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 ...

Even as of early 2015, Java 8 is still fresh and new with something intriguing to offer developers. But Java 9 isn't that far off. Both versions are likely to change how the language works in pretty ...

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 ...

Moderne, a company that provides solutions to help modernize code, announced that its Lossless Semantic Tree (LST) code model ...

Moderne, the enterprise code modernization platform from the team behind OpenRewrite, today announced full JavaScript and ...

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Learn the four types of polymorphism in Java, then start using subtype polymorphism to execute different forms of the same Java method. Polymorphism refers to the ability of some entities to occur in ...

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Design symmetry means that if one method causes an effect, the logically opposite method should cause the opposite effect. In this Java tip, David Petersheim discusses why this can be a subtle point, ...