Component Development for the Java™ Platform (Developmentor Series) - Softcover

Halloway, Stuart Dabbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201753065 ISBN 13: 9780201753066

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

If you're serious about writing components in Java, this book focuses on the component services you need to master. DevelopMentor Chief Scientist Stuart Halloway presents unprecedented, in-depth coverage of writing, deploying, and maintaining Java components. Halloway begins by showing how to use, control, and troubleshoot components. He offers real-world guidance on reflection performance, and demonstrates how reflection is used to build the Java serialization architecture. He also offers detailed coverage of using the Java Native Interface (JNI) to control the boundaries between Java code and components written in other environments. In Part II, Halloway presents a practical vision for using component services to become a more effective Java developer. Through examples and sample code, he introduces generative programming techniques that leverage Java into high performance. Finally, building on these techniques, he shows how to construct robust interoperability between Java and Win32/COM.

About this title

About the Author

Stuart Dabbs Halloway is responsible for the Java curriculum at DevelopMentor, where he teaches the Guerrilla Java and Intensive Java courses. He writes for Sun¿s Java Developer Connection(SM) and for JavaPro magazine, and regularly speaks at industry events such as JavaOne. Stuart received his B.S. and M.P.P. degrees from Duke University.

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From the Back Cover

Java™ is an object-oriented language, but it is also a component-oriented platform. Java's class-loading model and rich type information makes it possible to build flexible and reusable binary components. COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE JAVA™ PLATFORM reveals both the potential and pitfalls of developing components using the Java platform.

As a platform, Java defines the services needed to connect binary components at runtime safely and reliably. To truly take advantage of all that Java has to offer, you must consider not just development but also deployment, and not just objects but also components. COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE JAVA™ PLATFORM delves into the component-oriented features of the Java platform, thoroughly discussing class loading, reflection, serialization, native interoperation, and code generation.

KEY TOPICS INCLUDE HOW TO:

• Use and troubleshoot Class Loaders
• Build dynamic and generic services through reflection
• Control an object's serialized representation
• Load and use native code components
• Extend the Java class format to add custom services
• Automate development with code generation

This is a cutting-edge approach to Java programming: An emphasis on deployment can be the best way to take advantage of some of the most valuable, yet less heralded, aspects of Java technology.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201753065
• ISBN 13: 9780201753066
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360