When a Java program is compiled, it is not translated to executable machine code but rather, the javac compiler yields Java bytecode, which serves as an intermediate format that describes a ...

8 guidelines for writing reusable Java code Define the rules for your code Document your APIs Follow standard code naming conventions Write cohesive classes and methods Decouple your classes Keep ...

Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules Code, structure, sequence, and API organization entitled to copyright protection.

The Java static code analysis tool Checkstyle will automate this process. Checkstyle enforces rules that are simple and, when violated, easily fixed with an IDE such as NetBeans or Eclipse to reformat ...

In this Java Q&A installment, I show how any Java method can throw an arbitrary exception— checked or unchecked —with relative ease and without employing any native code.