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Building javadoc from J2SDK source code: Suppose you have a J2SDK distribution that comes without documentation. How can you use it if you don't know which classes, methods and properties are there? Simple answer: build javadoc from its source code using Ant. Read this blog for a sample build file. — Michael Nascimento Santos

Deconstructing the Cmabirgde Uinervtisy Rschereach Sramlcbe: Deconstructing a wild, seductive meme. — John D. Mitchell

Aspect Oriented Refactoring part 2
The ServerSide is running part two of Ramnivas Laddad's Aspect Oriented Refactoring. In this article he provides refactorings such as "Extract lazy initialization" and "Replace argument trickle by wormhole". He advises that you start by looking to use conventional refactorings but, when appropriate, reach for those that he lists. He also advises that the process will become easier once there is tool support for these refactorings as there is for more traditional techniques.

More about handling exceptions
In More about handling exceptions the core Java Tech Tip continues an introduction to handling exceptions. This tip begins by looking at an error that was in one version of the code released in the previous month and highlighting what type of exception should be thrown and where. The last addition to the code is a resource clean up in the finally block.