In this whitepaper, we will make a powerful comparison between the two choices that businesses have for building XML-based web services: the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1, built by Sun Microsystems and other industry players, and Microsoft.NET 2, built by Microsoft Corporation. Some of the statements we make will offend you, and hopefully more of them will agree with you. So as you read this paper, please remember our three promises:
1. We promise to compare these choices at a logical, neutral, and unbiased level.
2. We promise to tell the tale about how we really do feel about these technologies.
3. We promise to dispel the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) that exists in the marketplace today.
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This tutorial covers the main packages in the Spring Framework. For full details, we refer you to Rod Johnson’s book, Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development, published by Wrox Press in 2002. The book’s ISBN number is 1-86100-784-1. The code for the Spring Framework is contained in package com.interface21. We provide UML diagrams for the subpackages, as well as code samples.
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This document describes the rationale behind the Web Service Integration Gateway (WSIG) and how to install, configure and use it. The WSIG (version 0.4) is a JADE add-on that provides support for bidirectional invocation of Web services from JADE agents, and JADE agent services from Web service clients. This is the first public release of this add-on and as such it should be treated as a beta that is subject to change at any time.
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This document will guide you through the very first steps of setting up a project with OJB. To make this easier, OJB comes with a blank project template called ojb-blank which you’re encouraged to use. You can download it here. For the purpose of this guide, we’ll be showing you how to setup the project for a simple application that handles products and uses MySQL. This is continued later on in the next tutorial parts.
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This is a quick guide to install and configure the Apache web-server with PHP and JSP support on a Windows XP Pro machine. Let me know if this helps you out! Feedback is appreciated. This is my first “published” guide. I made it for my own reference. Why not share?
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This document will take you through the steps install the FusionReactor JDBC Driver Wrapper, and provide you with a few examples of how it can be used. The intention of the Wrapper is to provide a thin layer between J2EE applications and JDBC-accessible databases, in order to intercept and observe the interaction between them.
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There are three main reasons for using the JAVA programming language over other choices: portability, simplicity of coding, and widespread use; especially in web development. Java is completely portable between different operating systems (Mac, Linux, and Windows). This is because the code you write is only partially finished after it is compiled by the programmer. The rest of the work is performed on the user’s computer using the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
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In this tutorial we will create a simple Java EE application from scratch using the Maven archetypes provided by Sculptor. It consists of the following projects:
• sculptor-helloworld-parent - Only a maven project for building the other parts.
• sculptor-helloworld - Business tier. EJB project containing the services and domain objects.
• sculptor-helloworld-web - Presentation tier. Web application with CRUD GUI.
• sculptor-helloworld-ear - EAR package of the deployable application.
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