The entry point of a standalone Java application is the main method or function. In the age of Servlets and JSPs, Java’s main function took a backseat to these technologies that were initialized with ...

What is a Java expression? Expressions are combinations of literals, method calls, variable names, and operators. Java applications evaluate expressions.

Use functions The initial JSTL 1.0 EL lacked support for functions. The JSP 2.0 EL lets you call a Java class’s public static method using the following syntax: ...

Hiding Java method deprecation problems There are plenty of deprecated methods in Java, and there’s nothing stopping you from calling them. Sure, a yellow yield sign might appear in the line-number ...

JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 191 defines the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI), which are interfaces that can bind native functions to Java methods and can manage blocks of native memory. This J ...