Ever wonder why Java's const keyword is unimplemented? More specifically, why do we mark global constants in Java with both the static and final keywords? Why are Java constants static and final? The ...

The Java programming language compiler (javac) provided by Oracle (and formerly by Sun) has several non-standard options that are often useful. One of the most useful is the set of non-standard ...

In response to my recent blog posting Immutable Java Objects, Matt brought up a good point of discussion related to making Java classes truly immutable by declaring them as final so that they cannot ...