Java was created over 25 years ago, and it is still one of the most popular programming languages. In this article, I will present an overview of how Java has grown to today's complex system and why ...

Before Java Specification Request (JSR) 223, Scripting for the Java Platform, (and its predecessor, the Bean Scripting Framework, or BSF), many languages were already communicating with Java. Some ...

In a rare act of cooperation, Oracle and IBM have submitted a joint request for a new specification that will define how Java applications query databases using a proposed language called XQuery. Most ...

Varargs is the feature that allows a method to accept variable number of parameters. The JLS (Java Language Specification) calls it a Variable Arity Method; I guess they are called varargs because ...