Java News
JavaPolis Conference Registration Starts
October 29, 2004 --
This year's JavaPolis conference registration has begun. This
year it is in Belgium on Dec 13-17. "Last year more than 950
people attended the BeJUG conference JavaPolis. With an entry
fee of 200 Euro, JavaPolis is to be 'the Apache of Conferences',
low-cost and high quality!". The conference is held in the
lovely Belgium where the beer and chocolate match the technical
content!"
(Javapolis)
SwingSet 0.9.0-beta
October 29, 2004 --
Version 0.9.0-beta of the SwingSet toolkit has been released.
"We just released version 0.9.1-beta of SwingSet to improve
default SwingSet/database support in SSJdbcRowSetImpl. Since
SwingSet requires JDBC drivers used in conjunction with
SSJdbcRowSetImpl to be concurrently-updatable and scroll-
insensitive, but some JDBC drivers which support updatable
resultsets are not set this way by default, we now automatically
issue the following commands:
rowset.setType(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE);,
rowset.setConcurrency(ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE); "
(SourceForge)
Windward Reports 3.0
October 29, 2004 --
Windward Studios has announced the release of version 3.0 of
their report generating application Windward Reports.
"Significant new functionality includes: AutoTag, a new Word
add-in that makes editing tags easier and reduces the size of
tags on the page (providing a tooltip of the entire tag when the
mouse is over them), users can write Java Beans that can perform
final processing on the output of a tag, automatically insert
and validate tags with AutoTag, the new tag editor, a new tag
that performs functions including sum, average, max, min and
count, data sources can be sql, xml, or your own custom source,
can be called directly from Java, and can be called over the
netwrok from a client. Clients are presently available for Java
and .net (written in C#)."
(Windward Reports)
Sun Micro, the Phantom Gamer
October 29, 2004 --
A partnership with the co-creator of the Xbox results in a
subscription gaming platform running over Java-based networks.
(Internet News)
Sun, Others Prep Java Integration Spec
October 28, 2004 --
Several vendors led by Sun Microsystems have published a draft
of Java Business Integration (JBI), a blueprint for facilitating
Java software integration based on service-oriented
architecture (SOA).
(Internet News)
JBoss AOP 1.0.0 Final
October 27, 2004 --
The JBoss Group has announced the final release of AOP 1.0.0.
"JBoss AOP 1.0.0 Final production release is now ready for
download.
(JBoss)
JSR 180 - SIP API for J2ME
October 27, 2004 --
Nokia has pubished a maintenance draft review for JSR 180 - SIP
API for J2ME. "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used to
establish and manage multimedia IP sessions. This same mechanism
can also be used to provide instant messaging, presence and
gaming services. This JSR requests the creation of a general SIP
API for J2ME based on SIP protocol defined in IETF and 3GPP and
targeted to resource constrained platform."
(JCP)
jGuard 0.62
October 27, 2004 --
The jGuard project has announced the release of version 0.62.
Their goal is to provide for webapp developers, an easy way
to manage authentication and authorizations.
(SourceForge)
JSR 12 - JDO Specification
October 27, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems has pubished a maintenance draft review for JSR
12 - JDO Specification. "The Java community needs a standard way
to store Java objects persistently in transactional data stores.
Furthermore, it needs a standard way to treat relational
database data as Java objects, and a standard way to define
transactional semantics associated with those objects."
(JCP)
Apache Avalon Splitting into Smaller Projects
October 27, 2004 --
The Apache Avalon project is splitting up into several smaller
projects. "The project has grown quite a bit since its inception
in 1999 as the Apache Java Server Framework and since the
transfer from Jakarta to its own top level project in 2002. In
light of the events over those years, Avalon is taking a new
step and dissolving from a single project into several new
projects which will carry on the software and spirit of Avalon."
The Apache Software Foundation will be closing the project in
it's current form at ApacheCon in November.
(ApacheNews.org)
Sun Microsystems Signs Worldwide Agreement With Vodafone for All Sun Products
October 27, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the creator and leading advocate of
Java(TM) technology, today announced that Vodafone -- the
world's largest mobile carrier -- has entered into a new and
extensive global framework agreement with consistent terms for
Sun's entire hardware, software, and services product line.
(TMCNet.com)
Sun Microsystems Signs Worldwide Agreement With Vodafone for All Sun Products
October 27, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the creator and leading advocate of
Java(TM) technology, today announced that Vodafone -- the
world's largest mobile carrier -- has entered into a new and
extensive global framework agreement with consistent terms for
Sun's entire hardware, software, and services product line.
