This transformational magic requires some actual analysis of the code. Under the covers, Eclipse maintains an AST (abstract syntax tree) — the deep structure (as linguist Noam Chomsky would say ...

Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules Code, structure, sequence, and API organization entitled to copyright protection.

Java static code analysis tools such as Checkstyle, FindBugs and others can parse your code to identify potential problems. Java developers should make code analysis a key part of the development ...

Curly braces play a big role in code structure within popular programming languages such as Java, C++ and more. Here's how to properly line up code with curly brackets.

Google trial ruled that the structure of the Java APIs that Oracle was trying to assert can't be copyrighted at all.

Thought the Oracle v. Google litigation fireworks were over? Well, if you weren't aware, during the copyright phase of the trial, the jury found that Google had infringed the structure, sequence ...