There are many pitfalls to be avoided when creating a beautiful Java API. Effective API development means avoiding these traps and solving real problems.

JSR-353, the Java API for JSON Processing (JSON-P), has reached final approval ballot this month. JSON-P (similar to JAXP) consists of a Streaming API (similar to StAX) and an Object Model API ...

The Java Platform provides the most commonly used data structures in the form of the Collections Framework, and it provides a rich API to operate on them. This article explains the concepts behind ...