February 01, 2011
Mark Wielaard: New GPG key.
Finally created a new GPG key using gnupg. The old one was a DSA/1024 bits one and 8 years old. The new one is a RSA/2048 bits one. I will use the new one in the future to sign any release tarballs I might create. pub 2048R/57816A6A 2011-01-29 Key f...
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February 01, 2011
Andrew Hughes: [SECURITY] IcedTea6 1.7.8, 1.8.5, 1.9.5 Released!.
We are pleased to announce a new set of security releases, IcedTea6 1.7.8, IcedTea6 1.8.5 and IcedTea6 1.9.5.
This update contains the following security updates:
The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 u...
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Adam Bien: Are Naming Conventions Still Needed for Abstract Classes?
Java Champion Adam Bien recently asked "Are Naming Conventions Still Needed for Abstract Classes?":
In case you have trouble to find a unique name for an abstract class, you probably don't need it. Some reasons, why 'Abstract' doesn't have to appear as prefix in the name of an abstract class:
Abstract classes are already distinguishable by the keyword abstract. There is no need to further emphasize it.
A prefix 'Abstract' doesn't provide any additional value to the user - in contrary it blurs the actual intension.
Modern IDEs don't let you instantiate an abstract class, even before saving / compiling...
Date: September, 16 2009
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2009/09/16/adam-bien-are-naming-conventions-still-needed-abstract-classes
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