Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...

Java famously runs on billions of devices, including workstations, desktops, tablets, supercomputers, and jewelry. Yes, jewelry. Look it up. [Michael] realized Java doesn’t run on Commodore 64s, ...

Java's embedded difficulties start with memory requirements. Traditionally, programmers, write Java code that a compiler translates into machine-independent Java “byte codes” (Figure 1). At runtime, a ...

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I assume you are familiar with certain Java topics, such as reflection and class loading. The article provides learning opportunities in dynamic code compilation and loading, and utilization of ...

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 ...

A few years ago, [Mike]’s friend gave him an old Sega Genesis with the very cool and somewhat rare SegaCD drive attached. The SegaCD gave him an idea – while it’s not easy to burn a cartridge and play ...