Java SE 13 (Sept 2019) introduced text blocks as a preview feature, aimed at reducing the pain of declaring and using multi-line string literals in Java. It was subsequently refined in a second ...

With each new Java platform release, the stewards of the language always include a few new preview features that can be toyed with only if a developer knows how to unlock the capabilities at runtime.

One of the most common problems identified by static code analysis tools is the presence of plain text passwords written directly into configuration files. It's ...

Java’s character and assorted string classes offer low-level support for pattern matching, but that support typically leads to complex code. For simpler and more efficient coding, Java offers the ...

Though Java already has a character type and char keyword to represent and manipulate characters, the language also requires a Character class for two reasons: Character c1 = new Character ('A'); ...