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- See how the Java API for XML Registries works
- Web application developers must deal with a number of distributed registries, each with its own API or protocol. Sometimes specifications overlap; this is the case with Electronic Business using Extensible Markup Language (ebXML), eCo Framework, and Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI). The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) aims...
- Tags: Registry, UDDI, Java, Client, XML, Service, Organization, JAXR, JAXR API, RegistryService, BusinessQueryManager, findOrganizations Method, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Manage relational data with the Java Persistence API
- The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java framework that allows developers to manage relational data in J2SE and J2EE applications. The JPA is defined as part of the EJB 3.0 specification (which is part of the Java EE 5 platform). However, you do not need an EJB container or...
- Tags: API, Persistence, Java Persistence API, Serialization, Persistence Entity, Persistence Metadata, ORM, Data Analysis Tool, Programming Languages, EJB, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Parse XML with the StAX Java API
- Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an API that allows you to read and write XML documents in Java. StAX is a parser independent, pure Java API based on interfaces that can be implemented by multiple parsers. StAX was introduced in Java 6.0 and is considered superior to...
- Tags: Event, API, StAX Java API, getName, eventWriter.add, createNode, XMLStreamWriter, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Send XML documents online with SAAJ
- SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) provides a standard way to send XML documents over the Internet from the Java platform. SAAJ enables you to produce and consume messages conforming to the SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 specifications and SOAP with Attachments note. When you choose to...
- Tags: Message, XML Document, XML, Attachment, Simple Object Access Protocol, Object, SAAJ, Attachments API, SAAJ 1.3, SAAJ 1.3 Specification, MIME, SAAJ API, SOAPMessage, SOAPPart, SOAPHeader, SOAPBody, AttachmentPart, Request Parameter, Enterprise Edition 5, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Developing real-time applications with Java RTS 2.0
- Java Real-Time System (RTS) 2.0 is Sun's fully compliant implementation of the industry standard set of extensions for the Java platform. It helps you set process priorities according to importance (this is typically not supported in Java software applications). If you run a normal Java application under...
- Tags: CPU, Thread, Sun Solaris, Java RTS 2.0, Java RTS, NHRT, Garbage Collector, RTGC, Server Compiler, Programming Languages, Java, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Programming smart cards with the Java Card platform
- The Java Card platform is the tiniest of Java targeted for embedded devices. It is an open, interoperable platform for smart cards and secure tokens; the technology is also widely used in SIM cards (it's used in GSM mobile phones) and ATM cards. Java Card gives users the ability...
- Tags: Security, Smart Card, JavaCard, Applet, Programming, Java Card Platform, Applets Java Card Product, Java Card Application, Smart Cards, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Get your feet wet with Sun's tiny Java DB
- Java DB is a lightweight database management system (DBMS) that is written completely in Java. It only needs 2 MB of memory, and it makes it very easy to embed a fully functional database directly into your application. Java DB is also standards-based, supports SQL and the JDBC API, and...
- Tags: Application, Distribution, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network Server, Framework, JavaDB, Apache Derby, Ij, Dblook, Sysinfo, Doc, Lib, propertyList, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- How to start using the features in Java OpenGL
- Java OpenGL (JOGL) is a wrapper library that allows a standard graphics cross-platform API called OpenGL to be used in Java. JOGL is currently being developed by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems and is the reference implementation for JSR-231 (Java Bindings for OpenGL). Since the...
- Tags: OpenGL, Event, Java, Canvas, JOGL, JOGLEventListener, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Create graphics applications with Java 3D
- The Java 3D API allows you to develop 3D graphics applications that have a high degree of visual realism. Since version 1.2, Java 3D is developed under the Java Community Process. Java 3D runs on top of OpenGL or Direct3D; it's also an interface that encapsulates graphics programming using a...
- Tags: 3D, Sun, Light, Cone, Class, Scene, Graphics, News, Object, Java 3D, Java 3D API, Primitive Class, Cylinder, Appearance, Transform3D, X, TextureLoader Class, PointLight, SpotLight, Y, Z, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Process multimedia with the Java Media Framework API
- The Java Media Framework (JMF) API allows developers to process media in many different ways. It deals with real-time multimedia presentations and effects processing. JMF handles time-based media (i.e., media that changes with respect to time). Examples of this are: video from a television source and audio from a raw-audio...
