Project Amber has brought a number of new features to Java in recent years. While each of these features is self-contained, they are also designed to work together, enabling data-oriented programming.

Type erasure in Java generics programming can cause a variety of problems in your code. Fortunately, there are ways to work around them.

In Java, encapsulation basically translates to this simple guideline: “Don’t access your object’s data directly; use its methods.” That is an elementary idea, but it eases our lives as ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Primitive types represent the simplest, most direct way to represent data in code. Even the most ...

Valhalla and value types to change the way developers code in Java In 2014, just as Java 8 was released, JavaOne was looking towards the future and talking about what was coming with Java 9. In 2015, ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.