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 synthetic ...

Java 7 introduced the Method Handles with the java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle and java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles classes. The Well-Grounded Java Developer (which I have previously reviewed) covers ...

Naming conventions are important if you're a Java developer. Naming conventions not only make your Java code easier to read, they make your code self-documenting as well. Fellow developers can tell in ...

I'm thinking about a problem, and have asked my dear friend (Google) many times but I have yet to reach any conclusive results. I'm lookin to do dynamic method loading in Java.<BR><BR>the scenario ...

I've got an odd issue that I was hoping the Hive Mind might shed some light on. I'm working with Morphia which is the Java MongoDB API. When peforming a query, there is a method called ...

Released in 1995, the philosophy behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." In other words, a program written in Java can theoretically run on any machine that supports it. While the implementation ...