Java object serialization is a feature of the JDK that is far too often overlooked. When a developer puts together a prototype or cooks up a proof of concept, simply saving a serialized Java object to ...

Allen Holub's past Java Toolbox column, " Why Getter and Setter Methods Are Evil," discussed the downside of the getter/setter idiom. That article presented a design-level solution. (By keeping ...

The Mongo object comes from the Java driver written by the guys over at 10gen. This example opens a connection to a local MongoDB instance and uses the mjormIsFun database.

Get to know the Java persistence standard based on Hibernate and learn how to use JPA to store and manage Java objects in a relational or NoSQL database.