Automate your build process using Java and Ant

Introducing the powerful XML-based scripting tool, Ant A defined process is one of the most necessary but often least-used tools in software development. It is by nature an overhead task that accompanies a development effort. A defined build process ensures…

Validation with Java and XML Schema, Part 2

Using XML Schema for constraining Java data With the wealth of application development in Java today, there seems to be an API for almost everything: remote method invocation (RMI), reusable business components (EJB), manipulating XML (SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP), and…

Power from the people

Java, screensavers, and virtual supercomputers: an interview with Nelson Minar, CTO of Popular Power Nelson Minar likes distributed processing. So far in his career, first at the Santa Fe Institute and then at the MIT Media Lab, Minar has done…

Java Product News (October 13, 2000)

INDEXHEAD: Kana unveils eBusiness Platform for Unix Kana Communications is now shipping its Kana eBusiness Platform for Unix, which allows organizations to incorporate legacy data into their Web-based e-business applications. The eBusiness Platform is a pure Java application that supports…

Understanding constructors

How constructors differ from methods Saying that a constructor is a method is like saying that the Australian platypus is just another mammal. To understand the platypus, it is important to know how it is different from other mammals. To…

Do you really need Enterprise JavaBeans?

Do you really need Enterprise JavaBeans?

EJB is not a one-size-fits-all solution The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) have now become household names for Java programmers. If you are new to Java or more specifically, server-side Java, Figure 1 will help…

Mapping XML to Java, Part 2

Create a class library that uses the SAX API to map XML documents to Java objects As I mentioned in Part 1, one of the big problems programmers face when using the SAX API is conceptual. I’d like to address…

The Gnutella file-sharing network and Java

Use the JTella API to easily develop applications that access Gnutella I’ll begin with some definitions. First, Internet file sharing is an activity performed by a community of connected users. The file-sharing system, at a minimum, allows users to share…