Core Java
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Screaming fast Lucene searches using C++ via JNI
At the end of the day, when Lucene executes a query, after the initial setup the true hot-spot is usually…
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Garbage Collection in Java (1)
This is the first in a series of posts about Garbage Collection (GC). I hope to be able to cover…
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Common Red Flags in Java Development
In several years of developing, reading, reviewing, and maintaining hundreds of thousands of lines of Java code, I have become…
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Why does my Java process consume more memory than Xmx?
Some of you have been there. You have added -Xmx option to your startup scripts and sat back relaxed knowing…
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Java SE 7 Update 25 – Release-Notes explained.
Yesterday was CPU day. Oracle released the Java SE update 25 with the June Java Critical Patch Update. After the…
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Documenting Compliance – About TCKs, Specifications and Testing
Working with software specifications is hard. No matter in which exact filed; you end up with the big question: Does…
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Design Patterns: Strategy
This time I want to talk about Strategy design pattern. In this way I start articles about behavioral design patterns.…
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Quicksorting – 3-way and Dual Pivot
It’s no news that Quicksort is considered one of the most important algorithms of the century and that it is…
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Java 8 lambda walkthrough
For work I have made a presentation about Java 8 project lambda and of course also some simple code illustrating…
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