January 30, 2007
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Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator of the Solaris Operating System (OS), and Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that Mentor Graphics would begin qualifying and supporting selected Mentor products on x64/x86 platforms running the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). This outlines Mentor Graphics' intent to include market leading products BoardStation XE,...
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What a week... after a slew of investor and customer calls, I thought I'd jot down a few comments and reactions. As you know, we announced our Q2 results last Tuesday, along with an investment by KKR - preceded by Monday's announcement with Intel. So we've been pretty busy - and lest some of the questions I've heard go unanswered, here's a quick overview.
1. What did...
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category: Developers
Maven JAXB2 plugin is a great tool if your build is based on Maven2. It can compile any schema languages that XJC supports, and you can use available XJC plugins, too.
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A prototype implementation of the fledgling Swing Application
Framework (JSR-296) API is now available.
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Photographic proof of inhumane treatment of fruit in Russia.
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I've been playing around with images in servlets and applets lately ... and discovered some odd artifacts with how browsers treat images.
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Let's dispel some odd rumors of late: Java works great on Vista. But let's not stop there; let's also dive into some of the challenges that Vista presented for us to make Java work well.
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Have you been working with Java SE 6? Do you like what you've seen? Would you like to help spread the word? We're looking for some good stories about Java SE 6 in the Real World.
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Doesn't at least one of the A's in AJAX stand for Applet? This blog explores some of the ways that we can get more dynamic behavior for applets, mixing with HTML, JavaScript, the DOM, and all that web stuff.
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Want to pick up the native desktop properties for setting your font anti-aliasing properties? It's easy!
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I got tagged - does that mean I'm IT? I've been waiting my whole life for this...
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Our book is nearly done: here's an outline of the outline inline
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If an anathema is an accursed thing, then an amathena is an accursed equation.
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For too long we've suffered the Date and Calendar APIs in Java. No more, I say, No more!
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European Commission reports Sun contributes to more open source projects than any other company.
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The instanceof keyword is well known and well understood. It certainly isn't the most OO part of Java, but it is one that the vast majority of programs will use somewhere. Is it possible that even this familiar operator could be improved?
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category: Java Technology
The problem with "separating concerns," as object-oriented programming compels you to do, is that some concerns are shared by many objects. Straightforward approaches, like coding those concerns everywhere they're needed, fly in the face of encapsulation. There are ways around the problem, but as Eric Batzdorff points out, some work better for one or few objects than for many.
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Feature Article: Separating Concerns and Advising Domain Objects
Java Today: Struts-like portlets, JNI for NetBeans tutorial, and Elliotte Rusty Harold on properties
Weblogs: Still waiting for Java SE 6 on Mac, test harnesses, and Rich on tour
Forums: ME for Nokia 770/N800, why France is near Antarctica, and beans binding
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