The Javadoc documentation for the Package class states: Package objects contain version information about the implementation and specification of a Java package. This versioning information is ...

Invoking behavior vs. managing information Although there is room for overlap, SOAP is mostly useful for invoking behavior, while REST is good for managing information. REST can be abused to do ...

Java has its security flaws, but it isn’t going away any time soon—after all, many important applications run on the technology, especially in business settings. Still, numerous users are worried ...

Recently, on the "Ask The Architect" session from the Devoxx UK 2018 conference, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, shared his thoughts about Java’s serialization mechanism which he called a ...

Java has been in the news a lot lately, and not for good reasons. Critical security flaws have allowed hackers to take complete control of PCs, and in-the-wild attacks exposed a problem Oracle went ...

Solid and well-understood makes for better development environments than fashionable. Java is not fashionable, but it’s still right for business. When I mention Java to young developers, including my ...