Combinatorial enumeration and pattern avoidance represent a vibrant area of modern discrete mathematics, where the objective is to count and characterise structures subject to specific constraints.

Departing from traditional practice for JavaWorld’s Tips ‘N Tricks column, I will talk about when not to use a previously suggested trick. Specifically, the typesafe enum construct, covered in JDC ...

June 6, 2001— At Tuesday’s “Effective Programming with Java Technology” conference session (TS-2425), Joshua Bloch, senior staff engineer from Sun Microsystems, presented some powerful, but not well ...