Java: The Good Parts

EBook Description: What if you could condense Java down to its very best features and build better applications with that simpler version? In this book, veteran Sun Labs engineer Jim Waldo reveals which parts of Java are most useful, and why those features make Java among the best programming languages available. Every language eventually builds up crud, Java included. The core language has become increasingly large and complex, and the libraries associated with it have grown even more. Learn how to take advantage of Javas best features by working with an example application throughout the book. You may not like some of the features Jim Waldo considers good, but they'll actually help you write better code. Learn how the type system and packages help you build large scale software Use exceptions to make code more reliable and easier to maintain Manage memory automatically with garbage collection Discover how the JVM provides portability, security, and nearly bug free code Use Javadoc to embed documentation within the code Take advantage of reusable data structures in the collections library Use Java RMI to move code and data in a distributed network Learn how Java concurrency constructs let you exploit multicore processors

ava Message Service, Second Edition, is a thorough introduction to the standard API that supports messaging - the software to software exchange of crucial data among network computers.
You'll learn how JMS can help you solve many architectural challenges, such as integrating dissimilar systems and applications, increasing scalability, eliminating system bottlenecks, supporting concurrent processing, and promoting flexibility and agility. Updated for JMS 1.1, this second edition also explains how this vendor agnostic specification will help you write messaging based applications using IBMs MQ, Progress Softwares SonicMQ, ActiveMQ, and many other proprietary messaging services. With Java Message Service, you will:Build applications using point to point and publish and subscribe messaging models Use features such as transactions and durable subscriptions to make an application reliable Implement messaging within Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) using message driven beans Use JMS with RESTful applications and with the Spring application framework

Java Developers

Do you want to create easily understood, professional, and powerful reports from disordered, scattered data using a free, open source Java class library? If your answer is yes, this book on JasperReports is what you are looking for.JasperReports is the worlds most popular embeddable Java open source reporting library, providing Java developers with the power to easily create rich print and web reports.

The book has been fully updated to use JasperReports 3.5, the latest version of JasperReports. Previously accepted techniques that have now been deprecated have been replaced with their modern counterparts. All examples in the book have been updated to use XML schemas for report templates. Coverage of new data sources that JasperReports now supports has been added to the book. Additionally, JasperReports can now export reports to even more formats than before and exporting reports to these new formats is covered in this new edition of the book.

This book shows you exactly how to get started, and develop the skills to get the most from JasperReports. It introduces you to the latest version of JasperReports, and gets you creating complex and elegant reports.

The book steers you through each point of report setup, to creating, designing, formatting, and exporting reports with data from a wide range of data sources, and integrating JasperReports with other Java frameworks.

Starting with the basics of adding reporting capabilities to your application and creating report templates, you will first see how to produce your reports through the use of JRXML files, custom ANT targets, and then preview them in both the web browser and the native browser of JasperReports.

Getting data into your reports is the next step, and you will see how to get data from a range of data sources, not only databases, but XML files, and Java Objects, among others.

You will create better looking reports with formatting and grouping, as well as adding graphical elements to your reports. You will export your reports to a range of different formats, including PDF and XML.

Creating reports will be made even easier with a walkthrough of the iReport Designer visual designing tool. To round things off, you will see how to integrate your reports with other Java frameworks, using Spring or Hibernate to get data for the report, and Java Server Faces or Struts for presenting the report.

All examples have been updated to use XML schemas. New export formats, such as OpenDocument Text, and new data sources now supported by JasperReports are now covered in this updated edition.

What you will learn from this book?

Overview of JasperReports, and what it can do for you
Significantly reduce your report design time by using the iReport report designer
Add reporting capabilities to your Java applications
Learn to ease the task of report navigation by adding hyperlinks, anchors, and bookmarks to your reports
Learn techniques to tweak the report layout and design, and add charts and graphics to your report
Generate database reports and learn to embed SQL queries into your report definition
Work with data sources such as arrays, collections, TableModels, and XML
Simplify report designing by using the subreports feature that allows you to extract complex report sections into a separate report
Export your reports to PDF, Excel spreadsheet, or Word document format, and direct HTML reports to a browser
Integrate JasperReports with Java frameworks like Spring, Java Server Faces, Struts, and Hibernate

