The Features Project Jigsaw Brings To Java 9

So, Project Jigsaw… We already know quite a bit about it but have not yet seen the details of how…

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Motivation And Goals Of Project Jigsaw

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Project Jigsaw may break existing code. So what do we get…

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Transforming Collections

Did you ever want to substitute the equals and hashCode methods a HashSet or HashMap uses? Or have a List…

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JavaFX, Project Jigsaw and JEP 253

So Java 9 may break your code… This is particularly likely if your project uses JavaFX because many customizations and…

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How Java 9 And Project Jigsaw May Break Your Code

Java 9 looms on the horizon and it will come with a completed Project Jigsaw. I didn’t pay much attention…

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Impulse: “Crafted Design”

About half a year ago I urged you to watch Robert C. Martin’s talk Architecture – The Lost Years. It…

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How Java 9 And Project Jigsaw May Break Your Code

Java 9 looms on the horizon and it will come with a completed Project Jigsaw. I didn’t pay much attention…

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Getting Rid Of Anonymous Classes

I really enjoy writing and reading lambda expressions – they’re succinct, expressive and fashionable (come on, like that doesn’t matter…

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Interface Evolution With Default Methods – Part II: Interfaces

Default methods were introduced to enable interface evolution. If backwards compatibility is sacrosanct, this is limited to adding new methods…

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