You might know that Java passes by value, but it helps to understand why. Here's what happens when you pass mutable and immutable object references in Java. Many programming languages allow ...

This ability to implicitly treat instance methods as functions accepting their instance as a parameter is a powerful feature of Java’s lambda expressions and method references. It allows you to ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements ...

It's not very restrictive. However, rules are different from conventions. Java naming conventions for variables, methods and reference types are where things get a little more complicated. For example ...

Here are some of the most significant new features: Browse live object references When debugging a Java program (under Java 6.0 or later) you can now find all the objects that are referencing your ...