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

Next year’s Java release is slated to include a performance boost for the G1 garbage collector and opt-in support for HTTP/3.

Part 2 of this four-part series on Java SE Web services showed how to use the JAX-WS API to develop SOAP-based Web services. JAX-WS also supports RESTful-based Web services, which this article ...