In a modular Java program or in a large Java project that has lots of dependencies, you often end up a version of library that’s different from the version used to compile the code. This often results in LinkageError, where a method/field that was present when the code was compiled do not exist any more…
Tag: compatibility
POTD: checking package name for Windows reserved words
Today’s project of the day is a little tool that checks problems in your package names that can bite you on Windows. For backward compatibility with MS-DOS (which had ended its life more than 15 years ago!), Windows doesn’t allow you to create files/directories of certain names, such as “AUX” or “PRN” (see Microsoft Knowledge…