Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.

Most Java developers who come from a C/C++ background have probably at one time wished for a Java equivalent of sizeof() .

Java currently supports only two types of value: primitives and object references. Project Valhalla extends this by introducing inline classes which are a new form of type that exhibit some ...

This article shows how to use the Apache Commons JXPath component to easily query complex Java object trees for data using the XPath expression language. It covers both basic and advanced features ...

Java stores object values in heap memory; references to the value are stored in the stack. Another way to create strings is to use the new keyword, as in the following example. String s1 = new String( ...