Java Garbage Collection remains a topic of major interest even after 25 years. Many developers are still confused about the fundamentals of the topic, even of the most widely-used implementation (Parallel on Java 8). (more…)
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Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is intended to let application developers write once, run anywhere (WORA),[17] meaning that compil... (more…)
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Questions about hashCode() are asked on most interviews (from junior to senior level). In this post, you will find out what this method is, how it works for particular types, how it works for primitives, what you have to watch out for during your implemen... (more…)
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Reports are coming in from all over the world that some mysterious man in a dark suit contacted various companies strongly suggesting that they should stop using word “Java” in any form or “bad things might happen”. By now we were not aware of the number ... (more…)
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Have you ever wondered how does the HotSpot JVM generate identity hashcodes? (more…)
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