Welcome to the Java Enterprise Community

The Java Enterprise Community on java.net is a new gathering place for developers working with J2EE technologies. Here, you can immerse yourself in a thriving community of developers and technology experts and find people with similar interests to help with your own open-source projects. Check back often to find the latest project/community news!

New to the J2EE platform?
Read this short document to get started in no time!

Need some BluePrints to help in your design work?
The J2EE BluePrints formalize best practices, guidelines and applications for designing enterprise applications and web services using Java technologies.

Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog Online Version Now Available
The Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog now has part of its project online so people can browse some of the design topics covered... Read more...

New Early Access Version of the Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog Available!
The Java BluePrints Team has released an updated early access version of its project, Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog. This release adds a catalog entry on using SOAP attachments for sending XML documents on Web service calls, and an entry on creating tabbed view using JavaServer Faces, JavaServer Pages, and JSP Tag files. Download it from the bpcatalog project at java.net.

Sun Proposes Single Data Persistence Model for Java
Sun has proposed a new specification that would be based on the convergence of two other specifications, EJB 3.0 and JDO 2.0. The effort is aimed at providing a unified data persistence model for the Java community. What is proposed is a Plain Old Java Objects (POJO) persistence model.

Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 2004Q4 Beta is now available
A Beta release of Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8 2004Q4 has been released.

Refactoring to Patterns
The best book I readed concerning Patterns.

More WS-* specs, more questions about architectural viability
I think I finally understand why half the smart people I know are involved with specifying and implementing the WS-* specs, and the other half think it is a waste of time.

Apache Beehive, XMLBeans and Open Source Strategy
TSS interview on Beehive and open source strategy.

Transcript available: JDC Chat on Java BluePrints for Service Oriented Architecture
Read the transcript for the the JDC Chat on Java BluePrints for Service Oriented Architectures with two key members of the Java BluePrints team, Inderjeet Singh and Sean Brydon, and with Enterprise Java architect, Sameer Tyagi.

Where is AOP?
And where is it going?

Don't Try This at Home
Subverting compiler exception checking.

JCA 1.5: Choices are not Always a Good Thing
A choice in how J2EE application servers handle a depleted MDB pool for JCA inbound connections leaves the Resource Adapter developer in limbo creating vendor neutral applications. In a specification were pieces have to work together like a lock and key the specification must be especially clear otherwise one party has to pay a high price.

Pop the Champagne: JDOM 1.0
After 4 years, 10 betas, and 152 revisions to org.jdom.Element, I'm proud to announce JDOM 1.0.

Creating Resource Adapters with J2EE Connector Architecture 1.5
The Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE platform) Connector Architecture defines a standard set of contracts that extend the capabilities of a J2EE application server with those of external enterprise information systems (EIS) by plugging in connector modules, also called resource adapters (RAs). Application components can use RAs exactly as they would use other J2EE components.

Free Online Version of the Latest Book From Java BluePrints Now Available!
a free online version of the latest book from Java BluePrints, Designing Web Services with the J2EETM 1.4 Platform: JAX-RPC, SOAP, and XML Technologies, is now available.
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Java IDE comparison
There is a "Java IDE shootout" from JavaOne comparing IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans, Emacs and JDeveloper

Introducing Jayashri Visvanathan
Jayashri Visvanathan is the new lead of the JavaServer Faces implementation team. Let's learn about who she is and what she sees in the future for javaserverfaces.

Attachments for SOAP
This week has seen a bumper crop of specification releases in the area of SOAP attachments with entrants from both WS-I and W3C. What are the differences between the two and do you need to worry about them ?