Java has not become as pervasive as the original hype suggested, but it is a popular language, used a lot for in-house and server-side development and other applications. Java has less mind-share in ...

Consider an enterprise where you have heterogeneous applications, possibly delivered by different teams, that need to interact with each other but have the following constraints: Each application is ...

Microsoft has announced general availability (GA) of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, the open-source version of the Java development kit (JDK). The release follows the April preview of the Microsoft ...

One of the most powerful uses of scripting languages is in "application automation", that is, the idea of automating a long sequence of steps such as: "select paragraph at cursor, indent 3" right, ...

Some Internet appliance and embedded device developers have concluded that current implementations of the Java specifications are either functionally incomplete for their use, too slow, too unreliable ...

The word polymorphism comes from the Greek for “many forms.” Most Java developers associate the term with an object’s ability to magically execute correct method behavior at appropriate points in a ...

Red Hat has assumed stewardship from Oracle over OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11, which strengthens Red Hat's support for the Java community -- particularly enterprise Java developers. OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK ...