Java gives you the ability to dynamically create strings. Even after you set the string value, you can add more characters to the string value throughout the code. This process lets you build a ...

I have previously blogged on how Groovy and ActionScript provide demonstrations of switching on Strings functionality that has not been available in Java. JDK 7 changes this for Java by ...

Add additional flags to the conversion specifiers to format for width, padding and annotations; Pass the String to the Java printf method and supply corresponding arguments for each conversion ...