The RMI activation framework can produce self-sufficient, flexible Jini services A fundamental shift is taking place in the systems architectures of major software vendors. Presently, the industry aims to deliver services via software in such a way that users can…
Use JSP templates to encapsulate Webpage layout and encourage modular design Although Web development tools are rapidly progressing, they still lag behind most graphical user interface (GUI) toolkits such as Swing or VisualWorks Smalltalk. For example, traditional GUI toolkits provide…
New client-side technologies bring Java apps out of the Web and onto the desktop A long time ago, Java programmers were promised something like “class loaders that load resources from the Internet.” Today, we still can’t add the network to…
Easily add searching to your application with Lucene Don’t let the low version number — 0.04 as of August 2000 — fool you. The Lucene search engine is a robust, powerful, and flexible search toolkit, ready to tackle many common…
INDEXHEAD: Build Java apps faster with JBuilder 4 Inprise/Borland has announced the release of JBuilder 4, the latest version of its Java cross-platform development environment. JBuilder rapidly creates business, database, and distributed applications based on the Java 2 platform. Version…
Extend and reuse JTable for property pages By default JTable does not offer the capability to have more than one editor per column. A Visual Basic-like property page is one place where you would need more than one editor in…
What String parameters are acceptable? Q: I’ve got two String -related questions. The Java API lists several classes that take a String parameter, but no information is given as to which String parameters are acceptable. As an example, the InputStreamClass…
Learn to write your first Java program with these Java basics Although it is based on C++, Java is more of a “pure” object-oriented language. Both C++ and Java are hybrid languages, but in Java the designers felt that the…
Oracle’s BC4J delivers reusable components to the Linux platform Talk to recycling experts, and they’ll speak about the “inherent economy” — that is, reusing existing materials instead of creating new materials from scratch. The same principle applies to application development.…
Forms Developer 6i for Linux aids with development of scalable Internet database applications with Java interfaces Seasoned software developers are always on the lookout for tools that might give them an advantage in the ongoing battle to produce fully functional,…