In response to my recent blog posting Immutable Java Objects, Matt brought up a good point of discussion related to making Java classes truly immutable by declaring them as final so that they cannot ...

Even as of early 2015, Java 8 is still fresh and new with something intriguing to offer developers. But Java 9 isn't that far off. Both versions are likely to change how the language works in pretty ...

Oracle has officially announced the OpenJDK 25. The release offers a total of 18 JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals), many of which are marked as final. The version number just happens to match the year: ...

Extent-local variables would provide a way to share data both within a thread and with child threads in Java, making it easier to reason about data flow. Java could gain a capability for sharing ...