Iterating complex data structures I first learned to program in an early version of FORTRAN, where the only data structuring capability was an array. I quickly learned how to iterate over an array ...

Java's collections framework has long needed a collection type that represents a sequence of elements with a defined encounter order and a uniform set of operations that apply across such collections.

Proposal for enhancing the Java programming language would define interfaces for sequenced collections, sequenced sets, and sequenced maps.

While a developer can't specifically force Java garbage collection, they can ask the JVM to prioritize the process. If developers need the JVM to free up some heap space, here are five ways to ...