Tag Archives: object oriented

Implementing a deep clone using private copy constructors in Java

By Matthew Taylor | July 5, 2007

One of the drawbacks of Java is that there is no quick-and-easy way to copy an object into a new memory location. The Object class has a clone() method, but this method will not perform a complete memory location copy of that object. If the object being cloned has any references to other [...]


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Unique ArrayList

By Matthew Taylor | June 9, 2007

Eric’s post about the LinkedHashSet got me thinking about some code I’ve recently written to provide an ArrayList that operates like a set. I wasn’t aware of the LinkedHashSet, but I think I implemented something with similar functionality called a UniqueArrayList. It looks very simple:

public class UniqueArrayList extends ArrayList {
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I’m in Fortran translation Hell

By Matthew Taylor | May 15, 2007

I learned a lot more low-level concepts because I started programming in Fortran77 before Java. It taught me about some key computer science subjects that were not taught in my CIS curriculum in school. So I have an affinity for the ancient language. But lately I’ve been translating some old Fortran77 code [...]


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