Dalibor Topic announced that With Java SE 7 and JDK 7 being released, and with OpenJDK as the official Java SE 7 reference implementation, that it was finally time to retire the non open source ...

The authors of the book Java Generics and Collections compare the standardly supplied Java collections implementations in their book. They devote sections of their book (13.3/Sets, 15.3/Lists, 16. ...

The default constructor in Java initializes primitive types to their binary equivalent of zero and reference types to null. How to use Java's default constructor. Although the default constructor in ...

After downloading or updating Java, a pop-up will ask you to "set Yahoo as your homepage and default search engine." I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced ...

Next time you’re prompted to update the Java software on your computer, pay attention or you might become a Yahoo user without realizing it. The search company has cut a deal with Oracle to ...

Canonical has announced that OpenJDK 11 has become the default Java package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, replacing OpenJDK 10. The move comes days after Red Hat announced its stewardship of OpenJDK 11.

Such default behavior makes sense from a security standpoint considering that most Java exploits are delivered as unsigned Java applets. However, there have been cases of digitally signed Java ...

In 7U11, Oracle changed the default security setting in Java from Medium to High, preventing unsigned Java Web applications from executing automatically; users are warned before unsigned applets ...

Java 7 Update 11 also brings about one other change to beef up the security that already existed in Java. With the newest patch, the default Java Security Level will be changed from medium to high.

The default-java folder is a symbolic link to the actual location of the JDK install on Ubuntu. When you reference the JDK install location in applications or in environment variables such as ...