Java is an object-oriented programming language. To create objects and meaningfully initialize them, a developer must use a Java constructor. Constructors are a critical part of software development ...

Properties and methods make Java classes interesting. Properties represent the data an object possesses, while methods enable the intelligent manipulation of that data. However, to perform any ...

I wrote about the NetBeans hint “Overridable Method Call in Constructor” in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints. In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called from ...

In this blog post, I look at the concept of Java synthetic methods. The post summarizes what a Java synthetic method is, how one can be created and identified, and the implications of Java synthetic ...

The previous section discussed how to obtain and set up Java for both Windows and Linux personal computers. Now, we're going to talk briefly about the Java language itself. Again, we're not trying to ...