InfoWorld

Programming with Java APIs, Part 2: API definitions

Java API definitions In Part 1, I explained the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive API use. In a prescriptive definition, the API drives code creation, whereas in a descriptive ...
InfoWorld

Programming with Java APIs, Part 1: OpenAPI and Swagger

While you were getting your coffee, Java application development changed–again. In a world driven by rapid change and innovation, it’s ironic that APIs are making a comeback. Like the coding ...
TheServerSide

Stop with the unsafe internal Java API calls, or the JDK will stop it for you

You can't blame Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle, for showing a bit of frustration with Java developers who insist on calling methods that have been deprecated for ...
Ars Technica

Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a federal judge’s ruling that Oracle’s Java API’s were not protected by copyright. The debacle started when Google copied certain elements—names, declaration ...
The Economist

What APIs are

A FEDERAL jury has handed Google a huge victory in its long-running battle with a rival, Oracle, over Google’s Android software. The two software giants have been at legal loggerheads for years over ...
ZDNet

Java vs. Android APIs

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