In this article, Ben Evans explores some features in Java 7 which lay the groundwork for the new features in Java 8.

This article looks at the new Java Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) technology, recently introduced in the Java 7 SDK. SDP empowers the Ultra High Performance Computing community to use Java’s for ...

If businesses have failed to update the widely used but out-of-date Java 6 platform, they may be at heightened risk of cyberattack thanks to additions to commercial exploit kits.

Conclusion Scripts commonly need to create files for temporary use and Java now provides several easy approaches for ensuring automatic deletion of files meant to be temporary in nature and to be ...

The end is near for Java 7, a nearly 11-year-old release of standard Java. Oracle is set to discontinue extended support for the platform at the end of July 2022. With the cessation of official ...

Java EE 7 migration: Risk mitigation strategies Some enterprise Java shops are weighing the risks of a migration to Java EE 7 against the potential benefits, which are incremental and cloud focused.

Java 7 and the intricacies of safe and unsafe casting One of the problems with casting is that it does have the potential to cause a loss of precision, especially if the number that gets cast does ...