Important: Once identity hash code is set in the Mark Word, the object can never use biased locking again. The JVM would have nowhere to store the hash code (biased lock state uses those bits ...

Java 8 starting from JavaBean Cartridge v2.0.0 Java 11 or higher starting from JavaBean Cartridge v3.0.0 Smooks can map a Java object graph to another Java object graph. This mapping is accomplished ...

Type erasure in Java generics programming can cause a variety of problems in your code. Fortunately, there are ways to work around them. Generics programming in Java enhances type safety and code ...

We have reached the ninth stage of our journey into the deep, hidden and intricate world of Android OS. In the previous articles we have explored the role of the Activity class, its dependencies on ...

A simple fabric mod made for small-medium servers to give their members an incentive to join the server and keep playing. Commands: /rewards-reload-daily-config ...

Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

Iterators in Java typically expect exclusive access to the data structure they loop through. If another thread tries to modify a collection of objects while an ...

One of the first indicators of a runtime performance problem is a high Java CPU usage report from a JVM profiler or Java monitoring tool. Unfortunately, high Java CPU utilization problems on Windows ...

In a previous tutorial, I walked you through the process of making your first “2D game.” We built a simple script which would let a character sprite bounce around the screen. From there, I insinuated ...

Remember when phones were just phones? While you might use your Android device for pretty much anything but sending and receiving text messages most of the time (even to the point of preferring ...