Mac OS X 10.6.7 Java Path Current JDK confusing

For different types of JDKs or installations, you will have different paths. On Mac OS X Mavericks, the path I found as following: 1) Built-in JRE default: /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home 2) JDKs downloaded from Apple: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/ 3) JDKs downloaded from Oracle: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_11.jdk/Contents/Home

Java: Ternary with no return. (For method calling)

No, you can’t. But what’s the point of this over an if-else statement? Are you really trying to save 7 characters? if (name.isChecked()) { name.setChecked(true); } else { name.setChecked(false); } or if you prefer bad style: if (name.isChecked()) name.setChecked(true); else name.setChecked(false); Never mind the fact that you can just do (in this case): name.setChecked(name.isChecked()); The …

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Swing rendering appears broken in JDK 1.8, correct in JDK 1.7

For those whose problem has not been solved; try this solution: Set the global environment variable “J2D_D3D” to “false” inside the OS. According to Sun, this setting is used to turn off the Java 2D system’s use of Direct3D in Java 1.4.1_02 and later. ie: simply create a environmental variable with name “J2D_D3D” and value …

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