Key Takeaways. Java SE 10 (March 2018) introduced type inference for local variables, one of the most frequently requested features for Java in recent.; Type inference is a technique used by ...

I’ll also show you how to use var to declare local variables. See the Java Language Specification: Java SE 12 Edition for more about Java 12. Learn Java from the ground up.

The "Understanding Java threads" series concludes by uncovering some of the loose ends of threading: thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and thread death.

When you use a var to declare a variable, the JVM assigns a type to the variable based on what it sees on the right-hand side of the assignment operation. That’s why the var reserved word is said to ...

Type inferences for local variables; Java 10 performance enhancements due to the parallelization of G1 garbage collection; A Class-Data Sharing (CDS) feature that has the potential to improve the ...