Java SE 10 (March 2018) introduced type inference for local variables. Java Language Architect Brian Goetz explains the feature.

JEP 429, Extent-Local Variables (Incubator), was promoted from its JEP Draft 8263012 to Candidate status. This incubating JEP, under the umbrella of Project Loom, proposes enabling the sharing of ...

This month’s Java 101 concludes the thread series by focusing on thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and the ThreadDeath class.

Java SE 10 introduced var as the type of a local variable declaration and a lambda formal parameter. The compiler treats var as an identifier with special meaning, but it isn’t considered to be ...

New Java 10 features for developers Developers will find local variable type inferences, along with the ability to use the long reserved, but hitherto unused keyword var in their applications, as a ...

For example in Java, classes, interfaces and enums should all be written in Pascal case. Local variables declared within the body of a Java program should be written in lower camel case. Variable ...