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You can't blame Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle, for showing a bit of frustration with Java developers who insist on calling methods that have been deprecated for ...

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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 ...

Java has long been a powerhouse programming language thanks to its portability, robustness and extensive ecosystem. However, one major challenge for Java developers is interoperation with native code.

In the latest chapter of an ongoing legal battle, a U.S. appeals court has just ruled that Oracle can be granted copyright protection for its Java APIs in a battle with Google over Android's inclusion ...