An object is partially initialized if a constructor has begun building the object but has not finished. As long as the object is not fully initialized, it must be hidden from other classes. (more…)

David Buck, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle One of the lesser-known features coming with JDK 9 is experimental support for ahead-of-time (AOT) co... (more…)

I’ve been meaning to write something like this for a bit. This post isn’t for you experts: You’ll understand this all already. I’m noting this here because I haven’t y… (more…)

I am sitting in my study, it’s dark and completely silent, I am in the creative flow, typing away the last lines of code for my new… (more…)

Most data structures are designed to hold arbitrary amounts of data. When we talk about their complexity in time and space, we use big O notation, which is only concerned with performance characteristics as n grows arbitrarily large. Understanding how to ...