Stephen Colebourne, of Joda Time fame, ignited a small debate when he released Joda Convert: a Java library to convert basic Objects to and from Strings using annotations. InfoQ surveys the ...

Java provides a means to conveniently serialize data to maintain its integrity as it's sent over a network. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in the deserialization process if there aren't ...

Although Java lacks a true sizeof () equivalent, the Instrumentation interface introduced with J2SE5 can be used to get an estimate of the size of a particular object via its getObjectSize (Object ...

What is the contract between equals() and hashcode()? Learn how these methods work together when comparing objects in Java.

Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.