Managing Personal Information: An Introduction to the PIM API for Java ME, Part 1   24 Apr 2007 10:53 GMT
Read the first installment of a six part series on the Personal Information Management API (JSR 75). Java ME expert and JCP member Enrique Ortiz provides the definitive text on the PIM API.
Source: Sun

Adding Ajax to JavaServer Faces Technology With Dynamic Faces   24 Apr 2007 10:53 GMT
Learn how to use Dynamic Faces, included in the new Sun Web Developer Pack, to add first-class Ajax support to your JavaServer Faces technology-based application.
Source: Sun

Enterprise Tech Tips   24 Apr 2007 10:53 GMT
Can EJB 3.0 applications interact with legacy EJB applications? Can a Model Facade be implemented as an enterprise bean? The answers are yes and yes. Learn how.
Source: Sun

International Enhancements in Java SE 6   24 Apr 2007 10:53 GMT
Java SE 6 provides developers even more control over how they access and use locale-sensitive resources in their applications.
Source: Sun

Top 50: Interview with John Catherino of the Cajo Project   24 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT
Kicking off a series of interviews with developers from some of java.net's most popular and prominent projects, Marla Parker interviews John Catherino about the Cajo project. This project distributes objects between multiple JVMs, allowing you to scale large applications, or transparently remote a GUI.
Source: Java.net

Mobile and Embedded Podcast 1: Introduction to the Community   23 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT
This week we launch the new Mobile and Embedded Community podcast series with an introduction to the community. Leader Roger Brinkley and Technical Evangelist Terrence Barr describe the resources available for Mobile and Embedded developers.
Source: Java.net

Designing Messaging Applications with Temporary Queues   20 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT
Most JMS destinations are created administratively and treated as static resources, but you can dynamically create your own topics and queues at runtime. In this article, Thribhuvan Thakur shows us how to create temporary JMS topics and queues, and discusses architectural reasons why we might want to do so.
Source: O'Reilly

XQuery For Java, An Enabler For SOA   19 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT
XQuery offers a rich set of features for working with the structure of an XML document, offering you compelling abilities not possible with XPath or XSLT. In a sense, it's SQL for XML. In this article, Sowmya Hubert & Binildas C. A. look at the Java API for XQuery and how you can use it in your SOA applications.
Source: Java.net

Organizing and Loading Common/Specific Properties   19 Apr 2007 01:03 GMT
Oftentimes, you'll need to use common properties across projects, while being able to override or load new properties that are project specific. Java's Properties class allows for flexibility when organizing this.
Source: DevX

Get the Keys for Rows Added by an INSERT Statement   17 Apr 2007 21:34 GMT
This tip shows how to get the keys generated for the rows added by an INSERT statement.
Source: DevX