A SQL injection vulnerability can occur when a poorly-written program uses user-provided data in a database query without first validating the input. This is most-often found within web pages with dynamic content. There are some excellent tutorials and descriptive articles on this subject, as well as many vulnerability postings for different applications from full-disclosure websites. …
Now that we have understood how to convert basic data types to class types and vice-versa, it is time to learn how to convert objects of one class type to another class type. The conversion between objects of different classes can be done using either a one-argument constructor or a conversion function. The choice depends …
Java does not directly support constants. However, a static final variable is effectively a constant. The static modifier causes the variable to be available without loading an instance of the class where it is defined. The final modifier causes the variable to be unchangeable. Ex: public static final int FOUNDING_YEAR = 2001; Naming Standards for …
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is a collection of software programs and data modules that forms part of the Java and Java 2 platforms. JVM works across all platforms and it alters Java bytecode into machine understandable code and executes it. It acts as a clone of a Java processor allowing Java bytecode to be …
I recently started learning to make Android apps using PhoneGap. I use the Eclipse IDE for development. In this article, I will explain the steps to setup PhoneGap for Android using the Eclipse IDE. This tutorial is meant for Windows. I used the following components: Eclipse Classic 4.2.0 Android SDK ADT Plugin for Eclipse PhoneGap …
A Java decompiler is a special type of decompiler which takes a class file as input and produces Java source code as output. De-compilation is exactly the reverse process of compilation. However, decompilation will never produce an exact replica of the source code but does give back a major percentage. This is because quite a bit …
The JNI (Java Native Interface) is a layer of Java that permits code executing or running in the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to invoke and to be called by native libraries and applications written in other languages. The JNI is most commonly used with the C++, C, and Assembly programming languages. Typically, code developers will …
Java and JavaScript are two different programming languages meant for different purposes and functionality. Java is an application programming language designed to write stand-alone Java programs and web applications running on the Internet. JavaScript is a client-side scripting language specifically designed to work with various web technologies, but on the client’s end. To understand the …
SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) is the process of creating or modifying existing systems and the models and methodologies that are used in the process. In the fields of software engineering and information systems, SDLC denotes a framework of methodologies aimed at the creation of an information/software system, i.e. the software development process. SDLC covers …
The difficulty of managing front and rear in an array-based non-circular queue can be overcome if we treat the queue position with index 0 as if it comes after the last position (in our case, index 9), i.e., we treat the queue as circular. Note that we use the same array declaration of the queue. …