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May 2006 Core Java Technologies Newsletter

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May 26, 2006

Welcome to the Core Java Technologies Newsletter.

Core Java Technologies
NEWSLETTER

Here you'll find links to the latest products, tools, resources, and events relating to development with the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, formerly referred to as J2SE).

	EARLY ACCESS

	The following Java SE products and technologies recently became available through the Early Access Release Program.
»	JSR 251 Pricing API 0.4 Early Draft Review (May 1, 2006) This is a standard for defining and using complex pricing data and business rules, enabling integration, and allowing business-differentiating extensions.
»	JSR 254 OSS Discovery API 0.6 Early Draft Review (May 9, 2006) This JSR provides an API that allows network discovery applications to be developed and integrated with other OSS/J enabled applications.
»	JSR 262 Web Services Connector for Java Management Extensions (JMX) Agents Early Draft Review (May 18, 2006) This JSR defines a connector for the JMX Remote API that uses web services to make JMX instrumentation available remotely. Clients do not have to be Java technology applications.

	PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY RELEASES

	The following Java SE products and technologies were recently released.
»	JSR 73 Data Mining API 1.1 Maintenance Release (April 21, 2006) This JSR addresses the need for a data-mining API aligned with existing and evolving data-mining standards efforts.
»	JSR 67 Java APIs for XML Messaging: SOAP with Attachments API for Java 1.2 Maintenance Release 2 (April 25, 2006) JAXM provides an API for packaging and transporting business transactions using on-the-wire protocols being defined by ebXML.org, Oasis, W3C, and IETF.
»	JavaMail API 1.4 First Customer Ship (April 28, 2006) The JavaMail API 1.4 release includes many improvements in MIME-parsing performance and support for parsing and constructing delivery status notifications.
»	JSR 919 JavaMail 1.4 Maintenance Release (May 2, 2006) This is an updated version of the new APIs that are being introduced in the JavaMail API.
»	JSR 198 A Standard Extension API for Integrated Development Environments 1.0 Final Release (May 8, 2006) JSR 198 has the goal of defining a standard IDE API that allows developers to implement IDE plug-ins once and have them run with any IDE supporting the specification.
»	JSR 222 Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0 Final Release (May 11, 2006) This JSR proposes additional functionality while retaining ease of development as a key goal.
»	JSR 224 Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 Final Release (May 11, 2006) The JAX-WS 2.0 specification extends the existing JAX-RPC 1.0 specification with new features.
»	JSR 250 Common Annotations for Java Platform 1.0 Final Release (May 12, 2006) This JSR will develop annotations for common semantic concepts in the Java SE and Java EE platforms that apply across a variety of individual technologies.
»	Stay Up-to-Date With Sun Java Studio Creator, Update 1 This updates the bundled application server to Sun Java Application Server 8.2, upgrades the bundled database from PointBase to open- source Java Database 2 (Derby), and includes all previous hot fixes.