Java Web Services Up and Running

This example driven book offers a thorough introduction to Javas APIs for XML Web Services (JAX WS) and RESTful Web Services (JAX RS). Java Web Services: Up and Running takes a clear, pragmatic approach to these technologies by providing a mix of architectural overview, complete working code examples, and short yet precise instructions for compiling, deploying, and executing an application.
You'll learn how to write web services from scratch and integrate existing services into your Java applications. With Java Web Services: Up and Running, you will:Understand the distinction between SOAP based and REST style services Write, deploy, and consume SOAP based services in core Java Understand the Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) service contract Recognize the structure of a SOAP message Learn how to deliver Java based RESTful web services and consume commercial RESTful services Know security requirements for SOAP and REST based web services Learn how to implement JAX WS in various application servers

Ideal for students as well as experienced programmers, Java Web Services: Up and Running is the concise guide you need to start working with these technologies right away.

About the Author

Martin Kalin has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and is a professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University. He has co written a series of books on C and C++ and written a book on Java for programmers. He enjoys commercial programming and has co developed large distributed systems in process scheduling and product configuration.

1.Java Message Service

ava Message Service, Second Edition, is a thorough introduction to the standard API that supports messaging - the software to software exchange of crucial data among network computers.
You'll learn how JMS can help you solve many architectural challenges, such as integrating dissimilar systems and applications, increasing scalability, eliminating system bottlenecks, supporting concurrent processing, and promoting flexibility and agility. Updated for JMS 1.1, this second edition also explains how this vendor agnostic specification will help you write messaging based applications using IBMs MQ, Progress Softwares SonicMQ, ActiveMQ, and many other proprietary messaging services. With Java Message Service, you will:Build applications using point to point and publish and subscribe messaging models Use features such as transactions and durable subscriptions to make an application reliable Implement messaging within Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) using message driven beans Use JMS with RESTful applications and with the Spring application framework

Messaging is a powerful paradigm that makes it easier to uncouple different parts of an enterprise application. Java Message Service, Second Edition, will quickly teach you how to use the key technology that lies behind it.

About the Author

Mark Richards, Director and Sr. Technical Architect at Collaborative Consulting, LLC, is a leading authority on messaging, transaction management, systems integration, and Service Oriented Architecture. He is the author of Java Transaction Design Strategies, contributing author of 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, NFJS Anthology Volume 1, NFJS Anthology Volume 2, and the author of numerous transaction, JMS, and SOA related articles. Mark is a regular conference speaker on the No Fluff Just Stuff conference tour and has spoken at other conferences around the world, including QCon, TSSJS, and SYS CON.

Richard Monson Haefel is the author of Enterprise JavaBeans (Editions 1 - 5), Java Message Service and one of the worlds leading experts and book authors on enterprise computing. He was the lead architect of OpenEJB, an open source EJB container used in Apache Geronimo, a member of the JCP Executive Committee, member of JCP EJB expert groups, and an industry analyst for Burton Group researching enterprise computing, open source, and Rich Internet Application (RIA) development. Today, Richard is the VP of Developer Relations for Curl, Inc. a RIA platform used in enterprise computing. You can learn more about Richard at his web site Monson Haefel.

David A. Chappell is vice president and chief technologist for SOA at Oracle Corporation. Chappell has over 20 years of experience in the software industry covering a broad range of roles including Architecture, code slinging, sales, support and marketing. He is well known worldwide for his writings and public lectures on the subjects of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the enterprise service bus (ESB), message oriented middleware (MOM), enterprise integration, and is a co author of many advanced Web Services standards.

As author of the OReilly Enterprise Service Bus book, Dave has had tremendous impact on redefining the shape and definition of SOA infrastructure. He has extensive experience in distributed computing infrastructure, including ESB, SOA Governance, EJB and Web application server infrastructure, JMS and MOM, EAI, CORBA, and COM. Chappells experience also includes development of client/server infrastructure, graphical user interfaces and language interpreters.

Chappell is also well noted for authoring Java Web Services (OReilly), Professional ebXML Foundations (Wrox) and Java Message Service (OReilly). In addition, he has written numerous articles in leading industry publications, such as Business Integration Journal, Enterprise Architect, Java Developers Journal, JavaPro, Web Services Journal, XML Journal and Network World.

