September 11, 2014 / Last updated : April 22, 2023 Drona Java

Understanding Custom ThreadFactory In Java

A thread factory encapsulates the logic of creation and configuration of threads. It creates and returns thread instances on demand. You can see it being used in the JDK’s executor framework. Every thread pool has an associated thread factory that creates the threads for the pool. The thread factory not just creates thread instances but also […]

September 3, 2014 / Last updated : April 22, 2023 Drona Java

Protection of Java Based Software

A short presentation on available options for protecting java based softwares. Lists pros and cons of each approach. Argues on why obfuscation is the best approach and makes a feature comparison of the leading obfuscators available in the market.

August 28, 2014 / Last updated : April 22, 2023 Drona Unix

Find files containing my text

Searching a given text inside a set of files is a very common use case. There are different ways of doing it depending on how deep you need search through the directory tree.

August 28, 2014 / Last updated : April 22, 2023 Drona Unix

Find the process using a given port

This article shows how to find the process using a given port or range of ports on *nix systems. Many a times when running socket based applications you will find the application failing with socket bind exception with a message saying address is already in use. That indicates that some other process is already […]