Before we understand why finalize is going away and what to use instead, let’s understand what finalize is or was. The basic idea is to allow you to define a method on your objects that will execute ...

Multithreaded programming is challenging but unavoidable, which is why you need the best tools and techniques for doing it safely. In this article Theodore S. Norvell introduces the conceptual ...

I've got a class in java for a swing application that extends JFrame. This class is pretty much reponsible for everything to do with a certain window in the program. Everything works great, but come ...

So, I'm new to the whole Java and programming thing. I've been working my way through Thinking in Java and Just Java 2. So far, it has gone very well. I think the two resources complement each other ...