Category Archives: Java

Java: Loading a SVG into a BufferedImage

Posted on 26/06/2011 by bb-generation

Unfortunately Java does not support SVG by default. But there is a great Apache Project aiming just for this purpose called batik.

Although the reference and documentation is pretty well, it does not cover loading an SVG and just saving …

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HOWTO: Using JUnit with Eclipse with git hooks

Posted on 13/06/2011 by bb-generation

This HOWTO shows using the git pre-commit hook to auto-run all JUnit tests before committing. This can be useful if you have a strict policy that no commit should fail the unit-test suite or if you just want to …

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Java needs operator overloading

Posted on 12/06/2011 by bb-generation

I like Java but I can’t understand why it still doesn’t have operator overloading.

Everyday operator overloading
Every Java object has two (and more) methods:

String toString(): Returns a string representation of the object.
boolean equals(Object obj): Indicates whether some other object is …

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