In this blog post, I look at the concept of Java synthetic methods . The post summarizes what a Java synthetic method is, how one can be created and identified, and the implications of Java ...

The first seven posts of my series of dealing with too many parameters expected in Java methods focused on alternative approaches to reduce the number of parameters a method or constructor expects ...

invokedynamic was the first new Java bytecode since Java 1.0 and was crucial in implementing the "headline" features of Java 8 (such as lambdas and default methods). In this article, we take a ...

The Java Language Specification (JLS) is being updated with a more flexible launch protocol to offer greater flexibility in declaring a program's entry point and to allow instance main methods.

Java 8 introduced a new list () method in java.nio.file.Files. The list method returns a lazily populated Stream of entries in the directory. As such, it is more efficient for processing large ...

How to use the JOptionPane’s showOptionDialog method Java’s JOptionPane provides a simple way to read input from the user and display information back. The JOptionPane’s list of methods includes many ...

How to add Java Scanner char support The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any Java primitive type you might need, except for one: the char.

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