Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented computer programming language that is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
Developers can “write once, run anywhere” (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.
In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at the new HTTP/2 client in Java 9. This time we will be looking at HTML5 Javadocs. In Java 8 and earlier, Javadocs are generated using HTML 4.01. While it’ll continue to be the default, with Java 9 comes the option to have your Javadocs generated in…
In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at the changes to Unicode support in Java 9. This time we will be looking at HTTP/2 support. With the introduction of Java 9 we are receiving many new features and improvements. One of these is the introduction of the class HTTPClient which supports HTTP/2. Currently…
In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at the Garbage Collector in Java 9. This time we will be looking at Unicode support. What is Unicode? Java has always had support for Unicode, which allows Java to easily support multi-byte charsets such as Korean, Japanese or Chinese while still remaining compact on systems…
In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at JShell in Java 9. This time we will be looking at garbage collection. With Java 9, the default garbage collector (GC) is being changed from the ParallelGC to the G1GC. But what does this mean? This article assumes a basic understanding of garbage collection – if…
In our previous Java 9 series article we looked at JLink in Java 9. This time we will be looking at JShell. How many times have you had to knock up a new class, or hunt for a main method so that you can write and execute a little snippet of code? Or you just wanted…
