In Java 6 a better way of interacting with the command prompt was introduced, the java.io.Console class. Together with the utility class java.util.Scanner introduced in Java 5 this new API can be used to develop more advanced Java console applications.
3 replies - 11530 views - 05/06/08 by Daniel Pietraru in News
Many times it is useful to be able to get programmatically
information about the network interfaces present on a host. Java
standard library include a number of classes designed to provide access
to this information. The most important is...
1 replies - 16683 views - 05/05/08 by Daniel Pietraru in News
Due to a number of differences between various platforms it is very difficult to present system specific information in a consistent manner. When getting closer to system specific details, like file system information, a Java programmer has to become aware of...
4 replies - 18476 views - 05/04/08 by Daniel Pietraru in Tips and Tricks
Introduced in Java 6 is the option of displaying a splash screen when an application starts. The splash image file can be specified on the command line with the new splash option -splash:splash.jpg or in the manifest of a jar file with the SplashScreen-Image...
4 replies - 7664 views - 05/01/08 by Daniel Pietraru in News