Chappell and his works have received many industry awards including the Java Technology Achievement Award from JavaPro magazine for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Java Community in 2002, and the 2005 CRN Magazine Top 10 IT leaders award for casting larger than life shadow over the industry.

Java SOA Cookbook

Java SOA Cookbook offers practical solutions and advice to programmers charged with implementing a service oriented architecture (SOA) in their organization. Instead of providing another conceptual,high level view of SOA, this cookbook shows you how to make SOA work.
It's full of Java and XML code you can insert directly into your applications and recipes you can apply right away. The book focuses primarily on the use of free and open source Java Web Services technologies-including Java SE 6 and Java EE 5 tools -but you'll find tips for using commercially available tools as well. Java SOA Cookbook will help you:Construct XML vocabularies and data models appropriate to SOA applications Build real world web services using the latest Java standards, including JAX WS 2.1 and JAX RS 1.0 for RESTful web services Integrate applications from popular service providers using SOAP, POX, and Atom Create service orchestrations with complete coverage of the WS BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) 2.0 standard Improve the reliability of SOAP based services with specifications such as WS Reliable Messaging Deal with governance, interoperability, and quality of service issues

The recipes in Java SOA Cookbook will equip you with the knowledge you need to approach SOA as an integration challenge, not an obstacle.

JasperReports 3.5 for Java Developers

Do you want to create easily understood, professional, and powerful reports from disordered, scattered data using a free, open source Java class library? If your answer is yes, this book on JasperReports is what you are looking for.
JasperReports is the worlds most popular embeddable Java open source reporting library, providing Java developers with the power to easily create rich print and web reports.

The book has been fully updated to use JasperReports 3.5, the latest version of JasperReports. Previously accepted techniques that have now been deprecated have been replaced with their modern counterparts. All examples in the book have been updated to use XML schemas for report templates. Coverage of new data sources that JasperReports now supports has been added to the book. Additionally, JasperReports can now export reports to even more formats than before and exporting reports to these new formats is covered in this new edition of the book.

This book shows you exactly how to get started, and develop the skills to get the most from JasperReports. It introduces you to the latest version of JasperReports, and gets you creating complex and elegant reports.

The book steers you through each point of report setup, to creating, designing, formatting, and exporting reports with data from a wide range of data sources, and integrating JasperReports with other Java frameworks.

Starting with the basics of adding reporting capabilities to your application and creating report templates, you will first see how to produce your reports through the use of JRXML files, custom ANT targets, and then preview them in both the web browser and the native browser of JasperReports.

Getting data into your reports is the next step, and you will see how to get data from a range of data sources, not only databases, but XML files, and Java Objects, among others.

You will create better looking reports with formatting and grouping, as well as adding graphical elements to your reports. You will export your reports to a range of different formats, including PDF and XML.

Creating reports will be made even easier with a walkthrough of the iReport Designer visual designing tool. To round things off, you will see how to integrate your reports with other Java frameworks, using Spring or Hibernate to get data for the report, and Java Server Faces or Struts for presenting the report.

All examples have been updated to use XML schemas. New export formats, such as OpenDocument Text, and new data sources now supported by JasperReports are now covered in this updated edition.

What you will learn from this book?

Overview of JasperReports, and what it can do for you
Significantly reduce your report design time by using the iReport report designer
Add reporting capabilities to your Java applications
Learn to ease the task of report navigation by adding hyperlinks, anchors, and bookmarks to your reports
Learn techniques to tweak the report layout and design, and add charts and graphics to your report
Generate database reports and learn to embed SQL queries into your report definition
Work with data sources such as arrays, collections, TableModels, and XML
Simplify report designing by using the subreports feature that allows you to extract complex report sections into a separate report
Export your reports to PDF, Excel spreadsheet, or Word document format, and direct HTML reports to a browser
Integrate JasperReports with Java frameworks like Spring, Java Server Faces, Struts, and Hibernate

Approach

This book is a comprehensive and practical guide aimed at getting the results you want as quickly as possible. The chapters gradually build up your skills and by the end of the book you will be confident enough to design powerful reports. Each concept is clearly illustrated with diagrams and screen shots and easy to understand code.