(TMCNet.com)
PMD 2.0
October 26, 2004 --
Tom Copeland has released version 2.0 of PMD his source code
analyzer application. "PMD 2.0 includes a feature to ignore
violations using a "NOPMD" comment in the code. It also can
process zips/jars of source, the HTML report can now link to
online source code, and Raik Schroeder wrote a data flow
analysis package.
(SourceForge)
Apache Forrest 0.6
October 26, 2004 --
The Apache Forrest project has announced the release of version
0.6. "New features in this version include: uses all resources
in-place, no more copying to a separate build space and so no
need to back-copy your changes and more.
(Jakarta Apache)
NetBeans 4.1 Early Access Release
October 26, 2004 --
The NetBeans project has announced the availabity of a early
release version of their upcoming 4.1 version. "This early
access release has over 15 new modules for developing J2EE 1.4
applications and is built on the novel and breakthrough NetBeans
4.0 technology.
(Netbeans.org)
JavaMail API 1.3.2
October 26, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems has released version 1.3.2 of the JavaMail API.
"The JavaMail API 1.3.2 release contains over 25 bug fixes and
several new features, including: SSL/TLS support for all
protocols, STARTTLS support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols,
SASL support for the IMAP protocol and access to detailed SMTP
error codes."
(Sun)
NetBeans 4.1 Early Access Release
October 26, 2004 --
The NetBeans project has announced the availabity of a early
release version of their upcoming 4.1 version. "This early
access release has over 15 new modules for developing J2EE 1.4
applications and is built on the novel and breakthrough NetBeans
4.0 technology.
(Netbeans.org)
JavaMail API 1.3.2
October 26, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems has released version 1.3.2 of the JavaMail API.
"The JavaMail API 1.3.2 release contains over 25 bug fixes and
several new features, including: SSL/TLS support for all
protocols, STARTTLS support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols,
SASL support for the IMAP protocol and access to detailed SMTP
error codes."
(Sun)
SEVEN(R) and Sun Microsystems Deliver Enterprise-Class
Mobile Email to Mass-Market Java Enabled...
October 26, 2004 --
Java-Enabled Handsets Offered at Affordable Prices to Include
Email Capabilities Built-in; Mobile Email Access Moves Into
Mainstream Handsets.
(PRNewswire)
Borland Wants Devs, Analysts to Get Together
October 25, 2004 --
Developers who make software for developers are keying in on
the need to include business analysts in the process.
(Internet News)
Nokia Debuts Preminet Service
October 22, 2004 --
In an effort to make it easier to sell, distribute and buy cell-
phone applications, Nokia (Quote, Chart) has announced the
launch of Preminet, a service to distribute certified Java- and
Symbian-based mobile software.
(Internet News)
JNIWrapper 2.6
October 21, 2004 --
Calling native Windows code without explicitly coding JNI is
facilitated by JNIWrapper, which recently updated to version
2.6. The product allows you to code in Java and let it take care
of the JNI native code libraries. The release notes indicate
that the most of the changes in this version are bug fixes. The
product's news page says that next up is a 1.0 release of the
JExplorer product for embedding a browser in Swing, and
releasing an initial version of JNIWrapper for Mac OS X.
(JNIWrapper)
Java VM and .NET Benchmarks
October 21, 2004 --
Technical Consultant Kazuyuki Shudo has published a wide-ranging
set of benchmarks comparing various Java virtual machines and
.NET runtimes. The surveyed JVM's include those from Sun and
IBM, as well as the Jikes RVM, Kaffe, GCJ-compiled code, and
others. The .NET contenders, where appropriate, include
Microsoft's .NET runtime and Mono. Slashdot also has a vigorous
discussion of the results.
(Shudo)
New Java Studio Creator Targets Mac, Solaris-x86, I18N
October 21, 2004 --
Sun has released the latest version of Java Studio Creator, its
NetBeans- and JSF-based visual tool for building web
applications. Milestones in the free upgrade include support for
Solaris on x86 and Mac OS X. It's also the first multilingual
release of JSC, with support for Japanese and Simplified
Chinese.
(Sun)
Sun to add JFluid profiling tool to Java Studio
October 21, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems Inc. last week took an important step toward
commercializing an experimental Java performance measurement
tool called JFluid, moving the two-year-old project from the Sun
Labs research and development group into the company's software
division.
