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External rules simplify custom business logic for non-developer subject experts. The Java lambda syntax is easier to read and write than large rules engines. By combining Java lambda syntax with an ...

Make Java security a top priority at every stage of application development, from class-level language features to API endpoint authorization Security is one of the most complex, broad, and important ...

Java is spreading into one of the last, most demanding frontiers of computing--but getting it there has required some compromises. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Q: I am calling an external method in my application and want to intercept any exceptions it can possibly throw. Should I catch java.lang.Exception ? public class ...

Naming conventions are important if you're a Java developer. Naming conventions not only make your Java code easier to read, they make your code self-documenting as well. Fellow developers can tell in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out a Java Virtual Machine at the JavaOne developers conference aimed at boosting the Java language's performance nearly tenfold on next-generation ...