Become a Master of Java Streams – Part 1: Creating Streams

Declarative code (e.g. functional composition with Streams) provides superior code metrics in many cases. Code your way through this hands-on-lab…

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Java Performance: For-eaching vs. Streaming

Is counting upwards or downwards in a for-loop the most efficient way of iterating? Sometimes the answer is neither. Read…

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Java: An Optional Implementation of Optional

The class java.util.Optional is implemented as a single immutable concrete class that internally handles two cases; one with an element…

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Java: Benefit from Inline Class Properties Starting from Java 8

In some years, Java will hopefully have an “inline class” feature which solves many challenges with the current state of…

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Why Declarative Coding Makes You a Better Programmer

Declarative solutions with functional composition provide superior code metrics over legacy imperative code in many cases. Read this article and…

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Java: ChronicleMap Part 3, Fast Microservices

Standard Java Maps needs to be initialized upon startup. Learn how to leverage ChronicleMaps that is initializable from a file…

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Java: ChronicleMap Part 2, Super RAM Maps

The standard Java Maps, such as the ubiquitous HashMap, are ultimately limited by the available RAM. Read this article and…

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Java: ChronicleMap Part 1, Go Off-Heap

Filling up a HashMap with millions of objects will quickly lead to problems such as inefficient memory usage, low performance…

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Java: Chronicle Bytes, Kicking the Tires

Reading and writing binary data with Java can sometimes be a hassle. Read this article and learn how to leverage…

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