(ITWorld)
SeeBeyond the Way to SOA
October 20, 2004 --
Sun Microsystems tries to improve its Java Enterprise System by
porting it to SeeBeyond's composite application platform.
(Internet News)
JavaRSS.com 15x faster
October 20, 2004 --
JavaRSS.com, an aggregator site for Java-oriented news feeds, is
claiming a 15x speed improvement after their latest upgrade. For
example, download time on a 56.6 Kbps connection has improved
from 58.87 seconds to 3.98. The site collects news from popular
sources, including java.net news and the editor's daily blog,
along with java.sun.com, ONJava, TheServerSite, and more.
(JavaRSS)
JIRA 3.0
October 19, 2004 --
Atlassian Software Systems has released JIRA 3.0, the latest
version of its J2EE-based issue tracking and project management
software. The new version contains over 400 bug fixes and new
features.
(Atlassian)
IBM Updates Eclipse Java-COM Bridge Tool
October 19, 2004 --
IBM has updated its Eclipse-based Development Tool for Java-COM
Bridge. The tool enables tight communication between Java- and
COM- based applications, enabling the use of both kinds of
components in a single application, and facilitating a staged
migration of an application from a COM-based implementation to a
Java one.
(AlphaWorks)
MyJavaPack 1.0.2
October 19, 2004 --
MyJavaPack, a one-stop-shop for open-source Java development
tools and frameworks, has reached version 1.0.2. The bundle gets
developers started by downloading and installing the essentials
of open-source Java developmetn including development tools
(ant, Eclipse, JMeter, etc.), development frameworks (Hibernate,
Spring, Struts, Velocity, etc.), Servers (JBoss Tomcat, MySQL,
etc.), and administration tools. The pack approach eliminates
validating each download for integrity, and the whole thing can
be installed from the command line, via ant.
(Open-Centric)
Java.sun.com: Going 3D with Project Looking Glass
October 19, 2004 --
Early in 2003, Hideya Kawahara, a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun
Microsystems, had an inspiration. Recognizing that desktops had
not changed substantially in 20 years, he set out to make them
more aesthetically appealing and more powerful.
(Linux Today)
Defections Rattle Java Alliance
October 19, 2004 --
An alliance supporting a key Java specification has frayed as
the standard approaches final draft status, opening the
possibility of a standards war over Web services integration.
(Yahoo News)
BEA Takes SOA to Mobile Devices
October 19, 2004 --
BEA notches another product in its Liquid Computing strategy,
offering service-oriented architecture via handhelds.
(Internet News)
PlanetaMessenger.org 0.2 Beta 3
October 18, 2004 --
PlanetaMessenger 0.2 beta 3 has been released. The lastest
version of the multi-protocol instant messaging application adds
privacy support, look and feel improvements, and an installer
for Windows and all-Java distributions.
(SourceForge)
Pixory 3.11
October 18, 2004 --
Pixory version 3.11 has been released. Pixory is a Java
application allows you to access your photo collection on your
computer from anywhere on the internet. It also allows you to
share photo albums with family and friends, and helps keep your
collection organized. Version 3.11 improves performance and adds
Unicode support throughout.
(Pixory)
Montag 0.6
October 18, 2004 --
Montag is a web-services system for interfacing with any XML
database that implements the XML:DB API in Java, allowing
different SOAP-based systems, written in different languages and
for different platforms, to operate with XML databases. Montag
0.6 adds a new web services for updating one or more documents
without retriving them, via the XUpdate language.
(SourceForge)
JBoss Takes On jBPM Project
October 18, 2004 --
The professional open source outfit adds workflow management
to its middleware software lineup.
(Internet News)
Sun Lights up Java Desktop on x86
October 12, 2004 --
The company engineers Release 2 for AMD and Intel boxes running
Solaris.
(Internet News)
Games Set to Lead $4.8bn Mobile Java Market by 2009
October 12, 2004 --
New findings from Juniper Research show that Java™ downloads
will generate over $4.8bn in mobile revenues by 2009, with
Mobile Games accounting for the vast majority of revenues.
(SourceWire)
SuperWaba 4.50a
October 12, 2004 --
The SuperWaba Java VM for handhelds project has released version
4.50a. "Many optimizations on User Interface leads to 40% speed
improvement in form creation," and many bug fixes.
(SourceForge)
Tomcat 4.1.31 Stable
October 12, 2004 --
The Apache Tomcat development team has announced the release of
4.1.31 Stable. Aside from going stable the team has added
support for "optionally passing the shell environment variables
to the CGI script."
