The "Understanding Java threads" series concludes by uncovering some of the loose ends of threading: thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and thread death.

Method and variable handles vs. Java reflection To truly understand MethodHandles and VarHandles —what they do and why they are useful—it’s helpful to know a few things about reflection in Java.

Developers will find local variable type inferences, along with the ability to use the long reserved, but hitherto unused keyword var in their applications, as a nice little time saver, but from a ...