Bloom Filter is a probabilist data structure, created in the 70s. The data structure is used to test if an element is a member of a Set. Fa... (more…)

A new JEP Candidate proposes to facilitate the handling of type variance in Java. The new proposal, potentially targeting Java 10, would add a means for specifying the default variance in the definition of generic types, different to the current style of ...

Oracle has finally released Java SE 9, now available on the Oracle Technology Network. As usual the official end-user portal java.com will switch versions later, so for now it still distributes Jav… (more…)

Problem Statement Even the most basic problems become interesting when you dig deep enough. Today, I would like to do a deep dive into measuring time in Java. We will start with the very basics of the Java API and gradually move lower in our stack: throug... (more…)

Oracle has released version 15 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. (more…)