Abstract: An eye-tracking study of 18 developers reading and summarizing Java methods is presented. The developers provide a written summary for methods assigned to them. In total, 63 methods are used ...

Abstract: A novel approach for constructing interpolation polynomials based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) was presented. The fitness function is defined based on interpolation condition. PSO is ...

Java's default constructor allows developers to create instances of classes when no other constructors are explicitly defined. The default constructor in Java takes no arguments -- it simply ...

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When I try to simply add a empty constructor method to a test class by using Java template in my customized recipe, after code refactoring, the constructor is generated but with a returned type ...

In this post, we will learn how to call a method in Java. This is a useful “chunk” of code that you can call from anywhere else in your program, thus preventing you from needing to write out the same ...