Before we understand why finalize is going away and what to use instead, let’s understand what finalize is or was. The basic idea is to allow you to define a method on your objects that will execute ...

Some exceptions in Java must be handled in the developer's code. Other exceptions can occur without any exception handling semantics at all. When an exception must be handled with try-and-catch ...

IBM's has released a tool that lets companies to inspect code for a range of problems--during the development process and once an application is already implemented. The tool, called J2EE Code ...

It came to our attention that the Java application blocker is prompting that self-assigned or untrusted applications have been blocked due to security settings. Due to this issue, some of the ...

Get it right the first time and cut support costs--that's how Klocwork's inForce for Java helps reduce errors during Java development. The tool scans Java source code for a range of errors, such as ...

Code conventions and standard software development wisdom dictate that methods should not be too long because they become difficult to fully comprehend, they lose readability when they get too long, ...