Create an XML Web Application with Struts, Xerces, and Xalan   20 May 2005 23:27 GMT
Unfortunately, it's not always obvious how best to use XML in a Web application--or whether you would use it at all. This article answers both questions while showing you how to build a simple, XML-oriented Web application.
Source: JavaBoutique

Letting Java in on SQL Server Notifications   19 May 2005 18:10 GMT
SQL Server's Notification Services let you instruct the database to let your applications or your users know when data changes or reaches critical thresholds. Furthermore, standard notification delivery methods ensure that notifications aren't limited to .NET or Windows clients.
Source: DevX

Getting to Know Groovy   19 May 2005 11:49 GMT
The Java platform isn't just for programs written with the Java Programming Language. Learn how to get Groovy with a new agile dynamic scripting language for the Java Virtual Machine. See where JSR-241 is going and what you can do with its results.
Source: Sun

Good Fences Make Good Functions   19 May 2005 04:00 GMT
In some ways, Groovy programming can be as much like Java programming as you want it to be. You can use it as syntactic sugar to simplify some of your least-favorite Java tasks or you can embrace it and explore language constructs unlike anything the typical Java programmer encounters. In this article, you will get some background and a quick introduction to closures.
Source: Java.net

Use Callbacks to Isolate Concurrency Bugs   18 May 2005 23:33 GMT
By restricting all object data access to a callback mechanism, a Java server can contain all concurrency issues in a single place, making it much easier for you to see if concurrency constraints have been violated.
Source: DevX

Use Reflection to Find Dynamic Class Information   18 May 2005 21:31 GMT
Use the code in this tip to find informtation about a dynamic class.
Source: DevX

Developing for the Web with Ant, Part 1   18 May 2005 04:00 GMT
Developing for the Web is bread and butter for Ant developers. In part one of this two-part excerpt from Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, author Steve Holzner covers the tasks specifically designed for packaging web applications, including war, cab, ear, and jspc. And stay tuned for part two next week, which will cover the tasks for deploying web apps, including get, serverdeploy, and scp.
Source: O'Reilly

Wire Hibernate Transactions in Spring   18 May 2005 04:00 GMT
The proper handling of transactions across multiple data stores, supporting multiple application flows, is the kind of heavy lifting J2EE servers were built for. But what if you're using the lighter-weight Spring framework? Binildas C. A. shows how you can wire Spring and Hibernate together to achieve the transaction support you desire.
Source: O'Reilly

Implementing an Enterprise Service Bus in Java   17 May 2005 20:41 GMT
Using the open source Mule project, you can build a highly customized Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) that meets your specific needs.
Source: DevX

Java Tech: Language Lessons   17 May 2005 04:00 GMT
Java Tech columnist Jeff Friesen has been coding in Java for nearly ten years, and in that time, he's found some surprises in the language, like how += doesn't necessarily do what you expect, or the hazards of invoking a potentially overridden method in a constructor. In this article, he provides some important lessons based on this experience.
Source: Java.net