Variables and primitive types Called primitive types, integral and floating point types are the simplest data types in Java. The following program illustrates the integral type, which can hold ...

What's the difference between double vs float data types? In this quick tutorial we show how float and double Java types differ, along with guidance on how to choose one over the other.

The boxing and unboxing of Java primitive types has severe performance implications. Uncover the truth about autoboxing Java primitive types in this JDK Mission Control and JVM Flight Recorder example ...

The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior. In my previous article, you learned ...