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 ...

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

7. API for authorization interceptors Currently, Java EE supports only role-based authentication methods. The API for authorization interceptors will make it easier to implement rule-based security.

JEP 502 introduces the Stable Values API in JDK 25, enhancing application startup performance by allowing deferred immutability. This feature enables thread-safe, at-most-once initialization of ...

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Java 24 includes the release of the Steam Gatherers API, which supports custom intermediate operations, allowing stream pipelines to transform data in ways that are difficult when using built-in ...

Native API driver: Provides an interface from Java to the native database client. Middleware driver: A universal interface (“middleware”) between Java and the RDBMS’s vendor-specific protocol.