Java stores object values in heap memory; references to the value are stored in the stack. Another way to create strings is to use the new keyword, as in the following example. String s1 = new String( ...

Method references: A primer My previous Java 101 tutorial introduced lambda expressions, which are used to define anonymous methods that can then be treated as instances of a functional interface.

For example, consider how you would create a String object containing the Java string, and then assign its reference to variable language. If String were like other types you would need to specify ...