Return-Path: Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu by po10.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id OAA17418; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:09:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hermes.java.sun.com (hermes.java.sun.com [64.124.140.163]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id OAA04681 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:09:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200110191809.OAA04681@pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:09:08 GMT+00:00 From: "JDC Editorial Staff" To: alexp@mit.edu Subject: October 2001 JDC Newsletter Precedence: junk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Beyond Email 2.2 - W E L C O M E - to the Java Developer Connection(sm) (JDC) Newsletter, covering Early Access software releases, new products, developer programs, and more. You can view this issue on the Web at: http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/2001/nl1019.html and you'll find the JDC Newsletter archives at: http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/jdc_newsletters.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J D C N E W S L E T T E R INSIDE THE JDC New on the JDC * Articles * Bookshelf * Tech Tips * Newsletters PRODUCT NEWS Early Access Developer Release Software * ECperf(tm) Kit 1.0 Update Release 1 (September 27, 2001) * Java Smart Ticket Demo 1.0 Beta (September 20, 2001) * Jini(tm) Technology Starter Kit SDM Examples 1.1 (September 19, 2001) * Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.3.1_01a (September 18, 2001) * Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition 1.3 FCS Release (September 17, 2001) * J2EE IDE Toolkit 2.0 (September 17, 2001) Product Release Software * JAIN(tm) Call Control API Final Release (October 11 2001) * Forte for Java Community Edition, v3.0/ J2SE, v1.4 Beta 2 Cobundle (October 09 2001) * JAIN MGCP 1.0 Final Specification Release (October 08 2001) * Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition 1.3_01 (October 08 2001) * JSR-011 JAIN TCAP 1.1 -- Maintenance Release (October 05 2001) * Java Certification Path API 1.0 Proposed Final Draft (October 03 2001) * Preferences API Specification Proposed Final Draft (September 28 2001) * JAIN Mobile Application Part (MAP) First Public Release (September 26 2001) * Java Generic Security Services API 1.0 Proposed Final Draft (September 26 2001) * JAIN ISUP Specification Public Review Draft v0.7 (September 26 2001) * J2EE SDK Japanese Supplement 1.3 (September 26 2001) * Java 3D(tm) Fly Through API v1.0 (September 25 2001) * Java API for XML Messaging Specification, 1.0 PFD (September 24 2001) * J2EE IDE Toolkit Software 2.0 (September 19 2001) * JSR-53 Java Servlet 2.3 Specification (September 19 2001) * JSR-53 JavaServer Pages 1.2 Specification (September 19 2001) * Java Logging API Specification v0.8 (September 19 2001) * Java Message Service Tutorial v1.3 FCS (September 18 2001) * J2EE Platform 1.3 Specification Final Release (September 17 2001) * EJB 2.0 Specification Final Release (September 17 2001) DEVELOPER PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES * NT Migration * J2ME European Code Camps * Conference News - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I N S I D E T H E J D C NEW ON THE JDC o Articles Building an Application, Part 1 Learn about classes, objects, and methods in the first part of this tutorial that teaches Java(tm) technologies and how they fit together in a dive log application. (October 3, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/onlineTraining/new2java/divelog/ Using J2EE(tm) Services from JSP(tm) This fourth article of a series presents a brief overview of J2EE, then shows how to describe J2EE services in a Web Deployment Descriptor, reference J2EE services, and access and use J2EE services from JavaServer Pages(tm). (October 1, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/technicalArticles/xml/WebAppDev4/ o Bookshelf Graphic Java 2, Volume 2, Swing Learn about Swing utilities and two Swing chooser components in this excerpt from this most comprehensive guide to Java Foundation Classes. (October 4, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/Books/GJ22swing/ Early Adopter J2SE(tm) 1.4 Early Adopter J2SE 1.4 presents an assessment of the significance of the changes to the latest Java 2 release, and investigates how they impact developers' applications. (September 28, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/Books/EarlyJ2SE/ J2EE(tm) Technology in Practice J2EE Technology in Practice provides an overview of J2EE technology, and details ten examples of ways J2EE technology has helped leading corporations, educational institutions, and government organizations. (September 19, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/Books/J2EETech/ o Tech Tips How Arguments are Passed to Java Methods, and Converting C Programs to the Java Programming Language October 9, 2001 http://java.sun.com/jdc/JDCTechTips/2001/tt1009.html Generating Integer Random Numbers, and Displaying Element-Level Tool Tips for Swing Components September 25, 2001 http://java.sun.com/jdc/JDCTechTips/2001/tt0925.html o Newsletters C&E Newsletter Read about the latest product and technology releases, events, industry news, and resources for Consumer and Embedded technologies. (October 8, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/2001/jdc_ce1008.html