Sometimes situations arise where you must replace or patch an application class. In this article, an excerpt from Covert Java, Alex Kalinovsky explains what circumstances warrant such an approach ...

Each of the principal components in Java is exceptionally robust, but among them it is the vast number of Java libraries that most stands out.

In Java, a shared library is files used by multiple applications. Each shared library consists of a symbolic name, a Java classpath, and a native path for loading Java Native Interface (JNI ...

Using an external library in Java (Apache Commons and Eclipse) mcmnky Jul 19, 2014 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

As discussed in my previous JavaWorld article “Java FTP Client Libraries Reviewed” (April 2003), FTP support in the JDK does not fully implement the FTP specification (Request for Comments 959 ...

The vulnerability can be found in the new reflection library, available since Java 7, and more specifically in the new MethodHandle class used for dynamically accessing and invoking methods.

Every modern enterprise application relies on external libraries and third-party software. Weigh these 7 criteria to choose a Java library for your project.

JobRunr, a Java library designed to handle background tasks in a reliable manner within a JVM instance, released the new version 6.0 after a year of development since the release of version 5.0 in ...

A new actively exploited vulnerability has been discovered that can be used against a number of services, including Apple's iCloud, Valve's Steam, Microsoft's Minecraft, and more.

A JVM is distributed along with Java Class Library, a set of standard class libraries (in Java bytecode) that implement the Java Application programming interface (API).