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 ...

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 ...

Most Java developers who come from a C/C++ background have probably at one time wished for a Java equivalent of sizeof(). Although Java lacks a true sizeof() equivalent, the Instrumentation interface ...