
    }
}

How do I programmatically compile Java class?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Tools 0 Comment

This example using the Java Compiler API introduced in JDK 1.6 to programmatically compile a Java class. Here we’ll compile the Hello.java. The process of compiling can be start by obtaining a JavaCompiler from the ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler().

The simplest way to compile is by calling the run() method of the compiler and passing the first three arguments with null value. These three argument will use the default System.in, System.out and System.err. The final parameter is the file of the Java class to be compiled.

When error happened during compilation process the non-zero result code will be returned. After the compile process you’ll have the Hello.class just as if you were compiling using the javac command.

package org.kodejava.tools;

import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
import javax.tools.ToolProvider;

public class CompileHello {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
        JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
        int result = compiler.run(null, null, null,
                "kodejava-tools/src/main/java/org/kodejava/tools/Hello.java");

        System.out.println("Compile result code = " + result);
    }
}

How do I sort strings using Collator class?

By I Wayan Saryada in Core API, Text Package 0 Comment

In this example we demonstrate how to use the java.text.Collator class to sort strings in language-specific order. Using the java.text.Collator class makes the string not just sorted by the ASCII code of their characters, but it will follow the language natural order of the characters.

package org.kodejava.text;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.text.Collator;

public class StringShortWithCollator {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<String> fruits = new ArrayList<>();
        fruits.add("Guava");
        fruits.add("Banana");
        fruits.add("Orange");
        fruits.add("Mango");
        fruits.add("Apple");

        // Define a collator for US English.
        Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.US);

        // Sort the list base on the collator
        fruits.sort(collator);

        for (String fruit : fruits) {
            System.out.println("Fruit = " + fruit);
        }
    }
}

The result of the code snippet above are:

Fruit = Apple
Fruit = Banana
Fruit = Guava
Fruit = Mango
Fruit = Orange