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Writing a Java application (see Android) that consumes a JSON API usually involves mapping the JSON objects to Java classes for use in the software. This is a tedious and repetitive task to say ...

In this article Rafael Winterhalter, creator of the bytecode manipulation tool Byte Buddy, provides detailed guidance on how to easily create Java agents using Byte Buddy.

Java's default constructor lets developers create instances of classes when an explicitly defined constructor does not exist. Here's how it works.

Sealed classes in Java let developers limit the creation and use of subclasses and preserve the class hierarchy. Here is how sealed classes in Java work.

Create packages, import packaged classes and interfaces into your programs, move packages, and encapsulate them in jar files.