InfoWorld

Java extension mechanism loads all JARs

The Java Extension Mechanism is described in the Java Tutorial as a “standard, scalable way to make custom APIs available to all applications running on the Java platform.” As described in ...
The Financial Express

Google says more than 35,000 Java packages have been affected by a security vulnerability: Details here

Google: Tech giant Google has said that over 35,000 Java packages have been affected by vulnerabilities that have been recently disclosed with widespread fallout in the software industry. The affected ...
InfoWorld

Java Tip 113: Identify subclasses at runtime

You can write a simple generic launcher in the following way: public class Launcher{ public static void main(String[] args){ if (args.length>0) { try { Command ...
Neowin

OpenJDK 11 replaces OpenJDK 10 as the default Java package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Canonical has announced that OpenJDK 11 has replaced OpenJDK 10 as the default Java package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Canonical recently released Ubuntu 19.04 which also uses OpenJDK 11 as default, the ...
Ars Technica

“Google’s use of the Java API packages was not fair,” appeals court rules

The case of Oracle v. Google is Silicon Valley’s lawsuit that will seemingly never die. On Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of Oracle, finding that Google may ...
JD Supra

The Federal Circuit Reverses Google’s Win on Its Fair Use Defense in Oracle’s Copyright Infringement Suit Concerning Java Software API Packages

Last week, in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Nos. 2017-1118, 1202 (Fed. Cir. March 27, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that Google’s unauthorized use of certain ...
Ars Technica

All Android operating systems infringe Java API packages, Oracle says

The ongoing legal saga known as the Oracle-Google copyright battle took a huge leap Wednesday when Oracle claimed the last six Android operating systems are "infringing Oracle's copyrights in the Java ...