Java projects rarely feature a consistent and thorough exception-handling strategy. Often, developers add the mechanism as an afterthought or an as-you-go addition. Significant reengineering ...

In Java, exceptions are one of many structures that govern the control flow of a program. Specifically, they are unintended side effects of a program's normal execution.

A good example would be the FileNotFoundException. This does exactly what it says on the tin: this exception is “thrown” when Java looks for a particular file and can’t find it.

The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior. In my previous article, you learned ...

Fail-safe vs. fail-fast Java iterators If the goal is to avoid exceptions, system resources are in plentiful supply, and updates to the underlying collection class while the iterator runs will not ...

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX ...

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit. Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...