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Better than reflection: Using method handles and variable handles in Java

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...
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Export Swing components to PDF

Suppose you’ve written an application with a GUI using Swing components such as JTable or JTextPane. All these components are derived from the abstract class javax ...