Israel Hilerio

One of the primary reasons for the success of Java has been its robust dynamic class loading mechanism. The Java Virtual Machine ClassLoader is a mechanism that Java uses to load classes at runtime. Techniques to take advantage of Java's dynamic nature and the interactive nature of the Web usually create a spark of interest in the Java community. This article leads the reader through the development of a new Java ClassLoader mechanism that leverages the Web for downloading Java classes. It begins with an overview of the Java ClassLoader mechanism, followed by an examination of how Java's ClassLoader can be extended to download Java classes from multiple Web servers to be used by a single Java application. This will allow users to develop applications that download behavi... (more)

XML & Java: The Why and the How

Today the technical media talks a great deal about the Java platform and its importance in creating a ubiquitous Internet execution environment. While most of us have bought into this concept, other technologies that are emerging rapidly promise to smooth out the road to the computing promised land. XML is one of these technologies that needs to be taken seriously. There are many aspects... (more)

Interview...with Paul Mitchell - President of CodeMarket

CodeMarket is a global software development network where software developers and development managers can find and purchase freelance development work and ready-to-run Java components. It recently formed a partnership with ParaSoft, a provider of software error-prevention and error-detection solutions. ParaSoft's Jtest, a Java unit testing tool, will be the standard tool by which all co... (more)

Java and XML: The Promised Land

Welcome to Java and XML - the promised land. In the context of these two technologies the promised land presents a series of solutions in which the marriage between Java and XML has provided an optimal answer for solving distributed multiplatform problems. But do XML and Java actually pave the road to data interchange nirvana? Let's embark on a journey to analyze and evaluate the hype an... (more)

Java, XML and the Command Patter

This month's column shows the advantages of using Java and XML to implement the Command Pattern. It also provides a brief illustration of how this pattern can be used to implement transaction integrity via compensating actions. Patterns provide developers with reproducible solutions to common problems. The format for describing a pattern consists of a description of the problem, a brief... (more)