An extension to Java that provides a programming interface (API) for implementing server-side programs written in Java (Java servlets). See servlet. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

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What does an API look like? Sometimes, says Brian Pagano, it looks like this: /users. Or this: /products. Brian Pagano is a software architect at Apigee, an outfit that does nothing but help companies ...

Java 23, now generally available, includes previews of module import declarations, stream gatherers, structured concurrency, scoped values, and a class-file API. And much more. Java Development Kit ...

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 ...

Developers use application programming interfaces to hide complexity, organize code, design reusable components, and connect different systems, applications, or services. The term API stands for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. In a ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court found that Google could legally use elements of Oracle’s Java ...

Google and Oracle’s argument before the Supreme Court last October left opponents of API copyrights extremely nervous. For the previous decade, Google had been arguing in lower courts that it didn’t ...

Oracle’s infringement case against Google over the use of Java APIs in Android has now moved to the trial phase. We’ve collected all of our daily reports, analysis, and courtroom coverage for you ...