Variables and primitive types Called primitive types, integral and floating point types are the simplest data types in Java. The following program illustrates the integral type, which can hold ...

Oracle has been working to bring value types to the Java language and runtime. We present an update on the current status of this work.

What's the difference between double vs float data types? In this quick tutorial we show how float and double Java types differ, along with guidance on how to choose one over the other.