String a = String.valueOf(2); //integer to numeric string
int i = Integer.parseInt(a); //numeric string to an int
String to Date
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat( "dd.MM.yyyy" );
Date date = format.parse( myString );
Creating JSON data in Java
import org.json.JSONObject;
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JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
json.put("city", "Mumbai");
json.put("country", "India");
...
String output = json.toString();
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Java Singleton example
public class SimpleSingleton {
private static SimpleSingleton singleInstance = new SimpleSingleton();
//Marking default constructor private
//to avoid direct instantiation.
private SimpleSingleton() {
}
//Get instance for class SimpleSingleton
public static SimpleSingleton getInstance() {
return singleInstance;
}
}
Send HTTP request & fetching data using Java
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
URL my_url = new URL("http://www.xyz.com/");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(my_url.openStream()));
String strTemp = "";
while(null != (strTemp = br.readLine())){
System.out.println(strTemp);
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Convert Array to Map in Java
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[][] countries = { { "United States", "New York" }, { "United Kingdom", "London" },
{ "Netherland", "Amsterdam" }, { "Japan", "Tokyo" }, { "France", "Paris" } };
Map countryCapitals = ArrayUtils.toMap(countries);
System.out.println("Capital of Japan is " + countryCapitals.get("Japan"));
System.out.println("Capital of France is " + countryCapitals.get("France"));
}
}
HTTP Proxy setting in Java
System.getProperties().put("http.proxyHost", "someProxyURL");
System.getProperties().put("http.proxyPort", "someProxyPort");
System.getProperties().put("http.proxyUser", "someUserName");
System.getProperties().put("http.proxyPassword", "somePassword");
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