There are many pitfalls to be avoided when creating a beautiful Java API. Effective API development means avoiding these traps and solving real problems.

The Java Platform provides the most commonly used data structures in the form of the Collections Framework, and it provides a rich API to operate on them. This article explains the concepts behind ...

Part 2 of this four-part series on Java SE Web services showed how to use the JAX-WS API to develop SOAP-based Web services. JAX-WS also supports RESTful-based Web services, which this article ...

This can create a headache as enterprises move to cloud platforms, said Alex Kosowski, principal member of the Oracle technical staff and one of the leads on the new Java EE security API (JSR 375), a ...

The API is expected to revolutionize how Java interacts with native libraries, and it aligns with the broader Java roadmap that aims to make the platform safer and more efficient out-of-the-box.

Newer JVM-compatible languages like Scala, Groovy, and JRuby are better suited to creating internal DSLs than the Java language itself. Find out why in this final article in Venkat Subramaniam's ...