The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla's JEP 401 will bring value classes to JDK 28, removing object identity from Java types in a 197,000-line change twelve years in the making ...
IEEE

MUARF: Leveraging Multi-Agent Workflows for Automated Code Refactoring

Abstract: Refactoring is crucial for maintaining a project, but it requires developers to understand code structure and system design principles well. Recent research on Large Language Models(LLMs) ...
IEEE

Refactoring-Aware Patch Integration Across Structurally Divergent Java Forks

Abstract: While most forks on platforms like GitHub are short-lived and used for social collaboration, a smaller but impactful subset evolve into long-lived forks, referred to here as variants, that ...
PCGamesN

Minecraft puts its Java multiplayer test on hold: "The experience wasn't what we wanted"

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...
note

【Let's Pay Off Code Debt】What is Refactoring? An IT Engineer's Thorough Explanation of Meaning, Methods, and Timing

When you have been operating a program for a long time, don't you find yourself increasingly wondering, "Why is this code written this way?" It definitely works, but it's hard to read, and you feel ...