(Jakarta Apache)
Daisy CMS 1.0
October 12, 2004 --
The Daisy CMS project has announced their first release. Daisy
works in conjunction with Apache Cocoon.
(Cocoon Dev)
Jetty 5.0
October 11, 2004 --
The Jetty development team has released version 5.0.0 of their
Java servlet container. "Jetty 5, which implements the 2.4
Servlet specification has been released."
(SourceForge)
Tomcat 5.5.3-alpha and 5.0.29-beta
October 07, 2004 --
CodeFutures Cuts Software Development Costs By At Least 30% With Java Code Generator
CodeFutures' Java code generator, FireStorm/DAO, makes Java
software developers more productive by generating the business
logic for accessing relational databases.
(SourceWire)
Tomcat 5.5.3-alpha and 5.0.29-beta
October 07, 2004 --
The Apache Tomcat development team has released versions 5.5.3-
alpha and 5.0.29-beta of their application server. Regarding
5.5.3-alpha, "This build addresses several stability issues and
other bugs, and we hope to make this out first Beta-quality
build of the 5.5 branch". A stability vote will take place next
week. And for 5.0.29-beta, "The release contains a significant
number of bug fixes, and we expect it to be ratified as a Stable
release when the vote takes place next week as usual."
(Jakarta Apache)
Mantaray 1.1
October 07, 2004 --
Serverless Java messaging application Mantaray has released
version 1.1. "A Connection Aging feature was added to this
release. When a connection exceeds a certain time of inactivity,
the socket maintained by this connection is closed. This
minimizes the number of concurrent open sockets. When needed,
the connection is automatically reopened. There are minor
bugfixes and performance improvements."
(Freshmeat)
Apache Axis 1.2 RC1
October 07, 2004 --
The Apache Axis development team have announced the release of
version 1.2 RC1. "There are still a few issues (in particular
documentation) that need cleaning up before the final release,
but they should be quick. The code in this release is expected
to substantially be Axis 1.2, so if there are any critical
problems you have with it, please let us know via JIRA
immediately. We will do an RC2 if necessary, but otherwise this
should be the last release before 1.2 final."
(ApacheNews)
Whirlycache 0.6 Initial Public Release
October 06, 2004 --
The Whirlycache project has announced its initial public
release. They write in, "It is a fast, configurable in-memory
object cache for Java. It can be used, for example, to speed up
a website or an application by caching objects that would
otherwise have to be created by querying a database or by
another expensive procedure. From the testing that we have done,
it appears to be faster than any other Java cache that we have
been able to inspect."
(WhirleyCache)
Valtira Rolecall 1.1
October 06, 2004 --
Valtira has released version 1.1 to its identity management
system, Rolecall. "Improvements in version 1.1 include "a
simpler ActiveDirectory configuration, support for JAAS (Java
Authentication and Authorization Services) API, and support for
the SunONE directory schema." Rolecall provides single sign-on
capabilities to web applications.
(Valtira)
Commons Betwixt 0.6
October 06, 2004 --
The Jakarta Commons development team have released version 0.6
of Betwixt, a object-XML mapper. "Betwixt release 0.6 is the
first release containing the refactored codebase featuring an
improved design.
(Jakarta Apache)
Cayenne ORM 1.1 RC1
October 06, 2004 --
Andrus Adamchik of the Cayenne ORM (Object Relational Mapping)
project has announced the availability of thier first release
candidate for version 1.1. "It includes major improvements to
CayenneModeler - new preferences subsystem, local DataSources,
and much more. A highlight of this release is definitely "local"
DataSources configurable in the Modeler.
(The ServerSide)
OKI(R) Digital Color Printers Now Compatible with Sun Java(TM) Desktop System
October 06, 2004 --
Fastest-growing North American Color Page Printer
Manufacturer(1) Continues to Provide High-Performance, Value-
Driven Printing Solutions to the Open Source Community.
(PRNewswire)
JSecureConnect 2.0 released
October 06, 2004 --
JNetDirect, Inc. has released version 2.0 of JSecureConnect.
This is a major upgrade to JNetDirect's secure Java component
driver technology.
(Cellular News)
Protecting Java Games from piracy
October 06, 2004 --
Beep Science has announced the commercial availability of its
new Digital Rights Management product for Native Mobile Games
and Console Games.
(Cellular News)
A Search Engine For Java Code
October 06, 2004 --
IBM's Prospector project sniffs out those minute lines of code
you've been looking for.
