In a previous blog posting, I listed some “everyday problems” Java developers will often face and included some ideas and links related to addressing these issues. One of the focal points of that post ...

The term assert is a Java keyword that was introduced into the language with the JDK 1.4 release in February 2002. Java's assert keyword is unique in two very interesting ways: The Java assert is ...

Software from Oracle that converts a program in Java bytecode (intermediate language) into machine language and executes it. The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is the runtime engine of the Java Platform, ...

A Java string is a sequence of characters that exists as an object of the class java.lang. Java strings are created and manipulated through the string class. Once created, a string is immutable -- its ...

An earlier CPU chip specifications from Sun that contained RAM, I/O and the Java Virtual Machine. Based on Sun's picoJava architecture, Java chips were designed to speed up applications by natively ...

In the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) world, servlets complement applets on the server side and complete the definition of Java’s role in the client/server hierarchy and in multitiered ...

A Sun-led Java standards group today will announce specifications designed to bring Java's write-once run-anywhere promise closer to reality for wireless handsets. Sun and other members of the Java ...