For this Java serialization tutorial, we will to create a simple Score class. This class will model the score of a rock-paper-scissors game, with properties that count the number of wins, losses and ...

Allen Holub's past Java Toolbox column, " Why Getter and Setter Methods Are Evil," discussed the downside of the getter/setter idiom. That article presented a design-level solution. (By keeping ...

Copying objects is a common Java programming operation that has one serious trap. Here's how to avoid copying from an object reference and only copy the instance and values you want.