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[Articles] Getting Started with Java and SQLite on Blackberry OS 5.0

Bruce Hopkins — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

Get started in creating applications that utilize the SQLite database engine on Blackbery OS 5.0.

[Articles] Part 3 of dependency injection in Java EE 6

Reza Rahman — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

In this article we will discuss interceptors, decorators, stereotypes and events. In the course of the series, we will cover conversations, CDI interaction with JSF, portable extensions, available implementations as well as CDI alignment with Seam, Spring and Guice. We will augment the discussion with a few implementation details using CanDI, Caucho�s independent implementation of JSR 299 included in the open source Resin application server.

[Articles] Create Reusable OSGi Components for Eclipse Equinox

Manish Malhotra, Prasad Siva Sai Choutupalli — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

Learn how to combine OSGi services and Eclipse extensions to build reusable components for the Equinox container.

[Articles] There is REST for the Weary Developer

Sivadasan Plakote — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

We give an example of working with the Representational State Transfer style of software architecture.

[Articles] Authorizing process access and execution with JBoss jBPM

Boris Lublinsky — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

Centralized BPM deployments can greatly benefit from the ability to control access to process definitions and instances ensuring that users can use and monitor only a set of processes that they are authorized for. In this article Boris Lublinsky shows how to extend JBoss jBPM to define and support process access authorization.

[Articles] W3C widget configuration and packaging

Nathan A. Good — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) "Widget Packaging and Configuration" specification is currently in candidate recommendation status. The widgets, which can be used to provide rich Web application elements for mobile devices and Web sites, are an emerging technology to be used with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). They are packaged as compressed (.zip) files and can be deployed in HTML files with a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type of application or widget. This article dives deeper into the specification, exploring how Web application developers can use it and what the benefits are.

[Articles] How HTML5 Web Sockets Interact With Proxy Servers

Peter Lubbers — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

Peter Lubbers makes an introduction to HTML5 Web Sockets explaining how they interact with proxy servers, and what proxy configuration or updates are needed for the Web Sockets traffic to go through.

[Articles] Inside JSF 2.0's Ajax and HTTP GET Support

Sangeetha S, Nitin KL, Ananya S — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 supports HTTP GET requests and full Ajax integration, making it easier than ever to build truly dynamic web pages.

[Articles] OpenID for Java Web applications, Part 2: Write an OpenID Provider for single sign-on authentication

J Steven Perry — 19 Mar 2010 17:37 GMT

Learn how to use OpenID to secure Java Web application resources from unauthenticated users. In this second half of his introduction to the OpenID Authentication specification, Steve Perry shows you how to use the openid4java library to create an OpenID Provider in a single sign-on application scenario. By establishing one application as an OpenID Provider in a "closed loop" architecture, you can enable end users to sign in just once to access multiple applications. You'll also learn how to use the OpenID Attribute Exchange (AX) extension for custom data exchange between OpenID relying parties and providers.

[Articles] Anatomy of an open source cloud

M. Tim Jones — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Cloud computing is no longer a technology on the cusp of breaking out but a valuable and important technology that is fundamentally changing the way we use and develop applications. As you would expect, Linux and open source provide the foundation for the cloud (for public and private infrastructures). Explore the anatomy of the cloud, its architecture, and the open source technologies used to build these dynamic and scalable computing and storage platforms.

[Articles] Flex RESTing with MySQL

Lazar Kirven — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

This infrastructure will allow you to focus on your application's look and feel to create more elaborate and elegant Flex applications.

[Articles] Getting started with OCAP, Part 2: Writing applications for the OCAP RI

Jonathan Knudsen — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Learn how to create applications for the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP). This article, the second in a three-part series, describes how to use standard Java technology and the OCAP Reference Implementation (RI) to create applications, called Xlets, that run atop OCAP.

[Articles] Memory Barriers and JVM Concurrency

Dennis Byrne — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Memory barriers, or fences, are a set of processor instructions used to apply ordering limitations on memory operations. This article explains the impact memory barriers have on the determinism of multi-threaded programs. We'll look at how memory barriers relate to JVM concurrency constructs such as volatile, synchronized and atomic conditionals.

[Articles] JSF 2.0: Creating Composite Components

Sangeetha S, Nitin KL, Ananya S — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

With the new composite components feature in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0, you can create simple, reusable JSF UI components without touching any Java code or XML configuration files.

[Articles] The Top 10 jQuery Plugins for the JavaScript-Weary

Jason Gilmore — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Use these 10 powerful jQuery plugins to enhance your web site UI with usability improvements and some eye candy!

[Articles] The Foundation of an OSGi-Based Application: Design and Bundles

Manish Malhotra, Prasad Siva Sai Choutupalli — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Learn how to lay the necessary groundwork for service-oriented, modular OSGi components in the Eclipse Equinox container.

[Articles] RESTful Web services with Apache Wink, Part 2: Advanced topics in Apache Wink REST development

Vishnu Vettrivel — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

This article, the second in a three-part series, explores advanced topics in Apache Wink 1.0 development, a new Java framework for implementing and consuming REST-based Web services.

[Articles] SOA Manifesto - 4 Months After

Dilip Krishnan — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

It is four months since the SOA manifesto was announced; InfoQ interviewed the original author�s and in some cases pulled in their comments on the manifesto from the web to get a broad understanding of the manifesto, as well as provide insight into the goals of the participants, individually and as a whole, and provide transparency to the mechanics involved in putting together such an initiative.

[Articles] Creating a NIEM IEPD, Part 3: Extend NIEM

Priscilla Walmsley — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

In the first two articles of this series, you learned to model a NIEM exchange, map it to the NIEM base model, and create a subset of the NIEM model for use in your IEPD. Now explore what to do about the parts of your model that do not map directly to NIEM, as you create extension and exchange schemas to define your custom types and properties.

[Books] Apache MyFaces 1.2 Web Application Development

Bart Kummel — 12 Mar 2010 14:48 GMT

Building next-generation web applications with JSF and Facelets: * Build powerful and robust web applications with Apache MyFaces; * Reduce coding by using feature-rich JSF components from the Trinidad and Tomahawk subprojects; * Ensure maintainability by maximizing code reuse using Facelets; * Step-by-step and practical tutorial with lots of examples.