An Early Look at Features Targeted for Java 11

With JDK 10 about to enter its release candidate phase, it’s interesting to start looking at what will come after…

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Transferring InputStream to OutputStream in JDK 9

One of the minor additions to JDK 9 that can make a sometimes routine task in Java even easier is…

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Considerations When Returning Java 8’s Optional from a Method

The Optional class introduced with Java 8 has been one of the most controversial features introduced by that version of…

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Adding Terms to Javadoc Search with Java 9

There is a relatively old web page called “Proposed Javadoc Tags” that appears to have originally been written in conjunction…

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Faster Sorting of Arrays of Primitives Coming to Java?

It appears that sorting arrays of primitives in Java may experience a performance improvement in the not-so-far future. Vladimir Yaroslavskiy…

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Immutable Versus Unmodifiable in JDK 10

Nearly two months ago, Stuart Marks wrote, “Immutability is like wine.” He then reminded readers of Schopenhauer’s Law of Entropy:…

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Using Google’s Protocol Buffers with Java

Effective Java, Third Edition was recently released and I have been interested in identifying the updates to this class Java…

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What’s New in Effective Java’s Third Edition?

Ever since hearing about the pending publication of the Third Edition of Effective Java, I’ve wondered what would be new…

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Easy Fine-Grained Sorting with JDK 8

Java 8‘s introduction of streams and useful static/default methods on the Comparator interface make it easy to compare two objects…

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