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Comparing strings in Java
Typically programmers become accustom to using the == operator when comparing strings. While this is certainly valid syntax in Java, there is a catch that you should know about. The Catch == compares object references .equals() compares string values Explained == performs a reference equality check, to determine whether the two objects (strings in this case) refer to the same object in the memory. The equals() method...
Java - java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
Learn how memory leaks manifest themselves in Java and how to avoid a System Out of Memory Exception. Contrary to what many people think, an application written in Java may rather present memory leak problems, resulting in exceptions of type System Out of Memory (java.lang.OutOfMemoryError). Unfortunately, a large number of Java programmers think that Memory leak is a C /...
KnockoutJS - ko.toJSON copying unwanted properties
When using KnockoutJS and the Knockout Mapping Plugin, you may notice extra properties are being serialized with your viewmodels, ex. "__ko_mapping__" or "copiedProperties" objects. JSON Example: { "MyObject": { "Id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "Type": 1, "Name": "Default MyObject" }, "__ko_mapping__": { "ignore": [], "include": ["_destroy"], "copy": [], "observe": [], "mappedProperties": { "MyObject.Id": true, "MyObject.Type": true, "MyObject.Name": true }, "copiedProperties": {}, "": {}...
JavaScript - Getting query string values
One of the key ingredients to an AJAX driven website is the ability to reliably get query string parameters. We will run through an example using the new URLSearchParams API and also a Javascript only implementation for legacy browsers. Using the URLSearchParams Web API Consider the url http://www.systemoutofmemory.com?id=1&firstName=Bob&hobby=Baseball&hobby=Basketball Get the query string params var queryParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search); Iterate &...
C# - Randomizing a List
Randomizing a list<T> can be done using the Random and a simple LINQ query. Check out our card shuffling example below: Randomizing a list of objects Given a Card class public class Card { public string Name { get; set; } public int Value { get; set; } } Initialize a new list of cards var cards = new List<Card>()...