One of the trickier aspects of "general Java" development is related to comparing Java reference types for equality.

Along with nesting, Java uses packages to resolve same-name issues in top-level reference types. Using static imports also simplifies access to the static members in packaged top-level reference ...

Java's default constructor allows developers to create instances of classes when no other constructors are explicitly defined. The default constructor in Java takes no arguments -- it simply ...

Oracle has been working to bring value types to the Java language and runtime. We present an update on the current status of this work.

The boxing and unboxing of Java primitive types has severe performance implications. Uncover the truth about autoboxing Java primitive types in this JDK Mission Control and JVM Flight Recorder example ...