The goal of this Project is to produce an open-source reference implementation of the Java SE 9 Platform defined by JSR 379 in the Java Community Process. (more…)

This is basically how MongoDB ensures uniqueness of entity ids across multiple machines and also within local machine processes. Here is a very nice explanation if you’re interested: http:… (more…)

Meet the GraalVM, a technology you can use to build composable high-performance language implementations and tools. Most production-level virtual machines du... (more…)

In this eMag we want to showcase some of the smaller Java features that have been delivered and reached their final form in recent releases. Language evolution comes in both large and small packages (and sometimes the smaller ones are really stepping ston... (more…)

Java Heap fragmentation is an interesting problem, which triggers long pausing full garbage collection cycles. In this article we would like to attempt to explain the heap fragmentation.  Let’… (more…)