Java EE What's New Archive - 2005

December

Document-Based Web Services With JAX-WS 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.

Introduction to Using the Java Persistence API in a Web Application Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo blogs on how to the Persistence API, the standard API for the management of persistence and object/relational mapping in the Java EE 5 platform.

Introduction to Using the Java Persistence API in a Web Application Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo blogs on how to the Persistence API, the standard API for the management of persistence and object/relational mapping in the Java EE 5 platform.

Ask the Experts about Using an (Ajax) Text Completion Component in Java Studio Creator 2 Software architects Tor Norbye and Sandip Chitale will be on hand to answer your questions on how to use the Sun Java Studio Creator 2 (Early Access) IDE to build a web page that contains (Ajax) technology.

November

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Java EE 5 "Hello World" application in NetBeans Support for Java EE 5 is starting to be built into the next version of NetBeans. See an example of this support in this tutorial, which shows how to use NetBeans and the GlassFish application server to create and test a simple "Hello world" Java EE 5 application.

Ask the Experts Transcript on Project GlassFish When will Project Glassfish be finalized for the implementation in SE PE8 and EE 5? When it's final, will it still be open source? Read the answers to these and other questions posted during a recent Ask the Experts session on Project GlassFish.

Win and Rock with an iPod! Want to rock your bod with an iPod? Share with us your experience and observations in using the Sun Java System Application Server. The more details you share, the better your chances of winning a 20GB iPod. The contest is open to everyone except Sun employees and runs through December 14, 2005.

JSPWiki Learn about and download JSPWiki, the wiki engine based on JSP technology.

Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips Read the latest tips on the Schema Validation Framework and the Sun Java Streaming XML Parser.

Accessing Web Services by Rico Cruz and Marina Sum This article shows you, by example, how to build Web-service clients in Java Studio Enterprise.

October

Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog for Java EE 5 Early Access 1 The first early access release of the Java BluePrints Solutions catalog for Java EE 5 is now available. Download it now and run it on the GlassFish Java EE 5 application server.

Implementing Enterprise Web Services Enterprise Web Services specification (JSR 109) is now available for maintenance review. This maintainance review aligns JSR-109 with the latest web services specification.

Fast Infoset and the Pragmatic SOA Approach Fast Infoset complements the best practices of SOA -- specifically, loosely-coupled, document-based messaging. Read why Fast Infoset is a viable alternative to XML when message size and parsing performance are issues.

Mutual Authentication for Web Services: A Live Example How do you set up secure communications among Web services for supply-chain applications? This article answers that question with a description of the implementation procedure for mutual authentication, citing the java.net project Adventure Builder as an example.

Remote Management of Application-Server Domains
Learn how to manage application-server instances, such as those in Java System Application Server 8.1, by exporting the hierarchy of the J2EE Management Model through a Web service. This paper cites a simple approach with live examples.

2005 JavaOne Conference Multimedia Sessions for SDN Members Join Sun Developer Network and get access to the multimedia recordings from this year's JavaOne conference, including multimedia recordings of Core Enterprise (J2EE Technology) technical sessions. It's simple to join, and membership is free. Sign up now!

JDBC 4.0 API Specification Early Draft Release 2 The JDBC 4.0 API Specification is now available for download. Here's your chance to provide early feedback on the specification.

Easy and Efficient XML Processing: Upgrade to JAXP 1.3 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.

The Next Big Thing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Takes a New Route RouteOne's service-oriented architecture (SOA), which serves some 80% of the 22,000 auto dealerships in the United States, makes it clear that SOA is here to stay.

October is SOA/Web Services Month Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services have been the talk of the IT community. Learn why. We've pulled together a wide variety of content about SOA and web services, including articles, tips, white papers, code samples, and more to help you easily find what you need.

NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta Download this new release with comprehensive support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications, the new intuitive GUI builder Matisse, redesigned CVS support, and more.

September

Accessing the Bean Environment in EJB 3.0 Session Beans This Tech Tip describes how Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (EJB 3.0) session beans declare dependencies on external resources, and how dependencies can be injected into EJB 3.0 session beans.

Java Adventure Builder Reference Application version 1.0.3 released! The latest Adventure Builder Reference application version 1.0.3 is now available for download. It adds features that demonstrate using web services with HTTPS and mutual authentication on the J2EE platform.

Sun Java Studio Creator 2 Early Access 2 Released! This release of Sun Java Studio Creator offers improved stability, usability features, even more pre-built JavaServer Faces components to use and customize, and fixes that users asked for during the 1st early access release. Try it free!

Create a Custom Render Kit with JavaServer Faces Technology Learn how to create custom render kits with JavaServer Faces Technology, version 1.2. See a really cool animated demo that uses custom render kits that render SVG and XUL.

