This method is used by hash-based Java collection classes, such as the java.util package’s HashMap, HashSet, and Hashtable classes to ensure that objects are properly stored and retrieved.

Method and variable handles vs. Java reflection. To truly understand MethodHandles and VarHandles—what they do and why they are useful—it’s helpful to know a few things about reflection in Java.

There will be getter methods for properties, but there will be no setters. The number of wins, losses and ties maintained by the Score class can only be incremented by one at a time, so instead of ...