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March 15, 2010

Joe Darcy: Beware of Covariant Overriding in Interface Hierarchies. One of the changes to the Java programming language made back in JDK 5 was the introduction of covariant returns, that is, the ability in a subtype to override a method in a supertype and return a more specific type. For example,

March 14, 2010

Stephen Colebourne: Java language design by use case. In a blog in 2006 Neal Gafter wrote about how language design was fundamentally different to API design and how use cases were a bad approach to language design. This blog questions some of those conclusions in the context of the Java language.

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July 21, 2009

Faster Data Transfer With Bluetooth and Contactless Communication

category: Java Technology

Speed up data transfer on Bluetooth applications by using Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology and JSR 257: Contactless Communication API.

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The Register: Sun cranks clocks on Sparc T2 and T2+

category: Java Technology

The executives at server and operating system maker Sun Microsystems have been uncharacteristically quiet since the $5.6bn Oracle deal was announced...

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Joe Darcy: Pick a path, any path

category: Developers

As heard at JavaOne this year, classpath is dead, being killed by the modularity features in JDK 7, JSR 294 and Project Jigsaw.

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Business Intelligence for Web Infrastructure

category: Main

MySQL, Infobright and Pentaho team up with Sun Open Network Systems to deliver business intelligence you can afford.

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Open Network Systems for Internet Infrastructure, MySQL Edition

category: Main

Sun's new reference architecture, the Open Network Systems for Internet Infrastructure, MySQL Edition, combines Sun Open Storage, high-performance networking and servers, open source software, and Sun services into an integrated enterprise porta...

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Sun And Fujitsu Boost SPARC Enterprise Server Performance And Virtualization Capabilities

category: Main

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Fujitsu (TSE:6702) today enhanced the performance and virtualization capabilities of their chip multi-threaded (CMT) SPARC Enterprise server lines with the addition of 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus proces...

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Sun Expands Open Network Systems Architecture; New Servers Deliver Breakthrough Performance, Efficiency and Cost Savings for Enterprise Applications

category: Main

Enhancing its Open Network Systems architecture, which converges compute, networking, software and storage, Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced new 1.6 GHz processors for its chip multi-threaded (CMT) Sun SPARC Enterprise systems running ...

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Add an XSD file to Eclipse and Eliminate Those Pesky XML Warnings

category: Java Technology

If you work with Eclipse and JSF 2, you too may be annoyed at the little warning triangle that shows up next to all your faces-config.xml files. Here is how you can get rid of them, and add autocompletion as well.

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Women's Voices - I don't hear them very often here.

category: Java Technology

The first Community Leadership Summit was held last weekend in San Jose, California. I attended and become involved in a different kind of discussion about women in tech.

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SailFin Project Progresses toward Version 2

category: Java Technology

Development of the SailFin project, which provides high-availability and clustering capability for SIP servlets (JSR 289), is proceeding toward a scheduled October release for Version 2... Also: Java Today: Alice Team Roundtable; James Liu and OpenSo...

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