But how many developers understand how HashMap works internally? A few days ago, I read a lot of the source code for ...

Have you ever wondered how Java seamlessly combines its primitive data types with object-oriented programming? Enter wrapper classes, an important but often overlooked Java feature. These special ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...

Imagine you are an expert object-oriented Java developer who meticulously crafts code the way an artist cares for their masterpiece. You believe clean code is an absolute necessity. Classes with clear ...

Abstract: Boolean functions should possess high fast algebraic immunity when used in stream ciphers in order to stand up to fast algebraic attacks. However, in previous research, the fast algebraic ...

Abstract: In this paper, we make a comprehensive study of two classes of Boolean functions whose interest originally comes from hybrid symmetric-FHE encryption (with stream ciphers like FiLIP), but ...

Programmers typically target a specific, long-term support release when they develop applications. That means for the past several years, most Java developers were limited to the Java 8 or Java 11 ...