From assertions in JDK 1.4 to the forthcoming lambdas in Java 8, the Java language has evolved considerably since its inception. The next several Java 101 articles present a toolbox of essential Java ...

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Industry panelists here Tuesday debated issues surrounding support of complex object models in J2EE Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), deemed critical to object persistence and mapping ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The key difference between the Java int and Integer types is that an int simply represents a ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. To use any of these JVM options, simply append them as text after the java runtime command. For ...