Constructors play a key role in all object-oriented programming languages, and Java is no exception. Every class a Java developer creates needs a constructor. Constructors perform numerous important ...

Method references are a shorthand way to write lambda expressions that call a single method. Rather than implementing a method in a functional interface, a method reference simply points to an ...

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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 ...