Direct execution of Java byte code is possible thanks to a Java extension to the ARM processor core by ARM Ltd., Cambridge, England. Known as Jazelle, the new Java ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...

Embedded Java implementations run up against performance problems because of the stack structures the language requires. Java implements a stack-based programming model, in which two stacks are ...

Javolution creator Jean-Marie Dautelle discusses different methods to reduce the worst-case execution time of Java applications by leveraging the extra processing power of multicore systems. The ...

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For many years, Phil Katz’s archive creation, zip, has been one of the most popular file archiving formats. Sun has adopted the zip format as the basis for the Java Archive (JAR). Sun has extended the ...

A new zero-day vulnerability in the Spring Core Java framework called 'Spring4Shell' has been publicly disclosed, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on applications. Spring is a very ...

Oracle fixed at least 17 security vulnerabilities in Java as part of its scheduled update. Oracle patched 17 security vulnerabilities and one non-security-related issue in its latest update to Java 6, ...