(Internet News)
Sun Releases 2nd NetBeans 4.0 Beta
October 05, 2004 --
Developers of the NetBeans released the second beta iteration
version 4.0 software last week, squashing more than 900 bugs
found in the first beta release.
(Internet News)
Sun's Java Infringes on Kodak Patents
October 05, 2004 --
A jury in Rochester, N.Y., found Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart)
liable for using patented technology owned by photography
company Eastman Kodak (Quote, Chart) in the Java programming
language.
(Internet News)
Compuware Extends Vantage Solution With Acquisition of Java Application Management Product
October 05, 2004 --
DevStream Acquisition Fortifies Compuware Strategy of Supporting
Enterprise Java Application Life Cycle; Enables IT Organizations
to More Effectively Manage Enterprise Applications.
(PRNewswire)
Open-Source Java Brewing in Brazil
October 05, 2004 --
The Brazilian Government is pushing an initiative to deliver an
open source'd Java. "In what is known as the Javali Project,
Brazil is seeking to break free of the so-called vendor lock-in
and gain control of its own systems technology, said sources
close to the effort. Brazil was one of the first to mandate the
use of open-source technology, where applicable, in government
systems. ...Bruno Souza, leader of the SouJava Java Users Group
in Brazil, is actively involved with the 3-month-old project. He
said Brazil is recruiting developers to help with the effort.
SouJava is Brazil's largest Java user group, with more than
12,000 members."
(eWeek)
Mevenide for Eclipse 0.3.0 and Netbeans 4.0 beta2
October 05, 2004 --
The Codehaus has released versions for both Eclipse 0.3.0 and
Netbeans 4.0 beta2 of Mevenide. Mevenide for Eclipse 0.3.0 can
now be auto-launched and includes a new search engine. Mevenide
for Netbeans 4.0 beta2 features Maven template support, improved
dependency display, and more. Mevenide integrates Maven into
IDEs.
(CodeHaus)
Jikes 1.22
October 05, 2004 --
IBM developerWorks has released version 1.22 of Jikes, their
Java compiler. "This release supports compilation using the
rt.jar shipped with the released version of Java 5.0, but
otherwise has no more support for new language features than
1.21 did. A number of bugs were also corrected." A full
changelog is also available.
(IBM Alphaworks)
Spring Framework 1.1.1 Early Draft Review: JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile
October 05, 2004 --
An early draft review of JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile -
"On Ramp to OCAP" has been published to the JCP by Cox
Communications. "The requested specification will define a Java
2 Micro Edition (J2ME) profile based on the Connected Limited
Device Configuration (CLDC) that is appropriate for use by
small-footprint cable television set top boxes."
(JCP)
Subversion 1.1.0
October 01, 2004 --
Spring Framework 1.1.1
The Spring application framework project has released version
1.1.1 with some bug fixes and minot enhancements. New features
include an "import element for XML bean definitions, support fo
non-public classes and non-public init and destroy methods, a
new 'test' in mock JAR," and more. A detailed changelog is also
available.
(Spring Framework)
Subversion 1.1.0
October 01, 2004 --
The Subversion development team has released version 1.1.0 with
new features. "Subversion 1.1.0 is the first new feature release
since 1.0.0 and includes a number of new improvements and
features." These include: non-database file repositories,
symlink versioning, and localized messages.
(Subversion)
NetBeans IDE 4.0 Beta 2
October 01, 2004 --
The Netbeans IDE project has announced the release of Version
4.0 Beta2. "The NetBeans open source project is proud to
announce that the NetBeans IDE 4.0 Beta 2 is now available as
both an individual download and also bundled with the newly
released production version of Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
Development Kit 5.0 (J2SE 5.0 a.k.a. "Tiger"). Since the Beta 1
release, over 900 bugs have been fixed including 65 in the
performance area. The NetBeans IDE provides a pure Java
technology integrated development environment for Windows,
Linux, the SolarisTM Operating System and Mac OS X."
(Netbeans)
Microsoft FAT File System Patent Revoked
October 01, 2004 --
Microsoft has had its patent for the FAT file system revoked by
the US Patent and Trademark Office. "The Public Patent
Foundation (PUBPAT) initiated a challenge of the of Microsoft's
patent in June of this year, claiming that previously unseen
prior art demonstrated that the patent should never have been
granted. In addition, the Patent Office also found that some of
the grounds for the original applicaiton were unpatentable."
Microsoft has not stated if it will appeal the decision.
(Arstechnica)
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