Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to ...

Access modifiers do not prevent inheritance. Instead, access modifiers affect what you can and cannot see in the subclass. Those private members and attributes are still in your subclasses.

Developers who create a runnable Java class, be it for a ‘Hello World’ demonstration or to kick off a fully featured enterprise application, will enjoy the following technical benefits when using ...