Gain greater functionality with less code using these reflective code samples When most developers see the word framework in this article’s title, they will immediately become skeptical. I have read numerous articles that purport to describe the one-and-only best solution…
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…
More key strategies for developing portable EJB 1.0 beans for EJB 1.1 servers While the Enterprise JavaBeans specification (EJB) 1.1 provides a more stable and concrete specification than its predecessor, EJB 1.0, does, it also introduces forward-compatibility problems. Beans developed…
Simplify XML processing with XMLConvenience Beans This final article in the XML JavaBeans series builds on the previous two parts. Part 1 discussed nonvisual JavaBeans that parse XML documents into DOM trees, and Part 2 explained how Integrated Development Environments…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…