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Based on an email message from HackerRank I decided to accept the Cavity Map challenge. The description for the challenge may be found using the following URL: https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/cavity-map?utm_campaign=challenge-recommendation&utm_medium=email&utm_source=3-day-campaign
As usual, if interested please read the description and give it a try.
The Need Help link on the page discusses string basics. In this case I did not find the help of use. Continue reading “Cavity Map”
In today’s world most systems are architected as a set of services implemented in different programming languages deployed on multiple hardware platforms. Often it is required for a piece of software written in a different programming language than the module it needs to interface with. I have been in situations when modules written in C# or Java had the need to interface with code written using the C programming language (typically for performance, separations of concern reasons or to allow the Java program access functionality written in a different language). Continue reading “Java Native Interface (JNI)”
Have to admit it, after a few (will not say how many) years studying Computer Science, architecting and developing systems in multiple programming languages and platforms I had missed the Bag algorithm :o( Gladly I am spending time reading and performing several (do not have time to work on all) exercises and examples in the Algorithms fourth edition book by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
The Bag algorithm is used to implement an object that stores in no particular order items added to it. There is an Application Programming Interface (API) to get the size of the bag and to determine if it is empty. If an Iterator is implemented, then a client is able to iterate in no particular order through the items in a bag. Continue reading “Bag Algorithm”
As I have mentioned on different blog entries, I always try to read books, watch videos, take courses and experiment with technologies that I will be using in a project. For example, I have been developing software using the C and C++ programming languages for a long time. That said, I have read a couple dozen books on the subjects. It amazes me that every time I learn something new or question a way I view some concept. In this case I am starting a project using the Spring Framework. The first version was written by Rod Johnson, who released the framework with the publication of his book Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development in October 2002. A lot has changed in the past 14 years including new enhancements and tools. Continue reading “Static versus Dynamic Polymorhism”