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Java 101: Understanding Java threads, Part 4: Thread groups, volatility, and thread-local ...

This month’s Java 101 concludes the thread series by focusing on thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and the ThreadDeath class. Java requires every thread and every thread group ...
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Java 101: Understanding Java threads, Part 2: Thread synchronization

Multithreaded programs often function erratically or produce erroneous values due to the lack of thread synchronization. Synchronization is the act of serializing (or ordering one at a time) thread ...
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JEP 429: Extent-Local Variables to Promote Immutability in Java

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Java Feature Spotlight: Local Variable Type Inference

In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable ...