While you were getting your coffee, Java application development changed–again. In a world driven by rapid change and innovation, it’s ironic that APIs are making a comeback. Like the coding ...

The new Java EE security API promises to deliver on features such as app portability across Java EE servers and when using modern programming concepts.

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 ...

Java 8's lambdas and streaming APIs are the most major language update to Java since Java 5 introduced generics. We talked with Michael Remijan, a system architect at the Federal Reserve Bank St.

The Supreme Court's ruling that Google's use of Java APIs amounted to 'fair use' enables developers to innovate freely on those APIs.

What does Java Servlet API actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a federal judge's ruling that Oracle's Java API's were not protected by copyright. The debacle started when Google copied certain elements—names ...

A preview feature in Java is one that is not yet added permanently even though its design, specification, and implementation are complete. Presently Java has quite a few preview features in the ...

The legal saga began when Google used Java APIs in developing Android. Google wrote its own implementation of the Java APIs, but in order to allow developers to write their own programs for ...

The Java APIs that Google used to develop Android were protected by copyright law, a court has ruled -- now Google has defend its moves as "fair use" or potentially pay Oracle billions.