all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java community instead uses the .ear ...

A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make ... Since a JAR file uses a standard compression algorithm, opening a JAR file is as simple as changing its extension from ...

In the previous post Java SE 7 Brings Better File Handling than Ever to Groovy, I discussed the ability to use Java 7’s NIO.2 implementation to discover a wide set of attributes, characteristics ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...