Properties vs. Fields: Need help grasping the uses of Properties over Fields

1) why I would want to use properties instead of fields (especially when it appears I am just adding additional code You should always use properties where possible. They abstract direct access to the field (which is created for you if you don’t create one). Even if the property does nothing other than setting a … Read more

Printing only the first field in a string

You can do this easily with a variety of Unix tools: $ cut -d’ ‘ -f1 <<< “12/12/2013 14:32” 12/12/2013 $ awk ‘{print $1}’ <<< “12/12/2013 14:32” 12/12/2013 $ sed ‘s/ .*//’ <<< “12/12/2013 14:32” 12/12/2013 $ grep -o “^\S\+” <<< “12/12/2013 14:32” 12/12/2013 $ perl -lane ‘print $F[0]’ <<< “12/12/2013 14:32” 12/12/2013

Get name of a field

Unfortunately, there is no way to do what you wish. Why? In an era where we are still trying to prove that Java is not slow, storing metadata of where or how an object was constructed would have a large overhead, and since it has a very minimal range of use, it does not exist. … Read more

What is the C# static fields naming convention?

The Microsoft guidelines are silent about private fields, they are only concerned with publicly visible members. Common conventions are camelCase, _camelCase and even sometimes the hangover from C++/MFC m_camelCase. If you use camelCase without a prefix, your property backing fields will differ from the property name only in case, which is not a problem in … Read more

How can I improve performance of Field.set (perhap using MethodHandles)?

2015-06-01: Updated to reflect @JoeC’s comment about another case when handles are static. Also updated to latest JMH and re-ran on modern hardware. The conclusion stays almost the same. Please do proper benchmarking, it is arguably not that hard with JMH. Once you do that, the answer becomes obvious. It can also showcase the proper … Read more

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