Imagine you are creating a game that contains many different classes of things; there are players, monsters, and objects that can be picked up. In addition, magic spells can change the classification ...

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New features like var, auto-compile, text blocks, record classes, and more are shifting Java in subtle but powerful ways—toward a more flexible, dynamic future. Java has made some big shifts over the ...