An in-depth look at using Castor's marshalling engine to do data binding of Java objects to tables, rows, and columns in an SQL database.

Chuck Cavaness takes a whirlwind tour of the Struts framework, with overviews of many of it most important features.

Article that examines various Java security services, including Java Security Manager, Security Provider Architecture, and Authentication components.

Sue Spielman looks at JSP and XSP to help you decide which is right for your development needs.

Andrew Newton reviews an alternative to Property files.

Bruce Tate's Beyond Java suggests Ruby as a top contender to displace Java. Tate, James Duncan Davidson, Robert Cooper and Bill Venners opine on Ruby and its challenge to Java. O'Reilly Media.

By Simon Whiteside. XML is increasingly used to store data in Java programs. Article shows how XML can be extended to incorporate behavior, via author's open source scripting language. [O'Reilly ONJava.com]

Open source framework for rapid development of web applications using Java with a coarse-grained pooling strategy, high code-reuse, and line-precise error reporting.

Article by Dion Almaer.

The Apache Axis2 architecture assumes neither one message exchange pattern, nor synchronous/asynchronous behavior. This article explains messaging concepts and how Axis2 can be used to implement several well-known messaging scenarios from just two bas...