This transformational magic requires some actual analysis of the code. Under the covers, Eclipse maintains an AST (abstract syntax tree) — the deep structure (as linguist Noam Chomsky would say ...

Java code written with these patterns is especially concise, and it’s able to make distinctions not just on the value in the data but the object type. All reference types and the null pointer ...

Three basic types of variable that we are going to introduce in this Java tutorial are: Integers – Whole numbers. Floats – Or “floating point variables.” ...

BEA is testing out a new strategy by taking a page from Microsoft--pushing its new Java-based programming tool, WebLogic Workshop, as a must-have for developers.

While PMD works on source code, the FindBugs tool looks for code smells in compiled Java code. This Java static code analysis tool sifts through bytecode and finds sources of potential errors and ...

Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules Code, structure, sequence, and API organization entitled to copyright protection. David Kravets – May 9, 2014 11:58 am | 410 ...