InfoWorld

Too Many Parameters in Java Methods, Part 2: Parameters Object

In my previous post, I looked at some of the problems associated with long parameters lists for methods and constructors. In that post, I discussed replacing primitives and built-in types with custom ...
InfoWorld

Too Many Parameters in Java Methods, Part 7: Mutable State

In an ideal world, an object should be able to interact only with other objects which were directly passed into it (through a constructor, or method call). Having state available globally reduces the ...
TheServerSide

What is Remote Method Invocation (RMI)?

Remote Method Invocation (RMI) is an application programming interface (API) in the Java programming language and development environment. It allows objects on one computer or Java Virtual Machine ...
Ars Technica

Is it poor programming practice to pass parameters as objects?

This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. So, ...
Ars Technica

Passing Arrays in Java as parameters

If i have a function (void) X that takes an array of object in as a parameter and subsequently modifies said objects in the array, what will be the end result after the function terminates?<BR><BR>By ...