The new Java EE security API promises to deliver on features such as app portability across Java EE servers and when using modern programming concepts.

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.

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)is an application program interface (API) specification for connecting programs written in Java to the data in popular databases.

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Java 23, now generally available, includes previews of module import declarations, stream gatherers, structured concurrency, scoped values, and a class-file API. And much more.

Yet if Oracle has a copyright in the Java API, it would have the power to prevent programmers from taking their skills to new platforms without Oracle's permission.