Find MAC address using Java

Recently i wanted to get the MAC addresses of the computer i was working from within my Java program. I started a small quest and all over there was this tip “this is system dependent so you need to make system calls”. Somewhere around there i found a...

A relaxing day…

Well, as you all know, Sunday was my birthday so the whole weekend was a relaxing one. We went to the beach for a meal, we came back home and sat outside on the garden talking just about anything. The night was relaxing enough. The moon was almost a full moon so it...

Java XOR Encryption

A few months ago (see related posts) i released a small package for a XOR encryption in C. Now, here i am with an even smaller program for XOR encryption in Java. As expected, in Java it was way easier to implement it than C. No pointer loses, no “segmentation...

Downtime Reasons

It seems that since i purchased the domain i’ve been having some issues. Sometimes the blog is down and inaccessible.  Do you get this too or is it just me? I called Godaddy’s(my hoster) customer support, they were very friendly indeed (their customer...

Java crash course #5: Overloading vs Overriding

On the previous articles we mentioned both overloading and overriding but we didn’t pay sufficient attention to them. Those two meanings are among the most important ones in Object Oriented programming and design. It’s not a matter of usage it’s a...