Questions tagged [value-of]

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Difference between parseInt() and valueOf() in Java?

How is parseInt() different from valueOf() ? They appear to do exactly the same thing to me (also goes for parseFloat(), parseDouble(), parseLong() etc, how are they different from Long.valueOf(string) ? Also, which one of these is preferable and…
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Override valueof() and toString() in Java enum

The values in my enum are words that need to have spaces in them, but enums can't have spaces in their values so it's all bunched up. I want to override toString() to add these spaces where I tell it to. I also want the enum to provide the correct…
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Differences between new Integer(123), Integer.valueOf(123) and just 123

Recenlty I saw code (Java) like this: myMethod(new Integer(123)); I am currently refactoring some code, and there is a tip in Sonar tool, that it's more memory friendly to use sth like this: myMethod(Integer.valueOf(123)); However in this case, I…
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Where does the Enum.valueOf(String) method come from?

In Java SE 7 (and most probably in previous versions) the Enum class is declared like this: public abstract class Enum> extends Object implements Comparable, Serializable The Enum class has a static method with this…
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How can i insert timestamp with timezone in postgresql with prepared statement?

I am trying to insert to a timestamp with timezone field of my DB a string which includes date, time and timezone using prepared statement. The problem is that Timestamp.valueof function does not take into consideration the time zone that the string…
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XSL for-each and value-of

Given the xml: text ... text And xsl: ... What do I need to put inside the for-each loop to access the text? There doesn't seem to be a corresponding…
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Java - enum valueOf "override" naming convention

Say you have the following enum: public enum Color { RED("R"), GREEN("G"), BLUE("B"); private String shortName; private Color(String shortName) { this.shortName = shortName; } public static Color getColorByName(String…
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Java: valueOf vs copyValueOf

What is the difference between valueOf and copyValueOf. I looked on GrepCode, only to find that both return the exact same thing. copyValueOf: Parameters: data the character array. Returns: a String that contains the characters of the character…
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What does line.split(",")[1] mean [Java]?

I came across code where i had encountered with Double.valueOf(line.split(",")[1]) I am familiar with Double.valueOf() and my problem is to understand what does [1] mean in the sentence. Searched docs didn't find anything. while ((line =…
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How to assign a very large number to BigInteger?

Given the following input: 4534534534564657652349234230947234723947234234823048230957349573209483057 12324000123123 I have attempted to assign these values to BigInteger in the following way. public static void main(String[] args) { …
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Equality comparison between Date and number doesn't work

According to the ECMA script standard, the following code should return true, but it doesn't: d = new Date() ; d.setTime(1436497200000) ; alert( d == 1436497200000 ) ; Section 11.9.3 says: If Type(x) is either String or Number and Type(y) is…
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Set fields with reflection - String has no valueOf(String) method

I'm setting public fields of the Object this via reflection. Both the field name and the value are given as String. I use several various field types: Boolean, Integer, Float, Double, an own enum, and a String. It works with all of them except with…
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xsl:value-of used as xsl:element name

I have an incoming XML file with a list structure: elementOne elementOneValue elementTwo elementTwoValue …
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Outputting value of xsl:variable with xsl:value-of problem

I think I may have a misunderstanding of and so perhaps someone can correct me! I'm attempting to tweak some hardcoded banners to be a bit cleaner so I thought it would be a good idea to create an
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Retrieve all the attribute values from XML using XSLT

I can't figure out how to access all the attributes in a tag from an XML document. Let's say I have the following XML:
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