Java is an object-oriented programming language. To create objects and meaningfully initialize them, a developer must use a Java constructor. Constructors are a critical part of software development ...

Java's default constructor allows developers to create instances of classes when no other constructors are explicitly defined. The default constructor in Java takes no arguments -- it simply ...

In a previous Java 101 tutorial, you learned how to better organize your code by declaring reference types (also known as classes and interfaces) as members of other reference types and blocks. I also ...

From assertions in JDK 1.4 to the forthcoming lambdas in Java 8, the Java language has evolved considerably since its inception. The next several Java 101 articles present a toolbox of essential Java ...