The author discusses his results of measuring the performance degradation of Java programs while using various data abstraction features of the language.

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How to recognize and use array and list data structures in your Java programs. Which algorithms work best with different types of array and list data structures. Why some algorithms will work ...

In order to add such a feature, you need to understand how Java controls data. Developers use variables in Java to hold data, with all variables having a data type and a name.