Introduced with the Java 17 release, pattern matching enhances the instanceof operator so Java developers can better check and object's type and extract its components, and more efficiently deal with ...

In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable ...

In a previous Java 101 tutorial, you learned how to better organize your code by declaring reference types (also known as classes and interfaces) as members of other reference types and blocks. I also ...

Learn how to use Java annotations to associate metadata with classes, methods, and other application elements in your Java programs. There are times when you need to associate metadata, or data that ...