The Java SE 6 (Mustang) Holiday Quiz   24 Dec 2005 11:45 GMT
How much do you know about Java Platform, Standard Edition 6, code-named Mustang? If you're just starting to peek at the exciting new Mustang betas, here's a fun way to learn about some great new features.
Source: Sun

Realizing Strategies for Document-Based Web Services With JAX-WS 2.0   24 Dec 2005 11:45 GMT
Part 3 of the series explores new features of JAX-WS 2.0 and shows how to implement some strategies to build document-driven web services on the Java EE platform.
Source: Sun

Java Technology Fundamentals   24 Dec 2005 11:45 GMT
Learn the Caret and Highlighter interfaces of text components, as well as how to access system resources and create and derive fonts.
Source: Sun

How to Handle Java Finalization's Memory-Retention Issues   23 Dec 2005 23:28 GMT
Finalization allows you to perform postmortem cleanup on Java objects, but it can delay the reclamation of resources, even if you do not use it explicitly. Learn how to avoid such memory-retention problems.
Source: DevX

Book Excerpt: Java Enterprise in a Nutshell   23 Dec 2005 19:23 GMT
Java developers today need a clear understanding of how to apply the new APIs, use the latest open source Java tools, and learn the capabilities and pitfalls in Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4.
Source: JavaBoutique

Duke's Vacation 2005   22 Dec 2005 05:00 GMT
Duke's taking the rest of the year off, and java.net members have the pictures to prove where he's been and what he's up to.
Source: Java.net

Using Global/Distributed Transactions in Java/JDBC with Oracle Real Application Clusters   21 Dec 2005 05:00 GMT
Maintaining transaction integrity, and rolling back failed steps, becomes more difficult on a cluster. One option is to move some of the load balancing decisions to your code, and accounting for which cluster nodes you're using. Sachin Shetty shows how this works in the context of an Oracle Real Application Cluster.
Source: O'Reilly

Overloading a Constructor or Method   21 Dec 2005 00:08 GMT
Overloading a constructor or a method in order to take an extra argument based upon the requirement can result in duplicate code.
Source: DevX

An Introduction to JMXRemote   20 Dec 2005 05:00 GMT
JMX programmers know that getting an MBeanServerConnection from a JMXConnector comes with a string attached: no support for the registerMBean() method, and thus no way to register a local MBean with the remote server. The JMXRemote project aims to fix that, and Lu Jian shows how it works.
Source: Java.net

Banish Your Resistance to Persistence with the EJB 3.0 Persistence API   20 Dec 2005 01:56 GMT
With the 3.0 version of EJB, Java's guardians have endeavored to make persistence a gentler beast that borrows the best from other ORM frameworks that have long curried favor with the community. Now, learn how to use the new spec, along with JBoss and Maven, to persist Java objects to a relational database.
Source: DevX