Technical Articles

Security Annotations and Authorization in GlassFish and the Java EE 5 SDK
July 2006
This article discusses the security annotations defined in JSR 250 and demonstrates how to use them for securing an application with authentication and authorization.

Java EE 5 SDK and Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9: A Feature Summary
June 2006
Read the latest about the Java EE 5 SDK and all its key features and new facilities.

Accessing Resources From JavaServer Faces Custom Components
July 2006
Senior software engineer Mark Basler discusses how you can use JavaServer Faces technology to fulfill static and dynamic resources when creating custom components.

Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Introducing the EL #{...} Syntax
June 2006
The fifth article of the Java EE 5 platform series discusses the new unified expression language's support for the dollar-sign and pound syntaxes (aligning JSP and JavaServer Faces technologies), satisfying the needs for both immediate and deferred expressions, and for preserving backwards compatibility.

Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: A Look at Resource Injection
June 2006
The fourth article of the series discusses the new feature of support for annotations that enable injecting dependencies, resources, services, and life-cycle notifications into a Java EE 5 platform application.

Sun's Project Tango
June 2006
This article describes how Sun's Project Tango ensures Web Service interoperability between the Java Platform and Windows Communication Foundation, providing enterprise-class features such as security, reliable messaging, and atomic transactions.

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