Implementing equals(Object) With instanceof Pattern Matching
DZone Pattern matching for the instanceof operator was introduced as a preview feature with JDK 14 and was finalized with…
Optional.isEmpty() Available in JDK 11 EA Builds
DZone My recently posted question, "Optional.isEmpty() Coming to Java?," was prompted by a core-libs-dev mailing list post titled "RFR: 8184693:…
Exact Conversion of Long to Int in Java
DZone With all the shiny things (lambda expressions, streams, Optional, the new Date/Time API, etc.) to distract my attention that…
New JDK 11 Files Method isSameContent()
DZone It has been proposed that a method named isSameContents() be added to the Files class in JDK 11 via…
Java Command-Line Interfaces (Part 17): jw-options
DZone The JavaWorld article Processing command line arguments in Java: Case closed by Dr. Matthias Laux introduces a simple Java-based…