Roberto Scaramuzzi

"Ease of Development" is one of the main focuses in J2SE 5. Accordingly, J2SE 5 introduces several new features designed to simplify the developer's life. If you use these new constructs, your code will become more compact and expressive, hence easier to understand and debug. This article explains how you can use the new features to prevent some silly mistakes, as well as some that are not so silly. Generics The Collections framework was introduced in Java 1.2. It provides a set of interfaces and implementations that encapsulate many common data structures, the most common being the List and Map interfaces. The main drawback of using this well-thought-out framework is that a significant amount of casting is required when extracting elements from a pre-J2SE 5 collection ... (more)

Strategies for Securing Java Code

Java security is an overwhelming issue. For a truly secure application, you need to prevent hackers from entering the system, and you need to ensure that code safeguards security if a hacker does break in. Moreover, there is no room for error. If you anticipate and prevent hundreds of security vulnerabilities but overlook just one, a hacker can still wreak havoc on your system. This art... (more)