New to Java Programming Center Supplement Learn to convert a String to a numerical value, then format that value using the NumberFormat class. Read what AWT and Project Swing have in common, and try this month's Program Challenge. (October 10, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/onlineTraining/new2java/supplements/2001/oct01.html To access the JDC, go to: http://java.sun.com/jdc/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P R O D U C T N E W S EARLY ACCESS DEVELOPER RELEASE SOFTWARE. The following Java platform software is now available for download on the JDC: * ECperf(tm) Kit 1.0 Update Release 1 The ECperf kit, which also includes a Specification, is a benchmark designed to measure performance and scalability in the J2EE platform. (September 27 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/earlyAccess/j2ee/ecperf/download.html * Java Smart Ticket Demo 1.0 Beta This is a sample wireless enterprise application using 100% Java technology from J2EE BluePrints for Wireless. (September 20, 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints/earlyaccess.html * Jini(tm) Technology Starter Kit SDM Examples 1.1 Contains Jini technology infrastructure implementations, as well as supporting helper classes and services, including JavaSpaces(tm) technology. (September 19 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/products/jini/index.html * Java 2 Software Development Kit, Standard Edition, v 1.3.1_01a The changes in this release are solely targeted at allowing applets to use Sun's Virtual Machine inside Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows without modification to your HTML pages. (September 18, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/earlyAccess/j2sdk131_01a/ * Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition 1.3 FCS Release This includes enhancements to the Servlet and JavaServer Pages(tm) technologies with the addition of the Tomcat 4.0 container. (September 17, 2001) http://java.sun.com/jdc/earlyAccess/j2sdk131_01a/ * J2EE IDE Toolkit 2.0 The Toolkit integrates Forte(tm) for Java, Community Edition (CE) 2.0 with the J2EE 1.3 Deployment Tool, providing a more user-friendly application development environment for the J2EE SDK. (September 17, 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/j2eeide-toolkit/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY RELEASES SOFTWARE. The following Java platform software and technology releases are now available for download: * JAIN(tm) Call Control API Final Release The Java Call Control (JCC) Application Programming Interface (API) is a Java interface for creating, monitoring, controlling, manipulating and tearing down communications sessions in a converged PSTN, packet-switched, and wireless environment. JAIN Call Control developers can subscribe to the "JAIN-JCC-INTEREST" discussion list at http://archives.java.sun.com. (October 11 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr021/ * Forte for Java Community Edition, v3.0/ J2SE, v1.4 Beta 2 Cobundle Forte for Java, 3.0 Community Edition, software is Sun's extensible, integrated development environment (IDE) for Java technology developers. It is based on the NetBeans(tm) Tools Platform, and it is integrated with the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE). (October 09 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download-sdk-forte.html * JAIN MGCP 1.0 Final Specification Release JAIN MGCP API provides an industry standard Java technology interface into proprietary MGCP protocol stacks. The implementation of this API focuses around the JainMgcpListener and JainMgcpProvider interfaces. (October 08 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr023/index.html * Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition 1.3_01 Release 1.3_01 is an update to Version 1.3 that corrects the deployment descriptors put out by J2EE SDK 1.3 tools for EJB(tm) CMP 2.0 entity beans and EJB CMP 1.1 entity beans to make them compatible with beans developed on other J2EE application servers for portability purposes. (October 08 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/ * JSR-011 JAIN TCAP 1.1 -- Maintenance Release The Certification Program for developers of the JAIN TCAP API is now available. For further information on certifying your JAIN TCAP product, please visit http://www.aptest.com/jtsp. (October 05 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr011/index2.html * Java Certification Path API 1.0 Proposed Final Draft This API defines interfaces and abstract classes for creating, building, and validating certification paths. (October 03 2001) http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr055/ * Preferences API Specification Proposed Final Draft Several typos in the Public Review were corrected. In addition there was one API change affecting two methods, and two clarifications. (September 28 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr010/ * JAIN Mobile Application Part (MAP) First Public Release Specification v1.0 The JAIN MAP API enables an application to access functionality of SS7 MAP (Mobile Application Part) protocols like ETSI MAP (specified in GSM 09.02). Version 1 of the JMAP API supports Message Transaction Capability, Message Session Capability, MS Information Capability, and MS Position Capability. (September 26 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr029/ * Java Generic Security Services API 1.0 Proposed Final Draft The changes since the public draft are minor and related to javadocs for some of the APIs. (September 26 2001) http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr072/ * JAIN ISUP Specification Public Review Draft v0.7 JAIN ISUP API Specification defines a set of classes and interfaces for developing java ISUP applications, with vendor and platform portability. This version of JAIN ISUP API addresses the ITU and ANSI variants of ISUP. (September 26 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr017 * J2EE SDK Japanese Supplement 1.3 The J2EE SDK Japanese Supplement is a set of resource bundles containing localized Japanese messages for the J2EE SDK. (September 26 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/ja_sup_webpage.html * Java 3D(tm) Fly Through API v1.0 The Java 3D Fly Through application shows developers how to use Java 3D and take advantage of some of the capabilities within Java 3D. Release 1.0 of this application provides the ability to load scenes from a number of formats including obj, lws and using third party loaders 3Ds, flt and a number of other formats. (September 25 2001) http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/flythrough.html * Java API for XML Messaging Specification, 1.0 PFD This version of the JAXM specification includes the notion of messaging Profiles. The intent is to establish a foundation for supporting a family of higher level standards-based messaging protocols. (September 24 2001) http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxm/ * J2EE IDE Toolkit Software 2.0 This release supports the J2EE 1.3 SDK. It has the following new features: Starting the Toolkit by using the Forte startup script, runide, using the Toolkit to create source code templates for J2EE components, and using the Toolkit to debug EJB components and servlets. (September 19 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/j2eeide-toolkit/ * JSR-53 Java Servlet 2.3 Specification The following changes have been made since version 2.2: Incorporation of Javadoc(tm) API definitions into the specification document, application events, servlet filtering, and dependencies on installed extensions. (September 19 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr053 * JSR-53 JavaServer Pages 1.2 Specification JSP 1.2 extends JSP 1.1 in a number of ways, including using Servlet 2.3 as the foundation for its semantics, defining the XML syntax for JSP pages, and improving the tag handler contract. (September 19 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr053 * Java Logging API Specification v0.8 This is an updated draft of the Java Logging APIs proposed in JSR-047, containing some changes after the Public Review draft. (September 19 2001) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr047 * Java Message Service Tutorial v1.3 FCS The Java Message Service (JMS) Tutorial is provided as a companion to the J2EE SDK, version 1.3. The tutorial has two main purposes, to introduce the JMS API to new users, with simple JMS client program examples, and to show how to use the JMS API within the J2EE platform. (September 18 2001) http://java.sun.com/products/jms/tutorial/ * J2EE Platform 1.3 Specification Final Release This release includes a number of features that are new to the J2EE SDK. These include enhancements to the Servlet and JSP technologies with the addition of the Tomcat 4.0 container. (September 17 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html#platformspec * EJB 2.0 Specification Final Release This release has been expanded to include many new functionalities, including integration of EJBs with the Java Message Service, a revised Enterprise JavaBeans container- managed persistence for entity beans, and added support for container-managed relationships. (September 17 2001) http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/docs.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D E V E L O P E R P R O G R A M S A N D R E S O U R C E S * NT Migration On October 9, 2001, Sun announced a new Web site for developers which features information and resources to help them migrate their applications towards a more reliable and scalable future. Visit the new site at http://www.sun.com/migration/nt. * J2ME European Code Camps Take note of the J2ME European Code Camps in Paris, France, on November 5, 6 and 7, 2001. Developers and IT professionals can learn about Java applications for wireless devices that are compliant with the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). For more information about the event, go to http://sun.fr/sdc. * Conference News * October 28 - November 3 SIGS Conference for Java Development San Jose, California, United States Doubletree Hotel -- Learn Java technology-based skills by attending Sun Microsystems' Java University program. Also visit Sun Educational Services at Booth #110 on the show floor to learn about our IT training and global learning solutions encompassing consulting, instructor-led training, eLearning, certification, and learning management. * November 10 - 16 COMDEX Fall 2001 Extreme Knowledge Conference Las Vegas, Nevada, United States MGM Grand Hotel -- Attend the Java University(sm) program - Code-level lectures for experienced developers using Java technology - brought to you by Sun Microsystems. 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