This tutorial shows you how to build a Web service using the Eclipse Web Tools Platform. The Web service interacts with a Cloudscape (Apache Derby) database and is deployed to Apache Tomcat.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Tue Jan 4 2005
The Jakarta Element Construction Set (ECS) is an open source project for creating markup language documents using the Java language and an object-oriented approach. Java developer Amit Tuli provides an introduction to ECS and shows you a step-by-step approach for using it to generate well-formatted status reports from log files. You will create a sample application to help you better understand ECS and its usage. You'll also learn some other potential uses for the API.
The Visual Application Builder is a set of WebSphere Studio plug-ins that allow even non-expert programmers to quickly develop browser-based/J2EE applications and application templates that target various devices. The model-based Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment allows easy building of form-based applications that interface with data from various sources, such as RDB and Web services. It allows the use of one project to generate code for various target platforms and for new technologies that will evolve.
Updated for WebSphere Studio 5.1 with WSWB 2.1 look & feel; contains database connection filtering, undo support, and several bug fixes.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Mon Nov 10 2003
When creating or using Java applications, you may have experienced some interesting rollover and/or selection effects when using default Swing mechanisms. A more consistent, more common result can be reached using the Java2D API which allows you to methodically define composite values for rollover and selection events. In this article, discover how images are constructed within Java language and how they can be manipulated using AWT composites.
Java Web Start, a new technology to assist the development of client-side Java applications, is unique in that it frees you from concerning yourself with how the client is launched, either from a Web browser or from the desktop. Additionally, this technology provides an encompassing deployment scheme that enables a Web server to independently distribute and update client code. This article introduces this enterprising new technology, which is scheduled to be integrated in the final release of Java 1.4, describing its implementation from both the developer and the user perspective.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Wed Oct 3 2001
Creating a fully internationalized Java application using PropertyResourceBundles can present some interesting design and implementation problems, including concern over how to modularize the bundles to be used in different areas of the application. This article explores a solution based on PropertyResourceBundles, which should simplify the design and implementation problems, while promoting reuse of existing bundles. Article includes code snippets.
Version: n/a Platform(s): n/a Updated: Thu May 24 2001
