Lambda expressions are the biggest features integrated into Java 8. This functional programming paradigm was, until now, missing from Java. Its inclusion now will only help Java grow in the right ...

Overall, Java class loaders are a critical component of the JVM that enables Java programs to load and execute classes dynamically at runtime. Types of class loaders I’ve given an overview of ...

Java 8 lambdas and the new Streams API simplify common idiomatic constructs. ... To import this into Java we have a few choices; we could hand code the Trade class and hard-wire in the data, ...

As part of Oracle's ongoing project to merge the HotSpot and JRockit codebases, Oracle has announced that they will remove PermGen from the Java 8 version of the HotSpot JVM. The effects of the remova ...