Create a custom Java 1.2-style ClassLoader
The Java 1.2 delegation model simplifies class-loading design and implementation Developers have two well-known reasons for building custom ClassLoaders: providing support for a new class repository and partitioning user code in a server. The applet ClassLoader is an example of…
News and New Product Briefs (January 31, 2000)
Servertec serves up iServer Servertec has released iServer, a small, scalable, and easy-to-administer platform-independent application written entirely in Java. iServer can be used as a Web server for static Web pages; it can also become an application server for generating…
Court reinstates Java injunction against Microsoft
Judge Ronald Whyte’s ruling reaffirms the current situation, but may prompt a settlement January 25, 2000 — The latest chapter has been written in the ongoing battle between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft over the Java programming language, with US Judge…
News and New Product Briefs (January 24, 2000)
A swinger’s guide to Java published Manning Publications has a new book, Swing, by Matthew Robinson and Pavel Vorobiev. The book targets serious programmers interested in maximizing Java’s Swing technology, which allows developers to create powerful and complex cross-platform GUIs.…
Java Tip 87: Automate the hourglass cursor
Force Java’s UI event queue to decide when to show the hourglass cursor Judging the amount of time required to execute a given task in a development process is nearly impossible. Executing the task on the actual target machine, however,…
Server-side Java: Use JDBC for industrial-strength performance, Part 2
Follow these Java server-side data -mining patterns with multiple ResultSets for maximum performance How a Java application communicates with a relational database is remarkably similar from case to case, since the application module that communicates with the database performs the…
Locate services with the Jini lookup service
Discover the power and limitations of the ServiceRegistrar interface The Jini lookup service, the central component of Jini’s runtime infrastructure, offers Jini clients a flexible and powerful way to find Jini services. It enables service providers to advertise their services…
JNDI overview, Part 2: An introduction to directory services
Use JNDI directory services to better manage your distributed applications Return with me, for a moment, to last month’s point of departure. I introduced you (or reintroduced you, as the case may be) to that aged institution known as a…
The business case for Java: A primer for geeks, Part 2
Facing today’s business challenges with Java In Part 1 of this series, I presented several observations that set the stage for a useful business discussion about Java. If you’re going to convince your manager to adopt Java, you should begin…
Sun’s BluePrints for J2EE
Learn the basics of designing J2EE applications — from one handy guide Sun’s recent release of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition reference implementation, or J2EE RI (see Resources for downloading information), provides an implementation of all the J2EE functionality, including…
