In Java, encapsulation basically translates to this simple guideline: “Don’t access your object’s data directly; use its methods.” That is an elementary idea, but it eases our lives as ...

In contrast, a data structure is a concrete implementation of one or more ADTs, similar to how Java classes implement interfaces. Examples of ADTs include Employee, Vehicle, Array, and List.

This statistics monitoring Java CLI tool provides class loader metrics, insights on how the just-in-time compiler works and, most importantly of all, data on how often garbage collection occurs. With ...