The first half of this introduction to Java inheritance teaches you how to use the extends keyword to derive a child class from a parent class, invoke parent class constructors and methods, and ...

Javolution creator Jean-Marie Dautelle discusses different methods to reduce the worst-case execution time of Java applications by leveraging the extra processing power of multicore systems. The ...

Java is spreading into one of the last, most demanding frontiers of computing--but getting it there has required some compromises from Sun Microsystems on the basic principles of the software. For ...