Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Primitive types represent the simplest, most direct way to represent data in code. Even the most ...

import java.util.ArrayList; public class Sum { private double sum = 0; public void add(short newShort) { sum += newShort; } public void add(int newInteger) { sum ...

Would you say Autoboxing occurs at line 6? I would say no, because the array index has to be integer so any autoboxing is not necessary there? But i am not ...

Everything in Java is an object, except primitives like int. Turns out that small caveat has big implications for the language, which have compounded over the years. This seemingly minor design ...