At the EclipseCon conference, Mark Reinhold, Java platform chief architect at Oracle, laid out the roadmap for Java 9, which could mean better modularity and new value types. Improved modularity could ...

Understanding type compatibility is fundamental to writing good Java programs, but the interplay of variances between Java language elements can seem highly academic to the uninitiated. This article ...

Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

In the world of IDE-based development, programmers can easily become detached from JDK and the underlying technology that makes their applications work. Here is a list of the five most useful Java ...