Java Thread Programming (Part 13)
What is the maximum number of worker threads we can put in a ThreadPool? Let's find out today on Foojay's amazing Java threading series!
Java Core
Java Thread Programming (Part 12)
Let's find out what are the ways to create ThreadPool using Executor framework in java and use result-bearing tasks using Callable and …
Java Thread Programming (Part 11)
Learn how to ask the executor framework at startup to provision threads for us and they will be reused as long as the application runs.
The State of Pattern Matching in Java 17
Pattern matching is a language feature where you can test for a specific pattern on a character sequence or a data structure.
Java Thread Programming (Part 10)
Let's learn about BlockingQueue, one of the essential concurrent collections available in the concurrent package in the JDK.
Equals and Hashcode Implementation Considerations
I always struggled with how to implement equals and hashcode, until I learned about the difference between entities and value objects!
Java Thread Programming (Part 6)
Have you ever wondered what is the purpose of the "wait()", "notify()", "notifyAll()" methods that come with each Java object?
Let’s Use Optional to Fix Method Contracts
Optional is a mystery box, a wrapping paper: it may not contain value. When we specify that in a signature, we assume the box might be …
Java Thread Programming (Part 5)
When a thread acquires a lock object, no other thread will be able to use it. Once a thread unlocks the lock, other threads acquire it …
Java Thread Programming (Part 4)
We need to be very careful when using the "volatile" keyword, and we should use it only where it’s required, and definitely not everywhere.