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OpenDS 0.9 Provides Java Implementation of LDAP, DSML
Over on Artima, Frank Sommers takes note of the java.net OpenDS project in OpenDS 0.9 Provides Java Implementation of LDAP, DSML. "The Open Directory Service (OpenDS) is a Java directory service implementation project hosted on java.net. Initially a Sun project, the code base is currently available under Sun's CDDL license. The project released its 0.9 version last week, with significant new features." Summarizing its features, he then asks the Artima community, "Do you think it's important to have a Java implementation of a directory service? In what situations would you favor a Java-based directory implementation over a native LDAP or DSML server?"

Java and Developers are Winners of IDE Shootout
The NetBeans teams recaps their participation in a head-to-head IDE comparison, in Java and Developers are Winners of IDE Shootout. "On a recent July evening in Cologne, Germany, more than 70 developers gathered to witness an unprecedented event: four rival IDEs--NetBeans, Eclipse, Oracle and JetBrains--together on one stage. The IDE shootout, the first of its kind, was hosted by JUG Cologne. Representatives from each IDE were given 30 minutes to make a presentation about the merits of their product. Roman Strobl, the first evangelist to take the stage, spoke on behalf of NetBeans."

Reworking the Icon Demo
The Java Tutorials Weblog has a new entry about Reworking the Icon Demo. "During the JavaSE 6 update to the Swing Tutorial, a decision was taken to convert a number of the old applets to stand-alone applications. We also converted the majority of them to NetBeans projects. I got to convert the IconDemoApplet..."

Weblogs

Developing a HK2 module productively
Much of the productivity improvements in HK2 is due to the fact that it comes with a Maven plugin that knows how to build an HK2 module. Today, I'll look into some of the things that this plugin does behind the scene. — Kohsuke Kawaguchi

The falling myth of Apple reliability
Some latest Apple's Mac OS X updates have caused severe troubles to users because of introduced instability. One of them is related to the capability of running some Java applications. Let me just sum up what happened to me in the latest days. — Fabrizio Giudici

The backslash of ResourceBundle
When you create an i18n file, you must escape some special characters with a preceding backslash, right? :value! or \:value\! ? — Felipe Gaucho

Forums

Java3D and JOGL sharing same canvas?
I am new to JOGL having come from a C background with OpenGL. I am prototyping an application on OS X which currently uses JOGL. For some of the components, I am planning to use Java3D to leverage it's scenegraph capabilities. I am a little unsure if JOGL and Java3D are meant to coexists and sharing the same drawing canvas. I am using JOGL with Java2D (text rendering and such). Ultimately, the application may have JOGL/Java2D and Java3D. I read somewhere that on OS X, Java3D uses JOGL Can anyone shed some light on the integration of Java3D with JOGL? Are they designed to coexists, architecturally? —

Continuing a class in another .Java file
I have a fairly simple problem. I have a class; class A, which contains all the useful methods and variables for my application. I want to write a series of classes that has direct access to these methods and variables. I solved this by using nested classes. Now, because of the massive volume of nested classes, I am looking for a way to separate this class into different .java files. As of yet, there is no practical reason for needing to do this; I want to separate the code into other files for no other reason than neatness. It doesn't matter if this implemented at the compile level or at run time, just as long as I can break up my code into convenient .java files. —

Re: Painting effect with the JXLayer
There are really a lot of possibilities for JXLayer transitions, animation, quick component decoration the latest idea is - a visual effect for a FormattedTextField with invalid data in it when a textField shows a little lock in the right down corner of a component as a sign that the data is invalid —