Java's default constructor lets developers create instances of classes when an explicitly defined constructor does not exist. Here's how it works.

Since I have done most of my coding for classes (and almost exclusively in Java), I have always just run my programs through the compiler and never had to worry about actually setting it up to run ...

Java class loaders keep different versions of the same class in separate namespaces, which allows for creating multiple instances of a class with different versions.

Newer JVM-compatible languages like Scala, Groovy, and JRuby are better suited to creating internal DSLs than the Java language itself. Find out why in this final article in Venkat Subramaniam's ...

Sealed classes in Java let developers limit the creation and use of subclasses and preserve the class hierarchy. Here is how sealed classes in Java work.

Creating tray icons in Java Lee Chuk-Munn shows you how to create tray icons which sit on the desktop computer's system tray. Written by Lee Chuk-Munn, Contributor June 29, 2006 at 7:35 p.m. PT ...