Java API definitions In Part 1, I explained the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive API use. In a prescriptive definition, the API drives code creation, whereas in a descriptive ...

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured ...

You can't blame Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle, for showing a bit of frustration with Java developers who insist on calling methods that have been deprecated for ...

Overview: Cloud-native and microservices architectures are becoming even more central to modern applications, with Java and ...

Java has long been a powerhouse programming language thanks to its portability, robustness and extensive ecosystem. However, one major challenge for Java developers is interoperation with native code.

SAN FRANCISCO—Following a two-week trial, a federal jury concluded Thursday that Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle-owned copyrights because its re-implementation of 37 Java ...