Mobicents: JSLEE for the People, by the People   14 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
VoIP services depend on high-performance, low-latency servers that can manage the activity of thousands of users logging in, logging out, starting connections with each other, etc. JAIN SLEE is a Java spec for such a system, and java.net's Mobicents project represents its first open source implementation. Ivelin Ivanov introduces JAIN SLEE design and the Mobicents implementation.
Source: Java.net

Determine Your Java Software's Performance Capacity During Development   13 Mar 2006 21:55 GMT
Learn how to analyze load test data and calculate the performance capacity of your enterprise Java applications during development.
Source: DevX

Using Rasters for Image Processing, Part 2   10 Mar 2006 23:47 GMT
Rasters provide superior image control, allowing you to process entire images or only pieces of them and full pixel color control. Part II of this series explores how to create and convert rasters, as well as how to apply Java 2D filters.
Source: JavaBoutique

(Not So) Stupid Questions 8: serialVersionUID   09 Mar 2006 05:00 GMT
This "stupid question" is about the serialVersionUID, which defaults to being a checksum of a class' fields, methods, and other members. Now that some IDEs emit a warning when you don't override it, the questions are: what is it good for, how and why would you override it, and what could go wrong if you do?
Source: Java.net

Tracking Memory Leaks in Java   09 Mar 2006 00:00 GMT
Find out how you can track memory leaks in Java.
Source: DevX

Storing an XML Document in Apache Xindice   08 Mar 2006 05:00 GMT
Apache Xindice is a database that's built specifically for storing XML data, meaning you can forget about attempting to map your XML-to-database tables and just store it as is, exploiting the structure nature of the XML data to pick up some query-time conveniences. Deepak Vohra introduces this database and shows how to make it work.
Source: O'Reilly

What Is Java   08 Mar 2006 05:00 GMT
Everyone knows what Java is, right? Interpreted code, applets, proprietary, and slow. Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. In its second decade, it's time to re-evaluate Java: the language and the virtual machine are going their own ways, its open source sub-community is vibrant and independent, and developers are taking the best ideas from other languages and frameworks and bringing them to Java. In this article, ONJava editor Chris Adamson tries to reset old assumptions about Java to fit modern realities.
Source: O'Reilly

Unified Expression Language for JSP and JSF   07 Mar 2006 05:00 GMT
JSP's expression language is great until you try to also use it with JSF. The limitations and differences between the two technologies has given rise to a "unified" expression language. In this article, Krishna Srinivasan takes a look at how the unified EL works.
Source: Java.net

How Powerful Is Your StAX Parser?   03 Mar 2006 00:51 GMT
This tip is a simple application that demonstrates the possibilities of your StAX parser by setting the XMLInputFactory properties to true/false
Source: DevX

Supersizing Java: Large Pages on the Opteron Processor, Part 2   03 Mar 2006 00:32 GMT
Learn how to use large memory pages under 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux, and configure three advanced Java Virtual Machines to take advantage of them.
Source: DevX