In response to my recent blog posting Immutable Java Objects, Matt brought up a good point of discussion related to making Java classes truly immutable by declaring them as final so that they cannot ...

Java’s String class encapsulates an array of bytes. A byte can be converted to a char, in which case, String becomes an array of characters used to compose words, sentences, or any other data you want ...

Oracle has officially announced the OpenJDK 25. The release offers a total of 18 JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals), many of which are marked as final. The version number just happens to match the year: ...