The only book you need for programming VisiBroker using Java
The most widely used commercial implementation of the CORBA standard, Inprise's VisiBroker, is used by hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide. Written by a team of Inprise insiders, this updated and expanded Second Edition of the #1 guide to programming VisiBroker helps Java developers quickly master the skills they need to develop more powerful and sophisticated distributed, object-oriented, client/server systems, from scratch or with existing components using VisiBroker 4. New topics covered in this edition include migrating VisiBroker 3 to version 4; the Portable Object Adaptor; implementing the Objects by Value feature; the VisiBroker Interface Repository; Dynamic Programming APIs for use with scripting; and more.
CD-ROM contains VisiBroker for Java 4, VisiBroker Naming and Event Services, and complete code for all examples in the book.

The Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) has come to occupy a central place in today's breed of modular applications known as Web Services. Building on your knowledge of XML, this book will help you create your own SOAP-based services that use not only HTTP but also the services media of the future: JMS, JavaSpaces, and JavaMail. You'll also learn how Web-enabled wireless devices fit into the world of SOAP-based computing.

The companion CD-ROM contains code for all the book's examples and a collection of programming tools, including XML utilities and a SOAP debugger. You also get a Java-based Web Service and a sample implementation of a Java Message Service, both built using SOAP.

This book will provide the first in-depth look at AXIS, which is the new name for Apache SOAP – the most widely used Java implementation of SOAP. The rapid uptake of SOAP based web services has lead to the continuous and rapid development of the SOAP specification – putting pressure on the various implementations to keep up. AXIS will address the performance issues inherent in Apache-SOAP and create a new architecture, which will be more extensible.

The book starts with an introduction to AXIS and web services, highlighting the goals of the Apache AXIS project and its current status. The key to exploiting the power of AXIS is in understanding its architecture and how to extend it. This book will show you how to do this by writing your own custom message handlers. Then it moves on to using the new parts of the SOAP specification AXIS implements and Java 2 Enterprise Edition integration. All this builds towards a full case study based around a supply chain application for a car manufacturer and its dealers.

Dynamic content -- personalized, customized, and up-to-the-minute -- is a key component of site development on the World Wide Web today. Java Server Pages (JSP) is a new server-side technology for generating dynamic content in Web pages and other on-line applications. This guide to JSP covers all aspects of development and includes comparisons to similar dynamic content systems such as CGI, Active Server Pages, Cold Fusion, and PHP. Included is a discussion of the use of component centric design via Java Beans and custom tag libraries for separating the presentation of dynamic data (the layout, look, and feel) from its implementation (the code that generates it).

Sun Java certification is no picnic, so a thorough study guide is essential. Look no further than The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide for formal, structured preparation. This bulky title offers comprehensive coverage of the objectives you must master to pass both the Programmer's Exam and the more demanding Developer's Exam.

Written by a trio of Sun Java course instructors, this book uses a straightforward bottom-up approach, starting with core syntax of Java and moving into progressively more graphical and sophisticated aspects of development. The familiar textbook style makes the title very suitable for self-paced study, even if you're not shooting for certification.

How to use UML to model Enterprise JavaBeans, Swing components, CORBA, and other popular technologies
Enterprise Java with UML is the first comprehensive guide on using UML (Unified Modeling Language) to model Java applications. Written by three well-known members of the UML and Java community, the book presents strategies for developing enterprise systems using Java and related technologies -- XML, Servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans, Swing Components, CORBA, RMI, and others. The authors explain how UML is used as a modeling tool for object-oriented computer systems in the real world, break down common situations that development teams encounter, and discuss the tradeoffs of using different technologies in different combinations. They also explore different products, looking closely at their strengths and weaknesses.
Four in-depth studies complete the presentation, showing readers how to make the right decision for their project through examples of both successes and failures.

Java, undoubtedly, has its roots in embedded systems and the Web. Nevertheless, it is a fully functional high-level programming language that can provide users with a wide range of functionality and versatility. This thoroughly cross-reviewed state-of-the-art survey is devoted to the study of the syntax and semantics of Java from a formal-methods point of view. It consists of the following chapters by leading researchers: Formal Grammar for Java; Describing the Semantics of Java and Proving Type Soundness; Proving Java Type Soundness; Machine-Checking the Java Specification: Proving Type-Safety; An Event-Based Structural Operational Semantics of Multi-Threaded Java Dynamic Denotational Semantics of Java; A Programmer's Reduction Semantics for Classes and Mixins; A Formal Specification of Java Virtual Machine Instructions for Objects, Methods and Subroutines; The Operational Semantics of a Java Secure Processor; A Programmer Friendly Modular Definition of the Semantics of Java.

