I've had a problem with a synchronized method for about a week now that I feel pretty strongly is a JVM bug but I haven't been able to reproduce it outside of our webapp, so I come to Ars looking for ...

Multithreaded programming is challenging but unavoidable, which is why you need the best tools and techniques for doing it safely. In this article Theodore S. Norvell introduces the conceptual ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements quickly ...