(Not So) Stupid Java Questions
This page is a collection of links to the (Not So) Stupid Java
Questions series. This series features a set of questions that
cover a wide variety of Java-related topics. The questions are typically
posted with the beginning words, "This may be a stupid question, but ..."
The links here are to these questions with answers from a variety of web
users. I started this page because I was not aware of any other single page
that acted as an index for these questions and answers. However, such a
page does now exist
here.
(Not So) Stupid Questions
- Static Methods (12/30/2003)
- String Equality (04/07/2004)
- Private Access (12/17/2004)
- Assigning Packages (05/05/2005)
- When should I implement an interface, over inheriting from a parent class? (10/03/2005)
- How can you justify
Dimension java.awt.Component.getMinimumSize() when Dimension does not implement Comparable<Dimension>? (11/24/2005)
- There are some weird Java operators I don't understand. 01/17/2006)
- What's the deal with
serialVersionUID? (03/09/2006)
- I'm attending my first JavaOne. What should I plan on? (05/02/2006)
- Other than bundling my classes, what good does a JAR do me? (06/15/2006)
- I have a question about a Java feature. Who do I ask? (08/01/2006)
- Can I use the 'Java' name in an open-source project? (08/10/2006)
- Why do constructors have to start with a call to
super()? (09/26/2006)
- Why Do Pointless
if Statements Even Compile? (10/24/2006)
- How Can A Constructor Be Private? (11/28/2006)
- What's the Difference Between Wildcard Generics and No Generics? (02/20/2007)
- Should Code be Clean or D.R.Y.? (07/12/2007)
- Reverse Access Modifiers (08/16/2007) [What do you do when you want to avoid any calls from inside your own methods to outside classes?]