Now we’ll take a closer look. Type erasure is when the Java compiler, at compile-time, removes all generic type information in the code after it has been checked for type correctness.

The Java Shell assumes that age is a variable, but it doesn’t know its type. You would have to include a type; for example, see what happens if you enter int age. How to write compound expressions ...

Let’s look at three of the most significant JEPs: Local-Variable Type Inference, Parallel Full GC for G1, and the Experimental Java-Based JIT Compiler. Local Variable-Type Inference ...