Who this book is written for?

If you are a Java developer who wants to create rich reports for either the Web or print, and wants to get started quickly with JasperReports to do this, this book is for you. No knowledge of JasperReports is presumed.

About the Author
David Heffelfinger

David Heffelfinger is the Chief Technology Officer of Ensode Technology, LLC, a software consulting firm based in the greater Washington DC area. He has been architecting, designing and developing software professionally since 1995, he has been using Java as his primary programming language since 1996. He has worked on many large scale projects for several clients including the US Department of Homeland Security, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the US Department of Defense. He has a Masters degree in Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University. David is editor in chief of Ensode.net (ensode.net), a web site about Java, Linux and other technology topics.

The Java Programmer's Guide to Numerical Computing

This book introduces Java programmers to numerical computing. It contains clear, non-theoretical explanations of practical numerical algorithms, including safely summing numbers, finding roots of equations, interpolation and approximation, numerical integration and differentiation, and matrix operations, including solving sets of simultaneous equations. Many of the programs are applets that take advantage of Java's interactive graphics capabilities. These programs allow the user to interact with them as they dynamically demonstrate the computational algorithms in action. Java Number Cruncher devotes several chapters to searching for patterns in the prime numbers, generating random numbers, intriguing formulas for pi and e, arbitrarily long numbers and their relationship to data encryption, and algorithms for creating fractal images. Working Java programs demonstrate all the concepts from this book.

Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7

NetBeans has several features that greatly simplify Java EE development, but with many features and great flexibility, Java developers can become overwhelmed by the options available in NetBeans. This book provides step-by-step recipes that show you how to take control of the environment and make use of these features to make your enterprise Java application development more efficient and productive than ever before, so that you can concentrate on the important parts of your application.

Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7 takes you through the most important parts of Java EE programming and shows you how to use the features of NetBeans that will improve your development experience with clear, careful instructions and screenshots. It will show you how to use NetBeans functionality to automate many of the tedious or repetitive tasks frequently encountered when developing enterprise Java applications, freeing you up to focus on the business logic specific parts of the application. As well as showing you time-saving tricks, keyboard shortcuts, and other productivity enhancements possible with NetBeans, it will take you through the major Java EE APIs and how to get them working in the NetBeans environment.

While focusing on NetBeans features, you will learn about developing applications using the servlet API and JSPs, including taking advantage of JSTL and developing custom JSP tags. Developing applications that take advantage of JavaServer Faces is also covered in detail, including how to generate standard JSF applications from an existing database schema. The book also covers how to easily develop elegant JSF applications by taking advantage of the PrimeFaces JSF 2.0 component library that is bundled with NetBeans.

A practical guide covering how to leverage NetBeans 7 functionality to develop enterprise applications compliant with the Java EE 6 standard.

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Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7

NetBeans has several features that greatly simplify Java EE development, but with many features and great flexibility, Java developers can become overwhelmed by the options available in NetBeans. This book provides step by step recipes that show you how to take control of the environment and make use of these features to make your enterprise Java application development more efficient and productive than ever before, so that you can concentrate on the important parts of your application.

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Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7 takes you through the most important parts of Java EE programming and shows you how to use the features of NetBeans that will improve your development experience with clear, careful instructions and screenshots. It will show you how to use NetBeans functionality to automate many of the tedious or repetitive tasks frequently encountered when developing enterprise Java applications, freeing you up to focus on the business logic specific parts of the application. As well as showing you time saving tricks, keyboard shortcuts, and other productivity enhancements possible with NetBeans, it will take you through the major Java EE APIs and how to get them working in the NetBeans environment.

While focusing on NetBeans features, you will learn about developing applications using the servlet API and JSPs, including taking advantage of JSTL and developing custom JSP tags. Developing applications that take advantage of JavaServer Faces is also covered in detail, including how to generate standard JSF applications from an existing database schema. The book also covers how to easily develop elegant JSF applications by taking advantage of the PrimeFaces JSF 2.0 component library that is bundled with NetBeans.

A practical guide covering how to leverage NetBeans 7 functionality to develop enterprise applications compliant with the Java EE 6 standard.

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