Abstract: The paper presents a video-based exploratory study that seeks to understand how developers modify UML class diagram layouts for better readability and comprehension of the system. Two ...

In the code example below, you see the immutable String and the mutable StringBuilder class. Each is being passed as a parameter to a method. Knowing that Java only passes by value, what do you ...

More and more disease-causing bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. The number of deaths caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant microorganisms is projected to reach 10 million a ...

Learn about serialization in Java with our comprehensive ... Here’s a simple example of serializing an object: To enable serialization, a class must implement the Serializable interface.

For example, states might have the following categories of misdemeanor offenses: Class A misdemeanors punishable by up to a year of imprisonment. Class B misdemeanors punishable by up to six ...

A lawyer, craftsman, and peasant, for example, were all members of the working class, as they were neither members of the aristocracy nor the religious elite. Similar hierarchies existed outside ...

Abstract: Class diagrams may be used as learning resources for the generation of software engineers’ competencies. However, when they are open learning resources, they could lack information about the ...

It is not completely obvious from this example, but Kotlin has relaxed Java’s requirement that functions be class members. In Kotlin, functions may be declared at top level in a file ...

Any class that extends the List interface expands dynamically. Java arrays do not expand and contract. You can’t change the size of an array in Java once the array is initialized. How is a Java ...