Today we’ll look into a rare feature of Java: variable shadowing First, let’s define what is a shadowed field or method: A field is considered shadowed when a subclass of its declaring class declares a field with the same name…
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This short article introduces the definition and usage of final variables in Java and some interesting use cases.
I’ve seen many developers struggling with subtle mutability issues in Java. This article will expose the major gotchas of object immutability.
Today we are going to look into the ThreadLocal internals, its usage and all the related pitfalls. ThreadLocal, among other Java advanced features like volatile variables or nested classes, is rarely used. The main reason is its relative complexity and…
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This basic question is in any Java 101 courses and the answer is quite obvious. But in fact things are a little bit trickier than they seem to be.