The OpenJDK finalises numerous JDK Enhancement Proposals, including for immutable values, flexible constructors and slim Java ...

Oracle has released JDK (Java Development Kit) 25, the first long term support (LTS) version since JDK 21 two years ago. New ...

Java 25 LTS is officially here, and with it comes a massive update to IntelliJ IDEA. The new version is all about making the ...

I know there's no practical purpose to this it's entirely theoretical. and I know a jar file uses the zip format. But how does one create a jar file without a manifest file. (I don't mean creating a ...

When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

A Java compiler is a program that takes the text file work of a developer and compiles it into a platform-independent Java file. Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), ...

I have touched on several subjects in individual posts prior to this one that now come together in this single post. These subjects include use of File.deleteOnExit() in Groovy, creation of temporary ...

I am making a small transfer utility in Java and I want the user to be able to drag a file into the window to have it start the transfer.<BR><BR>I created a DropTarget, set it to be active, and then ...

Click on the image at the top of this article for a list of other dangerous file types. I was somewhat surprised to fine the ZIP format in line after Java and HTML. Then I remembered that the DOCX and ...