Listing 1’s main() method sorts a pair of integer arrays via the java.util.Arrays class’s static void sort(int[] a) method, which appears in static method reference and equivalent lambda ...

The Java Platform provides support for this capability in the form of reference queues: instances of the java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue class.

I’ll start with the concept of an array and how arrays are represented in the Java language. I’ll then introduce you to one-dimensional arrays and the three ways that you can use them in your ...