Use Cases for Java Enhanced Enums

In the message Enhanced Enums — use cases, Brian Goetz writes, “We’re hoping to get user feedback on the feature…

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Java Finalizer and Java File Input/Output Streams

I often find myself noticing topics online more after I’ve worked directly with them or spent time learning about them.…

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Java Garbage Collectors: When Will G1GC Force CMS Out?

In JEPs proposed to target JDK 9 (2017/4/4), Mark Reinhold has written that JEP 291 (“Deprecate the Concurrent Mark Sweep…

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How to Effectively Sweep Problems Under the Rug in Java

Because software bugs can make us appear bad as developers and lead to others thinking less of us, it is…

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Using Groovy to Quickly Analyze Terracotta HealthCheck Properties

One of the considerations when configuring Terracotta servers with tc-config.xml is the specification of health check properties between Terracotta servers…

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Project Amber: Smaller, Productivity-Oriented Java Language Features

Brian Goetz‘s recent message Welcome to Amber! introduces Project Amber (part of OpenJDK and proposed originally in January). Goetz opens…

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Deprecating Java’s Finalizer

JDK-8165641 (“Deprecate Object.finalize”) has been opened to “deprecate Object.finalize()” because “finalizers are inherently problematic and their use can lead to…

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Java’s Finalizer is Still There

When I was first learning Java and transitioning from C++ to Java, I remember being told repeatedly and frequently reading…

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JDK 9 is the End of the Road for Some Features

It was announced a few days ago that JDK 9 is Feature Complete! Many of the “features” that made the…

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