Constructing Web Services with the Globus Toolkit Version 4   19 Oct 2005 04:00 GMT
Grid computing allows you to combine processing, storage, databases, and other resources across a network, hiding the details from callers. As Birali Hakizumwami shows, the Globus Toolkit makes this easier by exposing the grid as a normal web service.
Source: O'Reilly

About the Little-known Modifier strictfp   19 Oct 2005 02:16 GMT
Learn about this little-known modifier and how you can use it with class interfaces and methods.
Source: DevX

Creating Custom Generic Collections with J2SE 5.0   19 Oct 2005 02:07 GMT
J2SE 5.0 introduced many additions to the collections API that you need to be aware of to properly implement generic custom collections that work seamlessly with multiple types and the new "for each" construct.
Source: DevX

Wrap a Stateless Session EJB as a Web Service with Apache Axis   18 Oct 2005 18:51 GMT
Get some hands-on Web services experience by learning how to wrap a session stateless EJB as a Web service and deploy it with Apache Axis.
Source: JavaBoutique

Service Provisioning Through ESB   18 Oct 2005 04:00 GMT
The Enterprise Service Bus approach to enterprise development separates functionality from transport, allowing you to develop deeply distributed systems without getting hung up on the messaging details. In this article, Binildas C. A. shows how to develop a basic ESB application and the advantages it conveys.
Source: Java.net

Ensuring Speed and Openness at the Java Community Process: A Conversation With Onno Kluyt   15 Oct 2005 10:18 GMT
Onno Kluyt, senior director and chair of the Java Community Process (JCP), talks about his efforts to make the JCP smoother, faster, and more open.
Source: Sun

Easy and Efficient XML Processing: Upgrade to JAXP 1.3   15 Oct 2005 10:18 GMT
The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.3, with its Validation APIs and XPath APIs, improves XML schema data type support, adds security, and increases performance.
Source: Sun

Java EE 5.0: Towards Ease of Development   13 Oct 2005 23:55 GMT
Any J2EE developer knows how hard enterprise Java can be. Find out how the set of new Java EE 5.0 features, such as Web services support, annotations, and enhanced CMP, can make it easier.
Source: DevX

(Not So) Stupid Questions 5: Inheritance Versus Interfaces   13 Oct 2005 04:00 GMT
This "stupid question" is about when to use inheritance and when to offer an interface.
Source: Java.net

Try Declarative Programming with Annotations and Aspects   13 Oct 2005 00:50 GMT
Learn how to combine the power of annotations with aspects to provision enterprise services declaratively, in an EJB 3.0-compatible manner, while still providing container independence.
Source: DevX