Project Amber has brought a number of new features to Java in recent years. While each of these features is self-contained, they are also designed to work together, enabling data-oriented programming.

I got an email from a customer who wanted to use BLOB data type in their CMP entity bean. In this blog, I will provide an example and will discuss how can you develop your CMP EJBs to use a BLOB ...

With Java 8, annotations can now be written on any use of a type such as in declarations, generics, and casts. This article introduces type annotations and tools to help build better software.

Use the get() method that returns the equivalent data type in Java. For example, to fetch data that stores as VARCHAR(2) in Oracle, you would call getString() on the ResultSet.

We cover some of the most popular big data tools for Java developers. Discover the best big data tools and what to look for.