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GraphStream setAttribute( ) vs addAttribute( )

I don’t understand the difference between setAttribute( ) and addAttribute( ) in GraphStream1.3. In GraphStream’s Element API 1.3 it’s explained that setAttribute is Like addAttribute() but for consistency. what does it means? Answer It is most likely that they mean api consistency with this…

Why the constructor is invoked?

I am new to Spring. Recently I encountered something weird, I was using @Autowired for Auto Injecting Name, Emotion in Person class(I have a different class for each Name, Emotion, Person). I encountered that the Person constructor was getting invoked even if I have not used @Autowired with it. Can anyone exp…

Why assigning instance variable to local variable?

This is something I see in Spring Boot code for example (in the catch block with webServer variable): Why not just doing this.webServer.stop()? What is the purpose of local variable webServer? Answer The main purpose of the assignment is to avoid producing a NullPointerException when the this.webServer is set…

Json deserialization Java

i have a simple question, let’s say I have this json Mapped this way: I was wondering if it was possible to just save an outer field in the inner object like this by using some custom setter/annotation or something: PS: using a custom deserialization is my last resort due to the complexity of the json A…