collectionsshare & followShare this post with your community:I'm active on various platforms. Watch this space or follow me there to get notified when I publish new content:▼s+fShare this post with your community:I'm active on various platforms. Watch this space or follow me there to get notified when I publish new content:Why Don't They Just... ?! The Deliberations Behind Evolving Java#talk#streams #optional #records #collectionsThere are many nifty features that Java could have but doesn't. Somewhat surprisingly, there are reasons for that and in this talk I'll discuss those for a few concrete cases as well as the deliberations behind such decisions.2021-04-28Immutable Collections In Java - Not Now, Not Ever#post#collectionsThe JDK contains immutable collections, but no type ImmutableCollection. Here's why that's so and why it won't change.2019-05-29Code-First Java 9 Tutorial#post#java‑9 #migration #streams #optional #collections #j_msShowing code for the most important Java 9 features: private interface methods, stream and optional APIs, collection factories, reactive streams, stack walking, multi-release JARs, redirected platform logging, unified logging, the module system, and more. If you're new to Java 9, start here.2018-02-05Transforming Collections#post#collections #libfxTransforming collections are a view onto another collection, making it appear to be of a different parametric type. They are available in LibFX 0.3.0.2015-05-26Test Collection Implementations with Guava#post#collections #libraries #testingHere's how to use Guava-Testlib to easily and thoroughly test your own Java collection implementations.2015-03-09