Why does Java's standard class library contain empty interfaces like Cloneable and Serializable? Find out why in this sixth installment in the "Object-oriented language basics" series. You'll also ...

Lambda expressions are the biggest features integrated into Java 8. This functional programming paradigm was, until now, missing from Java. Its inclusion now will only help Java grow in the right ...

The functional Predicate interface gets used extensively by the Java 8 Streams API. Any developer who wants to master functional programming in Java will need to be comfortable with the Predicate ...

So, I'm new to the whole Java and programming thing. I've been working my way through Thinking in Java and Just Java 2. So far, it has gone very well. I think the two resources complement each ...

There's Java the programming language and then there are several Java platforms that Java apps run in, consisting of the Java Virtual Machine or "JVM" and its application-programming interfaces.