As a type-safe program language, Java requires bounds checks of array accesses. Whenever an array element is accessed, a cmp (compare) instruction is executed to check whether the index value is ...

Thus, when my application caches many distinct String values, I can just keep the arrays in memory and convert them to String s as needed. That works well if each such String then serves as a ...

Both Arrays.toString(Object[]) and Arrays.deepToString(Object[]) handle null array gracefully, simply returning a String “null”. I tend to use Java Collections far more than I use Java arrays.

The Eclipse Java debugger uses an indented list to view arrays at runtime. This visualization provides limited insight into the array. Also, it is cumbersome and time-consuming to search for certain ...