Stripes is a presentation framework for building web applications using the latest Java technologies. The main driver behind Stripes is that web application development in Java is just too much work! It seems like every existing framework requires gobs of
Drools is an enhanced Rules Engine implementation based on the ReteOO algorithm, an algorithm adapted from the one originally devised by Charles Forgy. Drools has become quite popular due to performance characteristics and it’s natural language semantic
The Brazilian National Healthcare System has been called the largest Enterprise Java application ever built, with over 2M lines of code, and a domain model of 350 classes. The application models all of the domain concepts one could imagine in a country-wi
JBoss Seam is a "lightweight framework for Java EE 5.0". What does that mean? Isn't Java EE (Enterprise Edition) 5.0 itself a collection of "frameworks"? Why do you need another one that is outside of the official specification? Well, we view Seam as the
This is a simple example of how to use messaging, implemented in JMS [JMS]. It shows how to implement Request-Reply, where a requestor application sends a request, a replier application receives the request and returns a reply, and the requestor receives
Apache ActiveMQ is a fast open source JMS 1.1 Message Fabric which supports clustering, peer networks, discovery, TCP, SSL, multicast, persistence, XA and integrates seamlessly into J2EE 1.4 containers, light weight containers and any Java Virtual Machine
The J2EE 1.4 platform is quite large, and this tutorial reflects this. However, you don't have to digest everything in it at once. This tutorial opens with three introductory chapters, which you should read before proceeding to any specific technology ar
Overview This guide provides a step by step guide to setting up a functional, productive Seam development environment and deployment runtime. This guide will show you how to:
With all the recent hubbub about GlassFish, I decided to do a quick performance test this morning. I downloaded all the most recent versions of the various open source application servers, deployed AppFuse 1.9.3 (Struts version) on them, and ran "ant test