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Data binding with Castor, Part 2: Marshall and unmarshall XML
(Brett D. McLaughlin, Sr.) In the last article of this series, you downloaded, installed, and set up Castor. In this article, you’ll learn how to convert your Java classes to XML and transform that XML back into Java code, as well as how Castor works and how to design your classes to function well w
‘XML’ Should be a First Class DataType in Java, or My E4X Epiphany
(Ganesh Prasad) I’ve been playing with E4X for a few days now. I never realised that manipulating XML could be so easy. No heavyweight API like JAXB or its marginally simpler cousin JDOM. E4X is just so simple and natural, with XPath-like expressions being part of the basic syntax. A pity Java has n
The ASP.NET AJAX Serialization Process
(Matthew Ellis) In this article we’ll examine the ASP.NET AJAX serialization process. We will examine the server-side methods and client-side methods which serialize and deserialize objects.
User Administration Tool (Part 2)
(Bipin Joshi) In the Part 1 of this series we started developing a web user control that allows us to manage various aspects of user administration such as password recovery, role mapping and profile management. We configured the database and web site for availing membership, role and profile featur
Basic of GDI+ and Graphics in ASP.NET
(Handy Chang) In this article, I will explain about GDI+ in .NET Framework. If you haven’t heard about GDI+, then GDI+ is a set of classes in .NET framework that deal with graphics. You can use GDI+ to draw custom drawing on the screen. GDI provides a layer of abstraction, hiding the differences bet
ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 4): Handling Form Edit and Post Scenarios
(Scott Guthrie) The last few weeks I have been working on a series of blog posts that cover the new ASP.NET MVC Framework we are working on. The ASP.NET MVC Framework is an optional approach you can use to structure your ASP.NET web applications to have a clear separation of concerns, and make it e
Using Tag Mapping to Fix the Form Control for URL Rewriting
(Nikhil Kothari) I had an email exchange with a couple of folks about fixing the form’s action attribute as rendered by asp.net that gets in the way of URL rewriting, by rendering out an action attribute pointing to the rewritten URL rather than the prettier original URL as shown on the browser’s ad
Internal vs. External Testing?
(Zack Urlocker) When I first arrived at MySQL more than 4 years ago, we didn’t have much in the way of internal Quality Assurance. There were a couple of test suites that had been created and many engineers wrote unit tests. We supported a wide range of platforms, but formal testing was pretty spott
Kick-start your Java apps, Part 2
(Sing Li) The combination of Eclipse, DB2 Express-C 9.5, and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 — all free to download, use, and deploy — is an excellent from-prototype-to-production suite for all of your Java and Java enterprise development needs. What might not be obvious is the re