Java includes various mechanisms for iteration, including index (for iterating over an array), cursor (for iterating over the results of a database query), enumeration (in early versions of Java ...

First, it has completely turned collection processing on its head. Before Java 8, the imperative style of getting an iterator and looping over a collection means all the collection processing is done ...

A look at some of Java 8’s new features, using both Java’s proposed syntax and Scala. We cover lambda expressions, higher-order functions, parallel collections and virtual extension methods ...

What Java 8 changes In his mail on the HotSpot development list, Jon now explains what Java 8 will change: with Java 8, there is no PermGen anymore.

One of the nasty little traps a Java developer can run into occurs when Collection.contains(Object) is not used with appropriate understanding. I demonstrate this potential trap in this post.

Can you briefly explain how Streaming APIs have revolutionized the Java collection process? I see it revolutionizing the Java collection process in two ways. First, it has completely turned collection ...