Primitives have been part of the Java programming language since its initial release in 1996, and yet they remain one of the more controversial language features. John Moore makes a strong case for ...

The practice of starting with Java’s primitive types, in many textbooks on OO programming using Java, obfuscates, rather than illustrates, the OO paradigm. Why should one start a text focusing on ...

Java Primitive Specializations Generator (JPSG) is a template processor with the primary goal of producing code specialized for any Java primitive types and for object (generic) types, while Java ...

Universal generics would allow Java type variables to range over primitive and reference types, making it easier to extend or reuse code across different types. Java would get universal generics under ...

Java has a two-part type system, consisting of primitives, such as int, double, and boolean, and reference types, such as String and List. Every primitive type has a corresponding reference type, ...

Java developers have spent decades working with a basic assumption about objects: every object has its own identity. Now, OpenJDK developers are preparing to loosen that rule with JDK 28.