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Java has always been criticized for being too verbose. While that criticism is largely unfounded, language architects and community enthusiasts have always strived to make the language simpler and ...

Derived record creation would allow developers to create a new record from an existing record, updating only the values that need to change. In an effort to streamline code, Java would be enhanced ...

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Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...