There is a reason why Java method modifiers exist. If you call public methods internally and don't understand why, your developers could face major class issues.

This Java tip introduces additional concepts and techniques related to fields and methods–namely field constants, field-access rules, chaining instance method calls, pass-by-value arguments ...

In this blog post, I look at the concept of Java synthetic methods . The post summarizes what a Java synthetic method is, how one can be created and identified, and the implications of Java ...

Instead, the java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle (and subclasses) were added to the Java 7 API, to represent methods that invokedynamic can target. The class MethodHandle receives some special treatment ...

Developers who create a runnable Java class, be it for a ‘Hello World’ demonstration or to kick off a fully featured enterprise application, will enjoy the following technical benefits when using ...