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Welcome to the Core Java Technologies Newsletter. Here you'll find links to the latest products, tools, resources, and events relating to development with the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE).

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Product and Technology Releases

The following J2SE products and technologies were recently released:

JSR 141 Session Description Protocol (SDP) API 1.0 Proposed Final Draft
The IETF protocol SDP specifies messages that describe multimedia sessions and are included within other protocol messages as payload. The API will enable users to manipulate SDP messages.

JSR 200 Network Transfer Format for Java Archives PFD 3
Defines a dense download format for Java classfiles. It is expected that this format can achieve considerable size savings over compressed JAR files.

JSR 114 JDBC Rowset Implementations 1.0.1 Maintenance Release
Java API providing implementations of the JDBC Rowset interface.

JSR 212 Server API for Mobile Services: Messaging 1.0 Final Release
Defines a protocol-agnostic messaging API for composing, sending and receiving short messages and multimedia messages. It provides a client API to Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers.

JSR 225 XQuery API for Java 1.0 Early Draft Review
Develops a common API that allows an application to submit queries conforming to the W3C XQuery 1.0 specification and to process the results of such queries.

Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) 1.4
Allows the developer to evaluate the latest XML and web services technologies, create XML and web service-enabled applications, and simplify legacy application integration, data interchange, and publishing in a web environment.

JSR 176 J2SE 1.5 (Tiger) Release Contents Proposed Final Draft
Defines the major features of the J2SE "Tiger" release (J2SE 1.5).

JSR 222 Java API for XML Data Binding 2.0 Early Draft Review
Proposes additional functionality while retaining ease of development as a key goal.

JSR 224 Java API for XML-based RPC 2.0 Early Draft Review
Extends the existing 1.0 spec with new features, including: direct support for JAXB 2.0-based data binding, support for the latest W3C and WS-I standards (e.g. SOAP 1.2, WSDL 1.2), standardized metadata for Java/WSDL mapping, an improved handler framework, and support for asynchronous RPC and non-HTTP transports.

JSR 243 Java Data Objects 2.0 Early Draft Review
The high level objectives are to make JDO easier to use, more closely align JDO with J2EE, standardize JDO's support of relational databases, and broaden the scope of JDO to include more vendor persistence architectures.

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Resources

Learn more about, and get "hands-on" training for J2SE technologies through the following resources.

Technical Articles

  • LeafySeadragon: Cetacean Human Network
    Read about the open source projects LeafySeadragon and Leafy, designed to convert underwater cetacean whistles into audio and text formats.

  • The New Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.4
    (Java WSDP 1.4)
    Learn how the new Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP) 1.4 is keeping up with key standards.

  • The JVMPI Transition to JVMTI
    This article describes the basics of converting JVMPI agents into JVMTI agents, and provides some good tips on problems to avoid and techniques to use with JVMTI.

  • Creating a Debugging and Profiling Agent with JVMTI
    This article discusses the architecture and interfaces provided in JVMTI for debugging, profiling and managing the Java process during runtime.

  • GC Portal
    Newly updated, GC Portal is a one-stop page for GC issues and includes an extensive and useful collection of whitepapers, case studies and other material for the developer's perusal.

  • Java Development in Internet Time
    James Gosling, father of Java technology, discusses the state of the Java platform, his new role as Sun Developer Tools CTO, and Java technology vs .NET.

Tech Tips

Chats

Newsletter

Java Technology Fundamentals Newsletter
Learn about basic audio support in your applications and applets, test what you learned with an online quiz, discover the latest in Sun's web and instructor courses, and read about the Java Communications API.

Events

  • Modeling with Java Studio Enterprise Webinar
    With the early access version of Java Studio Enterprise 7, you'll be able create your designs in UML and use round-trip modeling to write your application more quickly. Demos will be shown. Sign up now for this free webinar on August 25th at 9:00 a.m. PDT/16:00 UTC.

  • OpenOffice.org Conference
    On September 22-24, 2004 the second worldwide OpenOffice.org Conference will be held at the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

  • PeopleSoft Connect
    September 20-24, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California PeopleSoft Connect 2004 is the only user conference that gives you a complete offering of sessions for all three PeopleSoft product families. Whether you're using PeopleSoft Enterprise, PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne, or PeopleSoft World, you'll benefit from tips and techniques you simply can't get anywhere else.

Developer's Marketplace

Sun Java Studio Creator is now available for purchase as part of the SDN Standard membership for only $99 USD.
Download today!

Developer's Choice - Free Server or Workstation
Choose the bundle of hardware, software and services that best meets your development needs - both include everything you need to develop and test enterprise applications right away.

Project Looking Glass Developer's Release
The Project Looking Glass developer's release enables Java technology developers to break new ground with an intuitive 3D desktop environment. Join the community.

Keep Duke surfin' on your desktop!
Download a free Duke screensaver today.

Bid Now: Special Sun Fire V40z Server Auctions on eBay
Get the brand new Sun Fire V40z 4-way AMD Opteron processor-based server on eBay, which normally lists for $8,495 U.S. Auctions are currently live and available to U.S. customers only.

Industry News and Announcements

The Java Community Process (JCP) Program Unveils its 2004 Awards Winners
Best Java community members, specification leads and technologies honored.

Viewpoint

Contrarian Minds: Jonathan Schwartz
Sun's culture is not for the faint of heart, says Sun COO.

What's Next? A Conversation about Web Communication with XML Pioneer, Tim Bray
XML pioneer Tim Bray, who recently arrived at Sun Microsystems, talks about the future of RSS feeds and the rapidly shifting nature of web communication.

The Utility Model for Online Games: Part Two of a Conversation with Chief Gaming Officer, Chris Melissinos
Chris Melissinos discusses Sun's new game server prototype, the importance of middleware, and the utility model for online games.

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