Using JAAS in Java EE and SOA Environments   14 Sep 2006 04:00 GMT
Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) should unify security approaches in Java applications, but it has never integrated very well with Java EE, particularly where representing users is involved. Denis Pilipchuk looks at the current situation, the compounding issue of SOA, and assesses future directions for JAAS.
Source: Java.net

Read the First Line of a Text File   13 Sep 2006 22:30 GMT
This code shows you how to use the instance methods from the FileReader and BufferedReader classes with a Xalan 2 processor to read the first line from a text file.
Source: DevX

Don't Let Hibernate Steal Your Identity   13 Sep 2006 04:00 GMT
Hibernate has one set of ideas about how to make something unique, such as using a database sequence number as an ID. But this clashes with Java's need for implementations of equals() and hashCode() that determine identity for objects, even those that haven't yet made a trip to the database and thus can't have a sequence number. James Brundege has an option that should satisfy both Hibernate and Java.
Source: O'Reilly

MXBeans in Java SE 6: Bundling Values Without Special JMX Client Configurations   12 Sep 2006 13:33 GMT
Learn about an important new feature of the Java Management Extension API in Java Platform, Standard Edition 6: MXBeans, a convenient way to bundle related values without requiring special client configurations to handle the bundles.
Source: Sun

Using Default Renderers in JavaServer Faces Technology to Add AJAX Functionality to Existing Components   12 Sep 2006 13:33 GMT
Read about how to use JavaServer Faces technology to build a library of reusable components and make your web pages' AJAX functionality available to a large community of users.
Source: Sun

Building Mashup Portlets   12 Sep 2006 13:33 GMT
Find out how to build a sample mashup portlet by merging geospatial data with an AJAX-based mapping service and deploy to Sun Java System Portal Server 7.
Source: Sun

Tech Tip: String Length and Equality   12 Sep 2006 13:33 GMT
This Tech Tip describes common problems and suggests solutions for determining both length and equality of String objects.
Source: Sun

How to Write a Custom Look and Feel   12 Sep 2006 04:00 GMT
Swing's look and feels provide an opportunity for developers to customize the appearance of their desktop applications. But while that's fine in theory, what's it actually like to create an L&F? Kirill Grouchnikov, creator of the Susbstance look and feel, shares some lessons learned along the way.
Source: Java.net

Book Excerpt: JasperReports for Java Developers   08 Sep 2006 22:32 GMT
Creating rich reports for the Web or print is easy with JasperReports. Chapter 4 shows you how JasperReports interacts with SQL to create dynamic database reports.
Source: JavaBoutique

Axis2: The Next Generation of Apache Web Services   07 Sep 2006 04:00 GMT
Apache's Axis2 employs profound lessons learned from its popular predecessor, offering the developer vastly improved XML parsing along with an extensible core, pluggable data binding, and more. In this article, S. W. Eran Chinthaka offers an overview of what's new in Axis2, the "next generation" of this popular Web services SOAP stack.
Source: Java.net