InfoWorld

Better than reflection: Using method handles and variable handles in Java

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...
GitHub

How Fields are Handled in the JVM

local variables (these occur and live inside a method), instance variables (fields that exist inside an instantiated class, but are not local to a single method), class variables (that is, static ...
InfoWorld

When to use abstract classes vs. interfaces in Java

Abstract classes and interfaces in Java serve fundamentally different purposes. Learn the differences between these Java language elements and how to use them in your programs. Abstract classes and ...
C&EN

Collective Variables from Local Fluctuations

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, c/o USI Campus, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, CH-6900 Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Facoltá di Informatica, Istituto di Scienze Computazionali, ...
C&EN

A Discrete-Variable Local Diabatic Representation of Conical Intersection Dynamics

Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, China Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, ...
IEEE

Reanalysis of Empirical Data on Java Local Variables with Narrow and Broad Scope

Abstract: It is generally accepted that variables with a narrow syntactic scope can have short names, whereas variables with a broad scope require more informative longer names. We study how names are ...