Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

I previously blogged on the Apache Commons ToStringBuilder and discussed how it takes away much of the tedium normally associated with implementing toString methods. While implementing toString() does ...

Let's say I have a class that encapsulates 2 other objects (Strings in my case, but could be anything). I want to override equals() and hashCode(), such that any 2 objects of my class with equal ...