Though type is an extremely important object-oriented concept, it is often overlooked in favor of implementation-centric concerns. Java program development is as much about design as about ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: In linguistics abstraction means a concept or an idea. It is a way of generalizing a thought process that can be later applied to wider applications. In computer science, abstraction ...

For every development difficulty you encounter, chances are good that another developer has encountered the same problem. Like most developers, you’re pressured to build reliable software fast and ...

I recently returned from JavaOne 2005 in San Francisco. The show was impressive for a number of reasons. The attendance seemed to be about 30% larger than last year's. The same could be said for the ...

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...