The Java Extension Mechanism is described in the Java Tutorial as a “standard, scalable way to make custom APIs available to all applications running on the Java platform.” As described in ...

When Java applications are deployed, 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 ...

A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any ...

In a blog post today, Microsoft's Xiaokai He announced Visual Studio IntelliCode was being added to the Java Extension Pack. "After releasing it 3 months ago, we see more and more developers adopting ...