News

The Jxta solution to P2P

Sun's new network computing platform establishes a base infrastructure for peer-to-peer application development

Avoid synchronization deadlocks

Use a consistent, defined synchronization ordering to keep your apps running

RMI books hit the shelves

Learn RMI with a book that suits your programming needs

Don’t be late for that important date

Specify date formats in Java

FacilitatIMe form processing with the Form Processing API 2.0

Explore the new 2.0 features with JSP- and XSLT-based examples

Jini in the age of reusable applications

Groupware, Jini, and Web services: A conversation with Dr. Ted Achacoso

Java Product News (updated October 5, 2001)

Fujitsu's app server now J2EE-compatible; Que releases <em>Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0</em>; and more

Java Product News (updated October 12, 2001)

EspressChart EJB offers data visualization for Web-based apps; eTeks launches Jeks and JeksParser; Software Tree updates JDX; and more

Set the JTable

Choose the color of a JTable cell

Leaders of the Web services pack

Vendors are struggling to secure the coveted pole position in the race to deliver a viable services framework

Java Product News (updated September 28, 2001)

Sun releases J2EE 1.3; Kada and Cisco partner to expand network capabilities; Merant launches content management tool; and more

Log it or lose it

Log events to the Windows NT Event Log with JNI

Step into the J2EE architecture and process

Develop complete J2EE solutions with an eight-step cycle

The Web at your (machine’s) service

Use Web services to deliver information to a cell phone via SMS

Letters to the Editor

Double trouble

What's the best way to return doubles without affecting performance?

Constructing a UI that automatically discovers dependencies

Automatic dependency tracking discovers dependencies at runtime and updates the user interface

Pattern your way to automated regression testing

Implement popular design patterns to overcome unit-testing hurdles

Maximize flexibility with interfaces and abstract classes

Design with interfaces and abstract classes to satisfy both type and implementation issues

A primordial interface?

Investigate Java's elusive primordial interface

Delegates

Find out what constitutes true delegation

Access control for partial exposure

Gain high-speed, fine-grained access control for Java fields and methods

Exceptional practices, Part 2

Use exception chaining to preserve debugging information

XML messaging, Part 3

The JAXM and ebXML APIs set the new standard for XML messaging

Sprint PCS brings Java to handsets

Wireless provider announces Java developers' program

Java Product News (updated September 7, 2001)

Iona's Total Business Integration now supports embedded apps; O'Reilly releases <em>Java & XML, Second Edition</em>; Lutris adds JMS support to EAS 4; and more!

Accelerate your RMI programming

Speed up performance bottlenecks created by RMI

Java Product News (updated September 14, 2001)

Empirix updates Bean-test; Bitmovers Maui 1.2 develops UIs for server-side apps; Versant enhances enJin; and more.

Java Product News (updated September 21, 2001)

SilverStream releases development environment for Web services apps; IBM updates Web Services Toolkit; SavaJe launches SavaJe Partner Program; and more

Abstract classes and interfaces practicum

Move from theory to practice on when to employ abstract classes vs. interfaces

Gunning for Sun

Enhydra 3.52 serves up an affordable, multitiered alternative to the J2EE application development approach

Integrate security infrastructures with JBossSX

JBossSX uses JAAS to integrate application servers and security infrastructures

Sir, what is your preference?

Manage your application's preferences with J2SE 1.4's new Preferences API

Will Web services jump-start the software slump?

Industry leaders make their predictions — and investments

Java Product News (updated August 31, 2001)

OC Systems launches a "flight recorder" for Windows; Softwired adds wireless functionality to WebLogic-based apps; realMethods enhances J2EE development tool; and more!

Letters to the Editor

Readers speak out about offshore Java development

The Java-Excel solution revisited

Reader tips refine Tony's method to read MS Excel files in Java

Serve clients’ specific protocol requirements with Brazil, Part 5

Manage users and content with Brazil

Java Product News (updated August 24, 2001)

Stay up to date with the latest product announcements.

UDDI4J lets Java do the walking

Access any UDDI registry from within Java using the UDDI4J API

The myth of code-centricity

Break through productivity barriers with a new software model

Compaq rethinks Java support in PCs

Computer maker now plans to bundle a Java Virtual Machine with every Windows XP computer it sells

Java jobs easy to find; skills hard to come by

Training good programmers could prove to be Java's Achilles' heel

Does Jtest make the grade?

Tool speeds Java development by allowing you to test from the outset

Java performance programming, Part 1: Smart object-management saves the day

Learn how to reduce program overhead and improve performance by controlling object creation and garbage collection

What’s all the static, man?

The difference between inner member classes and inner static member classes

JavaWorld gets a new look

Redesign includes improvements to search function and article indexing

Talking Java!

Add speech capability to your Java 1.3 applications and applets

Track class file versions

Put your source control system to work

Automate dependency tracking, Part 1

Design an information model for automatically discovering dependencies in interactive object-oriented applications