Want to conquer two of the most difficult programmer certifications? The new edition of the best-selling Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide is the resource you need. Authors Philip Heller and Simon Roberts, developers of Sun's Programmer and Developer exams for the Java 2 Platform, give you everything you need to pass the exams the first time. This fully revised edition is updated for the changes in both exams, including coverage of new objectives for J2SE 1.4, a new emphasis on Swing and RMI, and information for tackling the new format of the Developer exam. The book is also enhanced with all-new features from Sybex's market-leading Study Guides, including Exam Essential sections to reinforce key subject areas and real-world scenario sidebars with sample programming assignments. The companion CD contains all the review questions from the book, a practice programmer's exam, and 150 random-test questions, including 100 new questions. The CD also includes a fully searchable electronic edition of the book.

The second edition of Duane Bailey's Java Structures considers the design, implementation, and use of data structures using Java 2. The structure package, a collection of nearly 100 different classes implementing a wide variety of data structures, has been the basis of Java Structures for more than five years. Thousands of faculty, students, researchers, industrial and recreational programmers have investigated this lean and well tested approach to data structure design.

In this edition, the text develops a heavily tested package that is independent of but consistent with the Collection package offered by Sun. In many cases, the variety of implementations provides the programmer choices of data structure that are not available with the Collection system. For those curricula that make use of the Collection package, the structure package can be easily integrated into existing applications. All classes are fully documented and make consistent use of pre- and post-conditioning, and include support for assertion testing.

The second edition also brings a wealth of new resources, including a large number of new and original exercises and drill problems. Throughout the text, exercises appear in the running text to direct a deeper consideration of subtle issues by students. Perhaps the most innovative feature (first found in Bailey's Java Elements) is the inclusion of more than a dozen original lab exercises that focus on interesting and often classic problems of computer science.

Take JAVA to the max with expert help Beginning, intermediate, and advanced JAVA programmers alike take note: everything you need to get the best performance out of your applets and servlets is packed into JAVA 2.0: The Complete Reference. World- renowned authors, Patrick Naughton (ESPN's Sportszone, Disney, and ABC News Web sites), Herb Schildt, the world's leading programming author, and Joseph OAENeil add 30% more material to their hugely successful past editions of this best seller. They show you exactly how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java applications and applets quickly and confidently. Plus you'll become expert on all of Java's new features including: *Servlets used to build powerful, scalable, robust Web applications *The Swing component set, a GUI toolkit that simplifies the development of visual components such as menus, tool bars, dialogs *Utility class updates *Java2-D, which enables you to build advanced 2D graphics and images

The similarities between C# and Java are immediate and obvious, but Java programmers need to overcome certain challenges before they can get up to speed with C#. The expert authors of this title have written the perfect guide to help Java developers move past pitfalls and learn to make use of C#. The authors demonstrate the syntactical and architectural similarities between the two languages-and what's different in C#-to transform Java developers into productive C# developers as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Java-Handbücher neigen zum Wuchern und enden oftmals als fette Backsteine zum Abstützen anderer Bücher im Regal. Wer liest schon 1.200 Seiten wirklich durch? Da fällt ein Java-Buch von etwas über 200 Seiten schon ins Auge. Beim Java lernen ist es nicht mit einer umfangreichen Referenz der Sprache selbst getan -- die Denke und die Konzepte dahinter wollen auch verstanden und umgesetzt werden.

Mit Effektiv Java programmieren ist in der Programmer's Choice-Reihe von Addison-Wesleys ein weiteres Javabuch erschienen, in dem der Autor Joshua Bloch mit 57 elementaren Regeln die grundlegende Handhabe von Java aufzeigt. Gerade für Entwickler, die ein bisschen Java können und sich jetzt fragen, wie man es schöner, besser und richtig macht, ist das Buch eine große Hilfe. Effektiv Java programmieren zeigt mit den 57 Regeln die Umsetzung von wichtigen Stilmitteln in konkreten Code. Ein Einsteiger kann den Tipp, doch besser Interfaces statt abstrakter Klassen zu verwenden, zur Kenntnis nehmen oder gleich in Code umsetzen: Dieses Buch hilft ihm dabei. Die 57 Regeln ranken sich um Themen wie die sinnvolle Handhabung von Objekten, Klassen und Interfaces, die Umsetzung von typischen C-Konstrukten in Java, Methoden, Threads, Ausnahmen und Serialisierung.

Effektiv Java programmieren ist sowohl zum Durchlesen und sich inspirieren lassen als auch zum Durcharbeiten und eine Menge dazu lernen geeignet. Zielgruppe sind Entwickler, die ihren Stil verbessern wollen ebenso wie Einsteiger, die nach konkreter Umsetzung von Regeln suchen. Selbst wer nicht Java programmiert, kann mit einer anderen objektorientierten Sprache den größten Teil der Tipps umsetzen. Ein sehr nützliches und gut zu lesendes Buch. --Susanne Schmidt