The JavaMail 1.3.3 Final Release is now available The JavaMail 1.3.3 Final Release is now available. JavaMail 1.3.3 contains over 20 bug fixes and enhancements, including support for more protocol-specific features and significant performance enhancements for base64 encoding and decoding.

StAX 1.0 White Paper: Streaming API's for XML Parsers JSR-173 This white paper describes the Sun Java Streaming XML Parser (SJSXP),a freely available implementation of JSR-173, and discusses some of its performance characteristics. Read the paper and join the discussion with the Java Performance Community.

Developing an SSL-Enabled Web Application With Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 A popular security technology, SSL offers mutual authentication and message encryption in client-server communications. This article provides the steps to enable SSL in your web application and to implement SSL-enabled J2EE 1.4 security in Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 software.

August

Learn about the New Unified Expression Language Read about the new unified expression language and what it offers all web-tier Java technologies. Also, see a demo that illustrates the capabilities of this powerful, yet easy-to-use expression language.

Securing J2EE Applications in Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 Safeguarding Web applications, Web services, and their resources is a paramount consideration in a production environment. Learn the security aspects of the J2EE platform and, through several examples, the process for protecting resources with Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.

Java Servlet 2.4 Maintenance Review Draft Specification Now Available Read about the enhancements made to the Java Servlet API, including support for annotations.

JavaServer Pages 2.1 Proposed Final Draft Specification Available Read about the many enhancements to JavaServer Pages technology, including the new Unified Expression Language, which greatly improves alignment among Java-based web-tier technologies.

E-commerce Made Easy: eBay and the NetBeans IDE With the NetBeans IDE and eBay's Developers Program, you can build applications for e-commerce and join the thriving community of eBay developers.

JSR 244 - Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) Specification Sucessfully Closes Public Review stage This JSR targets the next release of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition, and is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2006. The major theme for this version of Java EE is ease of development.

JSR 196 - Early Draft Review Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers This specification defines a service provider interface (SPI) by which authentication providers implementing message authentication mechanisms may be integrated in client or server message processing containers or runtimes.

Java WSDP 1.6 Available With the addition of Fast Infoset web services acceleration technology (FCS), an EA version of the Service Registry, a new XML Web Services Security 2.0 EA release, and key FCS updates of JAXP 1.3.1 and XML Digital Signatures 1.0, Java WSDP 1.6 raises the bar and enables you to produce leading-edge web services with tighter security and faster performance.

Developer Collaboration Need to discuss or review code but your team is distributed across continents? With Developer Collaboration integrated into NetBeans IDE 4.1, it's easy. This feature originally developed for Sun Java Studio Enterprise is now being contributed to and made available as a binary plug-in for NetBeans 4.1. Source Code and Dcoumentation are coming soon.

Sun Java System Application Server Achieves Another Performance Milestone The world's first SPECjAppServer2004 submission using a completely free software stack - Solaris 10, MySQL 5 and Java System Application Server Platform Edition.

June

Asynchronous JavaScript Technology and XML (AJAX) with Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Learn how to use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML ((Ajax)) with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) to create rich Internet applications.

Growing NetBeans: A Conversation With Trung Duc Tran, Chief Architect Trung Duc Tran, Lead Architect of the NetBeans IDE, discusses the challenges of producing a quality tool.

May

NetBeans 4.1 IDE Chat Transcript What are the plans for JSF support in NetBeans? Get the answer to this and other interesting questions by reading the transcript of this recent online chat.

April

Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: Concepts, Technologies, and Tools Widely-adopted web services technologies are available to implement a service-oriented architecture, and more technologies, as well as tools, are on the way. Learn what these technologies and tools are in this article.

March

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services: The Road to Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides a cost-effective solution to evolving and enhancing legacy enterprise information systems (EIS).

Securing Web Services and the Java WSDP 1.5 XWS-Security Framework Learn about the prominent industry standards providing comprehensive security solutions.

Better Profiling through Code Hotswapping: A Conversation with JFluid Project Lead, Misha Dmitriev Sun Microsystems' Misha Dmitriev, Project Lead for the JFluid profiling tool, discusses the origins, development, and future of JFluid.

February

Running JavaServer Faces Technology-Based Portlets on Sun Java System Portal Server 6 2005Q1 You can extend the framework based on JavaServer Faces technology and then run a JSR 168-compliant portlet on Sun Java System Portal Server 6. This article describes the setup procedures, offers sample code, and summarizes the known issues.

Chat Transcript: Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) 1.5 Learn about the exciting new web services features in the recently-released Java WSDP 1.5.

January

Interoperability with Patterns and Strategies for Document-Based Web Services In Part 2 of this article, we demonstrate interoperability for document-driven web services with Microsoft .NET (C#) using strategies discussed in Part 1.