Oracle has announced the release of Java 24, which adds several new features to the language, such as the availability of the Stream Gatherers API and Class-File API, and new features designed for ...

This repo contains a program to compute the reflexive transitive closure under API dependency of a collection of Java classes (and interfaces). One class's API is said to (directly) depend on ...

The classfile API proposal notes that class file generation, parsing, and instrumentation are ubiquitous in the Java ecosystem, with many tools and libraries needing to process class files.

Processing streams and insight into classes. Java 24 finalizes two important features, with Stream Gatherers and the Class-File API. Both have had two previews each in Java 22 and Java 23.. Stream ...

Aside from loading classes from the classpath, the application class loader also loads classes generated at runtime, like those created by the Java Reflection API or third-party libraries that use ...

The release of Java SE 15 in Sept 2020 will introduce "sealed classes" (JEP 360) as a preview feature. A sealed class is a class or interface which restricts which other classes or interfaces may ...

Sealed classes make Java an even more powerful and expressive language and set the stage for even more sophisticated techniques such as pattern matching, which we'll explore in a subsequent article. A ...