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 ...

Get tips for instantiating JavaScript's prototype-based objects two ways: via constructor functions or object initialization.

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 management ...

Although Java lacks a true sizeof () equivalent, the Instrumentation interface introduced with J2SE5 can be used to get an estimate of the size of a particular object via its getObjectSize (Object ...

Object strings create two objects, whereas primitives create just one. Object strings create the string literal and the variable to refer to it. The two string types are stored in memory differently.

The author discusses his results of measuring the performance degradation of Java programs while using various data abstraction features of the language.

Don't let the occurrence of a RuntimeException in Java bring your code to a standstill. Here are 10 examples of how to avoid runtime exceptions in Java.