With about a day of work, Brandt’s SAX XML parser can be converted into a simple DOM-type parser that has the ability to manage data as well as read and write the data in XML format. The parser ...

Java's I/O streams provide standardized ways to read and write data. Any object representing a mutable data source in Java exposes methods for reading and writing its data as a stream.

Give variables and methods logical names Another best practice on how to write clean code in Java is to assign logical, human-readable names to methods, variables, functions and other objects within ...

The Java paper is open for public comment until Dec. 1 at [email protected]. While secure-programming can help, it’s not enough, Paller notes.

Sure, Java is still “write once, run everywhere”. Portability is still a central priority. But, now with Java 7 and Sockets Direct Protocol a whole lot more can be done with the Java VM.