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Java - short and casting

I have the following code snippet. public static void main(String[] args) { short a = 4; short b = 5; short c = 5 + 4; short d = …

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Reflection on methods with a primitive numeric return type

I'm currently working on a small framework to collect metrics in an OSGi system. The core of it is an …

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What is the "symbol" primitive data type in JavaScript

The new primitive type comes with ES6 which is Symbol type.The short definition says : A symbol is a unique …

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Java primitive data type byte and class Byte

Background: I have an assignment where I'm going to pass information through sockets to a very limited extent. It can …

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Why java has a lot of duplicate methods?

I was playing with Java as I am planning to switch from C# to it for cross platform purposes. I …

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Why is string a reference type?

Why is string a reference type, even though it's normally primitive data type such as int, float, or double.

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