| Java Articles » Development » Formatting |
| 1. The Formatter Class in J2SE 1.5 | |
| "Java 1.5 introduces a new class named java.util.Formatter that allows you to do string formatting similar to the printf function in C. It depends heavily on the varargs feature being introduced in 1.5." | |
| 2. Formatting Messages in Java to Communicate with Legacy Systems, Part 1 | |
| "A lot of new applications are being written today in Java. Companies also have a vested interest in maintaining their legacy systems. So there is a need for Java applications to communicate with legacy systems through messages that those systems can interpret properly." | |
| 3. Formatting Messages in Java to Communicate with Legacy Systems, Part 2 | |
| "In Part 1 of our tutorial, we began discussing how legacy systems usually expect messages in a rigid format, such as EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code), and how such messages can be built in Java. Here in Part 2, we'll continue this discussion, with more detail on the BuildMsg.processRequest() and BuildMsg.getMsg() methods, and generating an EBCDIC byte stream using "cp500" encoding." | |