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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

by Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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If you've been developing in Java for any serious length of time, you know one thing to be true--working with dates is awful. The java.util.Date class, with its related classes, shipped with 1.0, and Calendar and its related classes coming along in 1.1. Even early on, problems were apparent. For example, the Javadoc on Date says this--Unfortunately, the API for these functions was not amenable to internationalization. As a result, Calendar was introduced in 1.1. Sure, there have been other enhancements down through the years, but given Java's strict adherence to backwards compatibility, there's only so much the language architects can do. As much as they may want to fix those APIs, their hands are tied.

Fortunately, Java Specification ...

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