In this month's column, you'll learn how to use object versioning to safely change or update existing Java classes without compromising compatibility with previously-written serialized files. This month I'll discuss these advantages and demonstrate why they're important to you and your projects as we build our own lightweight components. Using threads, many algorithms, such as queue management systems, are easier to access than they are using polling and looping techniques. This year's Software Development West 1998 conference provided a lot of useful information for practicing Java developers. Learn more about the Java-related courses and talks, vendor product announcements and premiers, and what the linguistic father of all Java programmers, James Gosling, had to say in his keynote.
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