We’ll look at each of these methods and how you can use them to perform special tasks in the context of your Java classes. First, let’s consider the basic rules and mechanisms for Object ...

In recent weeks, there has been news of various features once proposed for JDK 7 that no longer are slated for this release.

In Java, objects are passed by reference, and all methods are virtual, so object slicing will not occur inadvertently. Even if you upcast an object, its real type is not forgotten, that's the ...

Loitering Objects and Java Framework Design. By Leonard Slipp ; February 5, 2001; ONE OF THE key objectives early in the design of Java was to create an environment that eliminated the memory ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements ...

Hiding Java method deprecation problems. There are plenty of deprecated methods in Java, and there’s nothing stopping you from calling them. Sure, a yellow yield sign might appear in the line-number ...