Type erasure in Java generics programming can cause a variety of problems in your code. Fortunately, there are ways to work around them.

Oracle has been working to bring value types to the Java language and runtime. We present an update on the current status of this work.

In order to add such a feature, you need to understand how Java controls data. Developers use variables in Java to hold data, with all variables having a data type and a name.

The boxing and unboxing of Java primitive types has severe performance implications. Uncover the truth about autoboxing Java primitive types in this JDK Mission Control and JVM Flight Recorder example ...