Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Java 9”
Introduction to JShell The shell or the REPL is a well-known tool in many programming languages. Typically, this is more common in scripting languages such as Python or Node, but more recently it’s been adopted by JVM languages like Clojure and Groovy as well. The upcoming Java 9 release finally brings this shell functionality to the Java language as well, in the form …
Overview One of the most interesting features that Java 8 introduces to the language is the new Optional class. The main issue this class is intended to tackle is the infamous NullPointerException that every Java programmer knows only too well. Essentially, this is a wrapper class that contains an optional value, meaning it can either contain an object or it can …
