Java Coffee Break Newsletter

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 3 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Editorial : Java in the Media * Changes to the newsletter ================================================================= Editorial : Java in the Media In recent months, Java developers and users may have heard the controversy over Java support by Microsoft, in particular the end of the Visual J++ programming tool, and the lack of support for Java in the upcoming release of Windows XP. Some commentary has been confusing, some has been alarming, some h...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 2 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Events : JavaOne 2001 Conference (June 4-8) * Q&A : What is the difference between public, private, and protected keywords? Do I even need to use them? * Q&A : When I compile a Java application using the new JDK1.1, or Java 2 compiler from Sun, it says that it uses "a deprecated API". What does this mean? ================================================================= Events : JavaOne 2001 Conference (June 4-8) If you're new to Java, you might not be ...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 1 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Welcome back to our regular readers * Q&A : My instructor says that Visual J++ is more popular than Java, and that Java is only a subset of J++. Is this true? ================================================================= Featured Java Websites Each month, we feature a selection of premium websites devoted to the Java programming language, and software development in general. Here are a selection of websites that may be of in...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 11 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Book Review - Java 1.2 In Record Time * Book Review - Taming Java Threads * Interview with George Reese on databases and JDBC * Interview with Sing Li on Jini * Q&A : What is a Sun Certified Java Architect? * Q&A : How do I run the garbage collector to free memory and delete unused objects? ================================================================= ........................advertisement.......................... \ / \...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 10 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Book Review - Web Development with JavaServer Pages * Book Review - Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition * Interview with Duane K. Fields, and Mark A. Kolb, on JSP * Interview with Ed Roman, on Enterprise JavaBeans * Q&A : What does a void return value mean? Which class is being returned? ================================================================= ........................advertisement.......................... \ / \ Discou...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 9 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Book Review - Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans and the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition * Interview with Qusay H. Mahmoud on Distributed Computing * Q&A : How I can find the class of an object? * Q&A : How I can I return a null value from an object constructor? ........................advertisement.......................... \ / \ Discount books, CD's, video, electronics, and more! / \ / \ You may have bought books f...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 8 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Book Review - Professional JSP * Q&A : What is an abstract class, and when should it be used? * Q&A : How do I kill a thread? The stop() method is deprecated in JDK1.2, so how do I shut it down? * Q&A : How can I append an existing file in Java? ================================================================= \ / \ JavaCon 2000 Enterprise Developers' Conference / \ / \ Experience four days of talks and presentations...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 7 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Article : Java Viruses - are you at risk? * Q&A : What can cause an object to fail to initialize properly? * Q&A : I'm trying to compile a Java source file, and get the error message "bad command or filename". What did I do wrong? * Q&A : What is a "magic number" in Java, and why does it sometimes go bad (referring to a bad magic number error when loading applets) ? ===============================================================...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 6 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Editor's Note * Featured Java Websites * Book Review - Java Pitfalls * Book Review - Professional Java XML Programming * Interview : Mark Grand, author of Patterns in Java * Q&A : How can I poll a remote server, to see if it is still available? * Q&A : How can I create an event handling mechanism in Java? * Q&A : How can I read the status code of a HTTP request? ================================================================= Editor's Note Readers may ...

Java Coffee Break Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 5 http://www.javacoffeebreak.com/ ISSN 1442-3790 ================================================================= In this issue * Featured Java Websites * Article : Is Java driving you loopy? * Q&A : How do I prevent caching of HTTP requests? * Q&A : How do I synchronize access to a collection? * Q&A : How do I convert from a Collection to an array? ================================================================= /* * Curious about class loaders? Confused by composition? * Threatened by thread safety or befuddled by finalizers? * Check out Design Techniques articles and discu...