Gregg Wonderly's WeblogArtima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers.Java desktop drag and drop- (Found July 2, 2008 ) There are several different things about desktop drag and drop that are interesting. I've been using several things in my JiniDesktop class in my http:startnow.dev.java.net project. Here's an extracted example of all the pieces.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=162688 Netbeans Module for JMX enabling your application- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I am finishing up a rather large application that needs some JMX management capabilities. I've got a lot of classes that need to be MBean enabled, and I really don't want to go through and change them to inherit from StandardMBean.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=175214 Netbeans JMI programming...- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The Java Metadata Interface available in the Netbeans 5.0 and later platform is powerful. But, the API could be simpler. I've been putting together a helper class.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=175938 Distributing synchronization across threads- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The Java keyword, synchronized, is the simplest form of concurrency control in Java. With the advent of the work by Doug Lea and notible others on the new java.util.concurrent package, there are more tools. When dealing with highly contested resources, distributing the locking is key.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=182203 Web Services vs Jini- (Found July 2, 2008 ) When you look at the complexity of web services configuration, the extent of tool involvement and the plethora of standards that are being created to solve the ever growing list of shortcommings, it is a wonder that anyone is making progress. Jini has already solved these problems!http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=72823 |