- Tags: Multimedia, Audio, Media, Data, Codec, Class, API, Video, Java Media Framework, Java Media Framework API, Renderer, Data Source Handler, VideoRenderer, Player, Processor Class, MediaLocator, Programming Languages, Java, Corporate Communications, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- Sun's Java certifications: Are they worth the effort?
- A TechRepublic member wrote in with a request for more information about Java certifications and for opinions about their worth. So here's a quick overview of Sun's Java certification offerings, along with my thoughts about how much stock I put into these certifications. (Hint: My two certificates have not opened...
- Tags: Certification, Exam, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, Sun Certified Java Programmer, Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, Quality, Business Operations, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Process images in Java with JAI
- The Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) API provides a professional approach to the imaging in Java. It offers many advantages to the developer through high-level programming model. The model allows you to create your own image manipulation routines without the additional cost or licensing restrictions associated with commercial image processing software....
- Tags: Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Introducing JavaFX: Sun's new family of Java-based products
- JavaFX is a new family of products and technologies from Sun Microsystems that you can use to create Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). JavaFX currently consists of JavaFX Script and JavaFX Mobile; other JavaFX products are planned for release in the future. JavaFX is anticipated to compete in...
- Tags: Application, Operation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Window, Sun NetBeans, Value, JavaFX, JavaFX Script, JavaFX Mobile, FlowPanel, TextField, Button, System.out.println, Class Definition, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Learn what the Java 2D API graphics package offers
- The Java 2D API is an API for drawing two-dimensional graphics in Java, as well as an extension of the capabilities of Sun's Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). Since Java 2D extends the AWT hierarchy, existing programs will work; even new Java programs can compatibly mix new and existing classes. In...
- Tags: Method, Class, Graphics, Object, Java 2D API, Java 2D, Graphics2D, Graphics2D Class, setPaint, TexturePaint Constructor, BufferedImage, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Enhance the user experience with the Java Speech API
- The Java Speech API allows you to incorporate speech technology into user interfaces for your applets and applications based on Java technology. It also specifies a cross-platform interface to support command and control recognizers, dictation systems, and speech synthesizers. This article delves into the specifics of the Java Speech API...
- Tags: Grammar, Class, API, Java Speech API, Phoneme, Speech Recognition Speech Recognition, Speech Engine, Central Class, Programming Languages, Speech Recognition, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- JAXB 2.0 offers improved XML binding in Java
- Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 1.0 made it easier for developers to manipulate XML content from Java applications. This is achieved by specifying a binding of a XML document to JavaBeans objects based on the XML document's XSD schema. The binding is easy to use and natural to a...
- Tags: XML Schema, Java, XML Document, Class, XML, JAXB 2.0, Unmarshaller, JAXBElement, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Understand the inner workings of generics in Java
- Generics, an advanced feature of Java 1.5, allow type checking to make sure you fill your Collections and ArrayLists with only the types of Object you intend. Generics also check that you are using the right sort of Comparator for the objects you are sorting. This type checking happens mostly...
- Tags: Integer, Generic, Java, Type, Object, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Using the Singleton pattern in Java
- The Java Singleton pattern belongs to the family of design patterns that govern the instantiation process. A Singleton is an object that cannot be instantiated. This design pattern suggests that at any time there can only be one instance of a Singleton (object) created by the JVM. You implement the...
- Tags: Programming, Java
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- How obfuscation helps protect Java from reverse engineering
- Few things are more frustrating to programmers than running across a bug you can't solve without access to source code you don't have. Whether you're patching in code from an online open-source library or you're making calls to common operating system routines, you likely spend time each week crunching code...
- Tags: Security, Java
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Java security: Policies and permission management
- Peter Mikhalenko explores three areas of Java security: security managers, access controllers, and access permissions. Last week, I covered the architecture of the Java security model. This week, I delve into other aspects of Java security, namely security managers, access controllers, and access permissions. ...
- Tags: Security Manager, Java, Peter V. Mikhalenko, Programming languages, SecurityManager class, AccessController class, java.lang.SecurityManager class, security manager, security, JVM, Java Tips Newsletter, Method, Permission, Class, Peter Mikhalenko, SecurityManager, checkPermission, AccessController, doPrivileged, AccessControlContext Class, ProtectionDomain Class, Object Permission, Permission Class, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-04-25
