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From: Eric Rizzo
Subject: [ST-J] The dog licking himself
To: Straight Talking Java

I stumbled upon this lovely example the dog licking his genitals just
because he can, from the java.util.Collections class:

public static boolean addAll(Collection c, T... a ( Read more... )

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They say simple things please simple minds: well, in my case, it's mainly books and computers. Either about computers, human languages or (more recently) how-to rules in the work environment and out of it. Sometimes I think I buy books impulsively. Take this as an example:

Bookpool has received the following order from you. Please note ( Read more... )

Reading "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook", I found directions to get to a J2EE patterns document in Sun's website.

I copied the following diagram:
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