September 2004

Announcing backport of JSR166 to Java 1.4

September 29, 2004

This is pretty cool — http://altair.cs.oswego.edu/pipermail/concurrency-interest/2004-September/001035.html

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Discover how XMLBeans is revolutionizing data binding

September 28, 2004

Get an in-depth look at the features and functionality of XMLBeans. This article introduces the technology with a simple example, takes you through the step-by-step process of compilation and binding, and discusses advanced features like XML cursors, tokens, and XQuery expressions. It also discusses how XMLBeans is more powerful than other XML-Java technology data binding [...]

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WebLogic and JMX

September 23, 2004

I know I rarely use JMX, the Java Management Extensions (JMX) 1.0 specification that provide open and extensible management services. But there are instances when it’s a great thing to have in your tool-belt, specially dealing with applications deployed in a WebLogic cluster in a distributed environment. As users of WebLogic know, WebLogic Server has [...]

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Hibernate in Action

September 20, 2004

My copy of Hibernate in Action finally arrived on Friday and I am excited to read it, but it seems like my 2 month old daughter, Katie has her eye on it. I guess I’ll have to wait till she’s done.

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Parsing and Processing Large XML Documents with Digester Rules

September 2, 2004

Parsing and Processing Large XML Documents with Digester Rules by Eugene Kuleshov — In-memory XML representations such as DOM can be impractical for large XML files, for which different approaches are needed. As Eugene Kuleshov shows, Jakarta Digester offers a lighter, event-driven alternative.

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Pyramid Scheme

September 2, 2004

Ok. I am an idiot! I’m sure you’ve read about the pyramid scheme going around that promises free iPod’s. According to Wired Magazine, this is a new marketing effort and not a scam and so I’ve signed up for it. I know. I know. I am an idiot The deal is that you sign up [...]

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