Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...

Example of Using Object Slicing with Persistence. We will describe how object slicing can be used in a somewhat realistic development scenario, but at the same time we want to keep the example simple ...

You might know that Java passes by value, but it helps to understand why. Here's what happens when you pass mutable and immutable object references in Java.