Get a deep dive into using method references in your Java programs, including stream operations, event listeners, and constructors and factories.

The major features introduced by Java 8 are lambda expressions, method references and the new Streams API. It is considered the largest language change since the advent of Java 20 years ago.

Here's a quick look at the three types of class loaders and everything you need to know to work with them in your Java programs.

Java 8 introduced a new list () method in java.nio.file.Files. The list method returns a lazily populated Stream of entries in the directory. As such, it is more efficient for processing large ...

Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.