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Spring ’25
Autumn ’24
Introduce Variance in Generic Types, Type Erasure, and Related Concepts
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The proxy pattern lets one object stand in for another, controlling access to it and adding features like logging, access control, lazy loading, or monitoring without touching the target's core logic.
12 min read
An introduction to Java's PriorityQueue, its API, custom comparators, and the binary min-heap that powers it.
6 min read
Summer ’24
Apache Tomcat is an open-source, lightweight web application server that implements the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) specs and part of Java EE.
6 min read
MyBatis notes from the Heima Programmer Java Web course, covering core concepts and a Spring Boot CRUD demo.
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Maven, the project management tool for Java. Covers basic usage including dependency management, the build lifecycle, and multi-module design.
13 min read
Spring ’24
How Java reflection works, how to obtain Class objects, create instances, invoke methods, and read annotations at runtime, plus its performance trade-offs.
7 min read
Winter ’23/24
An introduction to the Stream API introduced in Java 8
10 min read
Single Abstract Method Interfaces are Java functional interfaces. This post explains how to create and use them with lambdas and references.
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Java is neither pure pass-by-value nor pass-by-reference. The answer hides in a term most discussions miss: call-by-sharing.
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A hash table looks up data in O(1) time. This post walks through hash tables in the Java ecosystem: the data structure, the put process, and thread safety.
6 min read
Autumn ’23
Study notes on Java Generics, covering wildcards, PECS, type inference, and how to design generic classes, interfaces, and methods.
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