Software by Allen Holub
License Agreement
The software listed here is copyright Allen I. Holub. It may be used freely by yourself with the following restrictions:
- Your splash screen,
about box, or equivalent, must include Allen Holub's name,
copyright, and URL. An acceptable message would be:
If your program does not run interactively, then the foregoing notice must appear in your documentation.This program contains Allen Holub's Zip-archive utility.
(c) 2003 Allen I. Holub. All Rights Reserved.
- You may not redistribute (or mirror) the source code.
- You must report any bugs that you find to me. Use the form at /company/contact.html or send email.
- The software is supplied as is. Neither Allen Holub nor Holub Associates are responsible for any bugs (or any problems caused by bugs, including lost productivity or data) in any of this code.
Changes
Some of the code from published articles and books has changed as I've fixed bugs, added features, etc. All the files should go through javadoc without difficulty, and I strongly recommend that you build a javadoc tree from the sources (and read through it) before using the classes I've provided. I run javadoc with the following command-line switches:| -source 1.4 | Use this flag if you're not using Java 5 (aka 1.5). Sources use JDK 1.4 language extensions. |
| -breakiterator | Use the new algorithm for recognizing the end of the first sentence. |
| -classpath c:/src | The classpath for the executables. |
| -sourcepath c:/src | The root directory of the source directories. Sources for com.holub.ui are in c:/src/com/holub/ui, for example. |
| -public | Document only public methods. |
| -d /docs | Put the javadoc files in the /docs directory. |
| -link |
Where to find the JDK api documentation. Including this switch will give you links to the standard docs from the tool docs. Use %JAVA_HOME% for windows. |
Downloading and Executing
Some of the java software is packaged in an executable jar file that demonstrates how it works. Normally this is a convenience since it lets you check out the software with a "java -jar file." Your browser may may want to execute the file rather than downloading it, however. Should this happen, just right click on the link and pick "Save target as" or equivalent.
Software from Books
Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code
This link gets you to the main page for the book. You'll find links to patterns-related subjects and the code. Here are direct links to pages for the programs discussed in the book:- The Game of Life
- An implemenation of Conway's Game of LIfe along with an applet for Life and other useful information.
- Holub SQL
- A small embeded (linked into your own program rather than running as a server) SQL interpreter, suitable for small applications.
Software for Compiler Design in C
This is the C source code for Allen's versions of Lex, yacc, and a C compiler described in his book Compiler Design in CSoftware for Taming Java Threads
The complete threading library described originally in a series in JavaWorld, then in his book Taming Java ThreadsSoftware from Various Articles
This section contains the software accompanying various published articles.Date-selection widget
This executable jar file contains source and executables for
the original version of date-selection widget that looks like the picture at right.
It's described fully the article
Solve the date-selection problem once and for all,
published in July, 2003 JavaWorld.
Find a slightly updated version of the code in the HTMLPane
archive, discussed below.
Specify Dialog Boxes in HTML (HTMLPane)
This .jar file contains the source from HTMLPane class,
which lets you specify client-side dialog boxes (or equivalent) in HTML.
The code is explained in depth in
Create client-side user interfaces in HTML
Part 1 and
Part 2.
The code demonstrates how to modify java.swing.JEditorPane to
support custom tags, among other things.
The archive also includes a modified version of the data-selector
class, discussed above. (The main difference is that I've changed the
name to DateSelector to stop people from griping about my
time-honored, but seemingly unfashionable, use of underscores in identifiers.)