The Desire for Switching on Strings There is no question that some fellow Java developers are excited about the ability to switch on Strings. Two recent Java.net polls demonstrated this interest ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java String printf method can be confusing at first, but it greatly simplifies how you ...

The correct way to convert a String to long in Java is to use the parseLong(String x) method of the Long wrapper class. The following String to long example program converts the text String 90210 to a ...