	RESOURCES

	Learn more about and get "hands-on" training for Java SE technologies through the following resources.
	TECHNICAL ARTICLES
»	Observability Using J2SE 5.0 and the Solaris 10 Operating System The J2SE 5.0 platform comes with a number of observability tools, especially on the Solaris 10 Operating System.
»	Observability Using Java SE 6 and the Solaris Operating System Read about how to use DTrace, the Java Heap histogram, and JConsole, as well as tools for postmortem observability, on the Java SE 6 platform.
»	2006 JavaOne Conference Highlights Not among the 14,000 developers at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco? Catch the highlights from writers who talked with the presenters and captured the week's activities.
	VIEWPOINTS
»	AJAX, JavaScript Technology, and Sun's Support for Dynamic Web Experience Heard the buzz about AJAX and JavaScript technology? Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, Greg Murray, and Vivek Nagar discuss Sun's efforts to help developers create highly interactive web applications that give users a sense of immediacy and speed.
»	Java Technology Rock Star: Mark Reinhold Now the chief engineer for the Java SE platform at Sun, Mark Reinhold has contributed to the platform's character-stream readers and writers, reference objects, shutdown hooks, and the NIO high-performance I/O APIs.
»	Java Technology Rock Star: Eamonn McManus Eamonn McManus is the spec lead of the Java Management Extensions (JMX) team at Sun Microsystems. From his office in Grenoble, France, he heads the technical work on JSR 255, JMX API 2.0, and JSR 262, Web Services Connector for JMX Agents.
»	Java Technology Rock Star: Greg Murray Greg Murray is the Sun Servlet specification lead and a former member of the Java BluePrints team. In this interview, he discusses AJAX and the future of Java technology.
	TECH TIPS
»	Programmatic Access to Network Parameters
»	Dialog Modality
	BOOKS
»	Java Tutorial Update: J2SE 5.0 This practical guide for programmers contains hundreds of complete working examples and has recently been updated to include J2SE 5.0.
»	Sun Microsystems Press -- The Java Series The Java Series provides information for users of Java technology at all levels of expertise.
	NEWSLETTERS
»	Mobility Developer Newsletter Highlights the latest releases of wireless and Java Card technologies.
»	Sun Student Connection Newsletter Brings you the latest news on open-source developer tools, technology resources, and Java technology-based Internet gaming.
»	Enterprise Java Technologies Newsletter Highlights the latest enterprise Java technology releases, products, tools, resources, events, and news.
»	Sun Developer Network (SDN) Newsletter Provides news and information of value to SDN users -- including product announcements, user group meetings, early access programs, and more.
	COMMUNITY
»	2006 JCP Program Annual Awards Ceremony The JCP community came together at this year's JavaOne conference to honor its own: the year's best spec leads, the crème de la crème of JSRs, and the member who has impacted the program most significantly.
	TRAINING
»	Free Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) With Select Training Purchases Receive a Sony PSP when you buy selected Sun training courses valued at USD $2,500 or more. Special bonuses are available for new and upgrading Solaris Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) and Identity Management users.
»	Tutorials and Online Training Learn the various Java technologies -- from the fundamentals of the Java programming language to web services and the Java EE platform -- through a variety of online tutorials and classes.
»	Java SE Learning Path Course Catalog This path provides essential training necessary for you to become proficient in the basics of Java technology programming using Java SE.
»	Certification Validate your skills as an IT professional. Getting Sun-certified is a great way to invest in your professional development.

EVENTS

»	Gartner IT Security Summit (June 5-7, Washington, D.C.) An unprotected device attached to the Internet is attacked within seconds. This conference explores solutions in technologies, methodologies, products, and services.
»	JBoss World 06 (June 12-15, Las Vegas, Nevada) This is the largest gathering of JBoss users worldwide and an event that contributes to the evolution of professional open source.
»	O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference (June 13-14, San Jose, California) Come be part of the people, projects, and issues leading the charge into the location based technological frontier. Debate and discuss what's viable now and what's just below the radar.
»	More Events

ANNOUNCEMENTS

»	Developer Expert Assistance Now Available Need programming advice on J2SE 1.4.2 or 5.0 or other Sun developer products -- NetBeans IDE and so on? Sun Expert Assistance offers sanity checks, diagnostics, workarounds, and more.
»	My Sun Connection Saves You Time My Sun Connection provides shortcuts to essential resources for your Sun software -- product documentation, knowledge bases, forums, blogs, training, and support offerings -- saving you time.
»	Premium and Standard Solaris Service Plans at 20% off Purchase a Standard or Premium Solaris Service Plan and get a 20% discount on two- to eight-socket service plans. Enter the promotion code SOLPLN20, and click Apply when you check out.
»	Cool Apps Developer Challenge -- $50,000 Total Prizes Build the coolest app that runs on Sun Grid Compute Utility or create one with the Compute Server Plug-in for NetBeans. First prize is $15,000, with $5,000 awarded to two runners-up.
»	Behind the Scenes at the 2006 JavaOne Conference Find out why more than 14,000 developers went to the 2006 JavaOne conference. Beginning 5/31, watch video interviews with luminaries and attendees, get demos, and download the latest development tools.

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