Here Comes Tommy -- An Unmanned, Autonomous Java Technology-Powered Dune Buggy   23 Sep 2005 11:20 GMT
Tommy, an autonomous, unmanned Java technology-powered dune buggy, will compete in the semifinals for the DARPA Grand Challenge at the California Speedway, on the road to a $2 million prize, starting September 27.
Source: Sun

Dynamic Interaction with Your Web Application   23 Sep 2005 04:00 GMT
Your web application is misbehaving, but since it's running, how do you figure out what's going on? Remote debugging (if you can get it configured) is one option, but is slow and difficult. Do you wish you could just throw some code in at runtime and figure out what's going on? Lorenzo Puccetti shows how: by embedding a scripting language interpreter like Rhino, you can do just that.
Source: Java.net

Internationalization: Understanding Locale in the Java Platform   21 Sep 2005 11:33 GMT
To be effective, an application should respect the user's language and geographic region. Learn how to use locale-sensitive objects to customize your Java technology application with the use of language, country, and variant codes.
Source: Sun

Creating and Using a Custom Render Kit   21 Sep 2005 11:33 GMT
Learn how to use JavaServer Faces technology to create a custom render kit for the purpose of rendering markup to non-HTML clients.
Source: Sun

Unified Expression Language   21 Sep 2005 11:33 GMT
Learn about the new unified expression language for Java webtier technologes: why you need it, what you can do with it, and how you can customize it.
Source: Sun

What Is Hibernate   21 Sep 2005 04:00 GMT
Hibernate is a free open source Java package that makes it easy to work with relational databases. James Elliott describes the "enlightened laziness" that resulted in the development of Hibernate, how it works, and when it makes good sense to use it in your projects. James is the author of Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook.
Source: O'Reilly

ONJava 2005 Reader Survey Results, Part 1   21 Sep 2005 04:00 GMT
We asked who you are and what you're doing, and 988 people replied in just 12 days. In this first article of a two-part series, we reveal the results of the 2005 ONJava Reader Survey.
Source: O'Reilly

Using Java to Handle Custom WSDL Data Types   21 Sep 2005 03:58 GMT
What happens when neither the default WSDL type system nor the default encoding meet your application's needs? Don't worry, you can use custom data types and encoding formats in conjunction with Java to solve the problem.
Source: DevX

View the Bytecode Contained in a Java Class   21 Sep 2005 01:40 GMT
Find out how to use the 'javap' application (javap.exe) as a disassembler to view the bytecode inside a Java class.
Source: DevX

Handling Java Web Application Input, Part 2   20 Sep 2005 04:00 GMT
Cross-site scripting describes a variety of attacks against web applications, tricking them into executing code that compromises security. In this article, Stephen Enright shows how a combination of filtering and proper encoding can prevent such attacks.
Source: Java.net