Java: finding class versions

The JVM versions your Java classes will run on is often determined by how you compile them. Failure to take care with your classes and dependencies can lead to an UnsupportedClassVersionError. This post demonstrates how to check your class files.

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Java: automating the equals method

I spend quite a lot of time writing Java code. I got to thinking about the time I spent implementing, testing, maintaining and just paging over equals /hashCode implementations. These common building blocks tend to work much the same way in most classes and I wondered if there were a way to make them go away.

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