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Category Archive: Open Source


XML Data-binding

XML.com: XML Data-Binding: Comparing Castor to .NET [Jul. 24, 2002]

After the second article in this series was published, several readers said that they would like to learn the .NET way to map data from XML to a relational database management system. I'd like to show you that, but first I've got to lay some groundwork. In this article, I will show how .NET XML data binding works, while investigating the equivalent Java functionality. Java and .NET both have excellent support for data binding, and although they work in slightly different ways, each is just as valid and useful as the other. In my next article, I'll complete the exercise by mapping XML files to an RDBMS.

This entry was posted in the following categories: .NET , Data Persistence , Java , Open Source , XML
Posted by on January 27, 2003 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)

Open Source Struts/EJB Code Generator

Announcing Open-source EJB/Struts Code Generator ModelJ

ModelJ is an open-source RAD (Rapid Application Development) tool that uses code generation to create complete J2EE apps using the Struts and EJB, deployable on jBoss. It outputs EJB 2.x deployment descriptors and session and entity beans, with business delegates accessible via Struts.

Check out http://modelj.sourceforge.net.


This entry was posted in the following categories: J2EE , Open Source
Posted by on January 09, 2003 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)

Java source code formatter

Jalopy Java Source Code Formatter Beautifier Pretty Printer

Jalopy is a source code formatter for the Sun Java programming language. It layouts any valid Java source code according to some widely configurable rules; to meet a certain coding style without putting a formatting burden on individual developers.

It integrates with Ant, NetBeans, Eclipse, and most other popular IDEs. Looks like a handy tool, I'll have to try it out.


This entry was posted in the following categories: Java , Open Source
Posted by on December 17, 2002 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)

Out-of-the-box

A unique product:

Out-of-the-Box™ is a distribution of over 50 (and counting) Open Source projects targeted mainly at Java developers, but any developer can take advantage of a web server, web app container, application server, database, source code control system, bug tracker, mail server, mail archive viewer, template engine, full text search engine, and other utilities.

This table provides a good summary of the most popular open source development tools and the features each provides.


This entry was posted in the following categories: Java , Open Source
Posted by on December 16, 2002 | Permanent Link | Comments (0)



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