I have been doing an excessive amount of coding lately, for both work and for personal things and I found that I use the same handful of JAVA methods in sequence to perform many tasks. Specifically around persisting/converting data.

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I have been doing an excessive amount of coding lately, for both work and for personal things and I found that I use the same handful of JAVA methods in sequence to perform many tasks. Specifically around persisting/converting data.

So in an effort to make my life easier I created a series of String and File utilities that I can call to avoid having to copy/paste and adjust dozens of lines of code.

The API is generic and mostly Object agnostic. I went through and fully documented all the methods, and I also overloaded many of the methods for the base case and specific cases.

I am posting it online here for people to use.:

• Java JAR
• JavaDocs
• .NET DLL*
• Sample Class

I think eventually this will be “open source” in the sense I will let people add to it, but for the time being I’ll just see if anyone actually has an interest in it.

*Although not fully tested, There is a DLL version of this API. The DLL was generated using a neat little utility called IKVM. The ability to convert JARs to DLLs is really useful!

You can run the Test Class by executing “java -jar util_api_1.0.jar”

This requires Java 6.

Anyway, Please feel free to download and check out. Suggestions/Comments welcome.

Today’s edition is [...]]]> A recent bit of feedback from a friend and fellow blogger is that my posts lack a certain graphical appeal. I therefore have decided to introduce a recurring feature to this site where I use the power of my Blackberry’s camera to bring you interesting things I encounter on my day-to-day adventures.

Today’s edition is Silly Signs:

An interesting advertisement. I saw this in my local train station. Apparently a very hip dog (hip due to the cool specs) has somehow made it to the Taj Mahal and realized he needs a passport.I, of course, would encourage all travelers to sort out passports before going to see India, but each to their own.I am not sure what is more odd. The fact he has 1 ear, a face shaped like an arrow or that he has a camera around his neck, but yet no opposable thumbs to click the button. I am not sure who decided this advertisement would work, but smoking some of that crack might be fun. I will make a note, that I have no idea what this is advertising.

On my recent trip to Germany I had a layover in Zurich, this sign was seen on the shuttle bus to my plane.Apparently in Switzerland it is not only encouraged that you smoke on a shuttle bus, but that you smoke several different types of tobacco.However the artist did forget to paint the smoke lines on the pipe, so maybe I should just carry an un-lit pipe Sherlock Holmes style. For a country that smokes more cigarettes in an hour than most countries do in a year, I guess it makes sense that you are allowed to have one last sweet taste of nicotine before the 1 hour 20 minute flight from Zurich to Heathrow.

That is all for now. I hope that this satisfies the apparent lust for imagery my readers have.

Hello Everyone! The page has changed significantly and hopefully I now can maintain this more. I have moved over my favourite posts from my old blog and will be perfecting the scheme of this webpage as  I discover new and wonderful things about WordPress.

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