Project Jigsaw: The Consequences of Deferring

Mr. Mark Reinhold has announced in July 2012 that they were planning to withdraw Project Jigsaw from Java 8 because…

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Java 7: HashMap vs ConcurrentHashMap

As you may have seen from my past performance related articles and HashMap case studies, Java thread safety problems can…

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Type Inference from Java 7

Every good programmer likes to write a concise but effective and optimized code. Type Inference is a way introduced in…

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Java 7: Closing NIO.2 file channels without loosing data

Closing an asynchronous file channel can be very difficult. If you submitted I/O tasks to the asynchronous channel you want…

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Java 7 #8: NIO.2 File Channels on the test bench

Another blog post about new JDK 7 features. This time I am writing about the new AnsynchronousFileChannel class. I am…

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Java 7’s Support for Suppressed Exceptions

A new constructor and two new methods were added to the Throwable class (parent of Exception and Error classes) in…

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Java 7 – Project Coin Decompiled

Hi all, it’s time to start writing in 2012. As you may have seen already in other blogs, there are…

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Java: Improvements to the client and desktop parts of Java SE 6 and Java SE 7 !!!

Client-Side Improvements in Java 6 and Java 7 Learn about the improvements to the client and desktop parts of Java…

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Java 7: WatchService

Of all the new features in Java 7, one of the more interesting is the WatchService, adding the capability to…

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