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How to find a unique character in a string using java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 17K+ Views

In this article, we will learn how to find a unique character in a string in Java. A unique character is a character that occurs only once in the string, while all others can occur multiple times. We can solve this problem using the following ways: Using Brute Force method. Using HashMap. Using brute force method To find a unique character in a given string, we will use a brute force approach. In the brute force approach, we will use two loops to compare each character to the rest of the string. Let's look at the steps: ...

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How to check that a string is parse-able to a double in java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 6K+ Views

Let's learn how to check if a string is parseable to a double in Java. We have multiple ways to do this. Some of them are: Using Double.parseDouble() Using Double.valueOf() Using the constructor of the Double class Using Double.parseDouble() The parseDouble() method of the java.lang.Double class accepts a String value, parses it, and returns the double value of the given String. If you pass a null value to this method, it throws a NullPointerException and if this method is not able to parse the given string ...

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What is ARM in Java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 1K+ Views

Automatic resource management(ARM) or try-with-resources is a new exception handling mechanism that we are going to discuss in this article. What is a resource? A resource is an object which implements AutoClosable interface. Whenever you use a resource in your program, it is recommended to close it after use. For example, if you open a file using FileInputStream, it is recommended to close the stream after usage. This is done to free up the system resources. In Java, we can use the close() method to close the resources. But if you forget to close the resource, it will lead ...

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How to insert a string in beginning of another string in java?

Maruthi Krishna
Maruthi Krishna
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 7K+ Views

Let's learn how to add a string at the beginning of another string in Java. We can do this in the following ways: Using the toCharArray(). Using the String concatenation operator. Using the StringBuilder class. Using the StringBuffer class. Using the toCharArray() toCharArray() method of the String class that helps us to convert a string into a character array. We will use this method to insert a string at the beginning of another string. Following are the steps to do so: Get both strings, suppose we have a string str1 and the string to be added at ...

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How to delete a string inside a file(.txt) in java?

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 8K+ Views

In this article, we will learn how to delete a string inside a file (.txt) in Java. The following are the ways to do so: Using FileOutputStream and replaceAll() method. Using replace() method. Using FileOutputStream The FileOutputStream is a class in the java.io package. It is mainly used for writing data to a file. It creates a file output stream to write data to the specified file. To delete a string inside a file using the FileOutputStream class, follow the steps below: Create a file ...

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Java program to delete all the files in a directory recursively (only files)

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 3K+ Views

To delete all the files in a directory recursively (only files), we can use the class Files, which is part of the java.nio.file package. The Files class helps in performing file operations such as creating, deleting, and copying files. Suppose we have a directory named test with the following structure: file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt subdir1 file4.txt file5.txt subdir2 ...

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Redirecting System.out.println() output to a file in Java

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 10K+ Views

In Java, the System is a class that provides access to the resources called "System resources". It is a final class, which means it cannot be inherited by any other class. It is a part of the java.lang package. The System.out.println() method prints the data on the console. In this article, we will learn how to redirect the output of the System.out.println() method to a file. Following are few of the ways through we achieve this: Using System.setOut() with PrintStream Using FileOutputStream with PrintStream The filed named out of the System class represents a standard output Stream, an ...

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How can we format a date using the Jackson library in Java?

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 3K+ Views

Jackson is a Java-based library, and it can be useful to convert Java objects to JSON and JSON to Java objects. A Jackson API is faster than other API, needs less memory, and is good for large objects. We can format a date using the setDateFormat() of ObjectMapper class. This method can be used for configuring the default DateFormat when serializing time values as Strings and deserializing from JSON Strings. Syntax of setDateFormat() public ObjectMapper setDateFormat(DateFormat df) Here, df is the DateFormat instance to be used for formatting dates. Steps to format a date using Jackson in Java Following ...

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Convert POJO to XML using the Jackson library in Java?

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 7K+ Views

Jackson is a library that allows you to convert Java objects into XML and vice versa. In this example, we will demonstrate how to convert a POJO (Plain Old Java Object) into XML using the Jackson library. Well, if you are not familiar with POJO, it is a simple Java object that does not follow any specific framework or design pattern. It is just a regular Java class with fields and methods. We will use the method writeValueAsString() of the XmlMapper class to convert a POJO into XML. The XmlMapper class is part of the Jackson library and it ...

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How can we ignore the fields during JSON serialization in Java?

Aishwarya Naglot
Aishwarya Naglot
Updated on 01-Sep-2025 14K+ Views

If there are fields in Java objects that do not wish to be serialized, we can use the @JsonIgnore annotation in the Jackson library. The @JsonIgnore can be used at the field level, for ignoring fields during the serialization and deserialization. In this article, we will learn how to ignore the fields during JSON serialization in Java using the Jackson library. Steps to ignore the fields during JSON serialization in Java: In order to use Jackson, you will need to add it to your project. If you use Maven, add the following dependency to your ...

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