Is “Java Concurrency In Practice” still valid? [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question Is Java Concurrency in Practice still valid? I am wondering whether the ideas, concepts and implementation described in the … Read more

Installed Java 7 on Mac OS X but Terminal is still using version 6

I’ve installed JDK 7u7 downloaded from oracle’s website. But after installation, the terminal is still showing java version 6 $java -version java version “1.6.0_35” Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_35-b10-428-11M3811) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.10-b01-428, mixed mode) any idea why java 7 is not showing up? Ans: OK, the problem has been resolved. … Read more

What is the point of the diamond operator () in Java?

The diamond operator in java 7 allows code like the following: List<String> list = new LinkedList<>(); However in Java 5/6, I can simply write: List<String> list = new LinkedList(); My understanding of type erasure is that these are exactly the same. (The generic gets removed at runtime anyway). Why bother with the diamond at all? … Read more

No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

I’m compiling a project in Eclipse using m2eclipse. I set the JDK path in Eclipse like this: Windows–>preferences–>installed jres–> jdk1.7.xx path But this is showing an error [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : [INFO] ————————————————————- [ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK? [INFO] 1 error … Read more