With three proposals vying for inclusion in Java 7, understanding closures and the arguments for and against their inclusion in the Java language is essential. In this article Angelika Langer and ...
For those who are not familiar with closures, Martin Fowler‘s post Closure is perhaps the definitive explanation of what constitutes a closure. Fowler states about closures: “Essentially a closure is ...
In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable ...