Learn how the Java Messaging Service can provide a flexible, reliable, and secure means of exchanging XML-based transactions XML has quickly established itself as the lingua franca of information exchange, and is rapidly being applied to a wide variety of…
With Sun’s new Jiro technology, you can develop sophisticated Java and Jini-based applications that manage distributed resources These days, the management of distributed resources primarily entails status monitoring. While the increasing instrumentation of these resources has allowed administrators to view…
Where Java will take us in the wireless world I predict that by 2001 Java will be the major wireless development platform. By then, your Walkman, personal digital assistant (PDA), Internet, wallet, and favorite video game will reside in a…
Use static inner classes to add supplementary capabilities to your code With this tip, you can add the use of static inner classes to your bag of Java tricks. A static inner class is a class that is defined inside…
Using the cross-platform JFileChooser class The JFileChooser dialog class is one of the most useful classes that Swing provides. It allows users to choose either a single file or multiple files that match specified file filters. It provides Java programs…
Construct a frontend to translate between Java objects and relational database records One of the great strengths of Java is its ability to automate tedious programming tasks. For example, in the realm of I/O, object serialization automates the encoding of…
How many tiers does your application architecture need? I hate articles that make you wade through mountains of text before getting to the point. Accordingly, here is a chart summarizing the pros and cons of different architectures for distributed applications…
Java server-side data mining patterns made powerful with JDBC Modern application systems tend to rely heavily on server-side data storage support using one or more databases. The best way to contact a database from a server-side Java application is by…
Build a compute server with JavaSpaces I’ve just returned from the second Jini Community Summit, where Ken Arnold and I led a birds-of-a-feather session on JavaSpaces. This encouraging meeting highlighted a number of interesting JavaSpaces applications, including Bill Olivier’s JavaSpaces-based…
Why a strategic move to Java makes good business sense If you’re going to convince your managers to use Java, you need to learn to speak their language. Not all developers have the privilege of working for technologically knowledgeable managers.…