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Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla
Book Image

Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla

Overview of this book

For more than three decades, Java has been on the forefront of developing robust software that has helped versatile businesses meet their requirements. Being one of the most widely used programming languages in history, it’s imperative for Java developers to discover effective ways of using it in order to take full advantage of the power of the latest Java features. Java 11 Cookbook offers a range of software development solutions with simple and straightforward Java 11 code examples to help you build a modern software system. Starting with the installation of Java, each recipe addresses various problem by explaining the solution and offering insights into how it works. You’ll explore the new features added to Java 11 that will make your application modular, secure, and fast. The book contains recipes on functional programming, GUI programming, concurrent programming, and database programming in Java. You’ll also be taken through the new features introduced in JDK 18.3 and 18.9. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills required to write robust, scalable, and optimal Java code effectively.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Introduction

Working with java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar was a pain for Java developers until Stephen Colebourne (http://www.joda.org/) introduced Joda-Time (http://www.joda.org/joda-time/), a library for working with date and time in Java. Joda-Time provided the following advantages over the JDK API:

  • Richer API for getting date components, such as the day of a month, the day of a week, the month, and the year, and time components, such as the hour, minutes, and seconds.
  • Ease of manipulation and comparison of dates and time.
  • Both time zone-independent and time zone-dependent APIs are available. Most of the time, we will be using time zone-independent APIs, which makes it easier to use the API.
  • Amazing APIs to compute duration between dates and times.
  • Date formatting and duration computation follow ISO standards by default.
  • Supports multiple calendars such as Gregorian...