Re: Things i didn't know were in the JDK

From:

Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:18:52 +0000

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On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, markspace wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

A webserver:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/jre/api/net/httpserver/spec/com/sun/net/httpserver/package-summary.html

This might be a good general subject for mutual education. I didn't know
about that either.

Some things I've learned about that I wouldn't have thought to look for:

Java Dynamic Proxy:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2000/jw-1110-proxy.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/reflection/proxy.html

Java DB:
http://developers.sun.com/javadb/reference/index.jsp

A SQL database that comes with the JDK. Add it to your Java applications!
Free!

The ServiceLoader class and its associated jar file metainfo rules:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/ServiceLoader.html
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html#Service%20Provider

Which standardise and simplify the implementation of plugin-like
behaviour.

tom

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