If you follow the Java 101 column, you know that we are currently touring Java’s object-oriented language basics. So far, this series has covered class declaration, object creation, field/method ...

One way to cut through marketing hype and get to the bottom of a potential new tool is to first go back to the most basic Java development tools and to see where the new tool takes you from there.

The Java Cryptography Extension (JCE ... Finally, I'll demonstrate how to create a key and a cipher and how to perform basic data encryption and decryption. Listing C shows how to dynamically ...