Java SE 10 (March 2018) introduced type inference for local variables. Previously, declaring a local variable required a manifest (explicit) type declaration. Now, type inference empowers the ...

Java’s var keyword reduces the verbosity and ceremony surrounding the declaration of local variables, but it does not sidestep any rules about the platform’s strong typing requirements. All rules ...

A local variable’s lifetime and scope are limited ... The following example should clarify this fact: Java lets you declare methods with the same name but with different parameter lists in ...