Java Step by Step ‘Build an object database’ Merlin Hughes and Michael Shoffner LETTER_HEAD: Object Persistence Layer — an object-oriented approach to databases Merlin, I enjoyed your article because I’m working on OPL (Object Persistence Layer), a part of the…
INDEXHEAD: Jiro source code released Sun Microsystems has released its Jiro technology developer’s release, which contains the source code for creating dynamically distributed, interoperable, and automated storage network management solutions based on the newly released Federated Management Architecture (FMA) specification.…
Long silent about future directions, members of Apple’s Java team outlined On January 7, JavaWorld hosted its third State of Java on the Mac session at the MacWorld Expo. During the session, Apple stunned the audience by announcing that Java…
Avoid common mistakes by conducting regular code inspections It is often easier to find fault with other people’s work than your own. The advantage of a second opinion explains why writers have editors and why athletes have coaches. Instead of…
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…
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…
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…
Adding generic types to Java could mean less coding and fewer Suppose you want to implement a list class in Java. You start with an abstract class, List, and two subclasses, Empty and Cons, representing empty and nonempty lists, respectively.…
Discover the fastest way to notify event listeners defined by the JavaBeans 1.01 specification Java 1.1, Swing, JavaBeans, and the InfoBus spec all use the delegation event model described in the JavaBeans 1.01 specification for event registration and notification (see…
See how collections alternatives measure up in performance, and find out how to get the most out of each type In Java performance programming, Part 2, we looked into the basics of casting — what it is, what it costs,…