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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 ...

Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...

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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Packaged as part of the 2018 version 10 release, the Java var reserved word introduced type ...

After 11 years of knock-down, drag-out litigation Google has prevailed over Oracle Corp. in their copyright clash over Java application programming interfaces. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled flatly by a ...