Matt Sheppard

Australia

http://kstruct.com/

Software engineer in Canberra, Australia

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Detecting an undefined object property

javascript object undefined object-property asked Aug 26, 2008 at 7:25

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1489 votes

Safely turning a JSON string into an object

javascript json parsing asked Sep 5, 2008 at 0:12

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618 votes

What issues should be considered when overriding equals and hashCode in Java?

java override equals hashcode asked Aug 26, 2008 at 8:50

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503 votes

Easy way to write contents of a Java InputStream to an OutputStream

java io stream asked Sep 4, 2008 at 3:46

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275 votes

Advantages and disadvantages of GUID / UUID database keys

database guid uuid asked Sep 5, 2008 at 8:00

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265 votes

When to choose checked and unchecked exceptions

java exception checked-exceptions asked Aug 26, 2008 at 8:45

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206 votes

Delete all but the most recent X files in bash

bash unix scripting asked Aug 25, 2008 at 8:37

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189 votes

Returning from a finally block in Java

java exception return try-catch-finally asked Sep 7, 2008 at 3:15

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147 votes

How to dump a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script?

sql sql-server data-migration asked Aug 25, 2008 at 1:47

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134 votes

Credit card expiration dates - Inclusive or exclusive?

e-commerce payment asked Sep 10, 2008 at 13:31

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