Java Faqs - Will Java Allow Viruses and Destructive Programs to be Transmitted Via the Net?

As we mentioned before, Java applets are built on AWT. AWT provides two levels of security. On the first level, AWT prevents applets from having free access to your computer’s file system. So, for example, it would be extremely difficult for someone to write a Java applet which did any damage to your computer’s files. The second level of security involves a byte code verifier in the Java virtual machine. The verifier checks to see if any of AWT’s security classes have been overridden or if anything in the applet will make the browser crash. If both conditions are met, it allows the non-offending applets to run in your browser. Otherwise, it rejects them. While a good concept, the verifier can be fooled; be careful.
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Java Faqs - How Fast is Java?

The real question is, “How fast is Java in relation to other programming languages?” The answer is, Java falls somewhere in between the speed of static languages such as C/C++ and dynamic languages such as SmallTalk. Preliminary benchmarks show that Java byte codes typically execute at about 50% of the speed of well written C code for processor intensive tasks. The bottom line is that Java is significantly faster than dynamic languages such as SmallTalk and interpreted languages such as Visual Basic. The secret to Java’s speed is the design of the virtual machine instruction set. The instruction set is close enough to most native CPU instruction sets that there is very little overhead in translating from Java byte codes to native instructions. Future versions of the Java byte code interpreter will be able to translate from Java byte codes to native machine code on the fly (also known as “just-in-time compilation”), which will result in even greater execution speed.
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Java Faqs - What are the naming conventions in Java?

The naming conventions are straightforward:
1 . Package names are guaranteed uniqueness by using the Internet domain name in reverse order: com.javasoft.jag - the "com" or "edu" (etc.) part used to be in upper case, but now lower case is the recommendation.2 . Class and interface names are descriptive nouns, with the first letter of each word capitalized: PolarCoords. Interfaces are often called "something-able", e.g. "Observable", "Runnable", "Sortable".3 . Object and data (field) names are nouns/noun phrases, with the first letter lowercase, and the first letter of subsequent words capitalized: currentLimit.4 . Method names are verbs/verb phrases, with the first letter lowercase, and the first letter of subsequent words capitalized: calculateCurrentLimit.5 . Constant (final) names are in caps: UPPER_LIMIT. Other sites:6 . Check out the section "Naming Conventions" in the language specification: 7. Also take a look at Doug Lea's draft coding standards:

Java Faqs - How can I store the errors from the javac compiler in a DOS file?

javac foo.java > errorfile doesn't work.

javac writes errors to stderr, The problem is that DOS doesn't allow stderr to be redirected (as command.com is very poor software). So you have to use a special error redirection mechanism in the compiler:

javac -J-D javac.pipe.output=true myfile.java > errors.txt

In JDK 1.2, you can use: javac -Xstdout You typically use this when a compilation produces a lot of errormessages, and they scroll off the DOS window before you can read them.

Alternatively, you can get a scollbar to appear on a DOS window by changing the properties with the "Layout" tab. Change the Screen Buffer Size Height: to some multiple > 1 of the Window Size Height. E.g. use a buffer height of 100 and screen height of 25 (the default). This will give you three buffers of scroll "history."

Java Faqs - How do I turn off the JIT in the JDK?

In JDK 1.1.x you use the commandline option "-Dnojit". In JDK 1.2/2 you use "-Djava.compiler=none"

One reason for turning off the JIT is to get more information about any exception that is thrown in your code.

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Java Faqs - What language is the Java compiler and JVM written in?

Sun's javac Java compiler is written in Java. Sun's java JVM interpreter is written in Java with some C, C++ forplatform-specific and low level routines.Sun's Java Web Server is written in Java.Other companies have chosen other approaches. IBM's Jikes compiler (which is praised for its speed) is written in C++, but of course each version only runs on one platform. Jikes versions have been prepared for IBM AIX, Linux Intel (glibc), Win95/NT and Solaris Sparc at http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/formula/jikes.

Java Faqs - Can I compile group of java files once?

The first way isjavac *.java

Another way isjavac -depend tip.java

where "tip.java" is a class "at the tip of the iceberg", i.e. that depends on (uses) all the other classes. Typically, this may be your main class. However, "-depend" is known to be buggy and cannot be relied upon. It also doesn't issue compile commands in parallel to make use of multi-processor systems.Without the "-depend" option, the standard "javac files" doesn't look beyond the immediately adjacent dependencies to find classes lower down the hierarchy where the source has changed.The -depend options searches recursively for depending classes and recompiles it. This option doesn't help when you have dynamically loaded classes whose names cannot be determined by the compiler from the dependency graph. E.g. you use something likeClass.forName(argv[0]);The author of the code using those classes should make sure that those classes are mentioned in a Makefile.

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