p.8 EDITORIAL
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
p.21 THE JAVA SECURE SOCKET EXTENSIONS
[author : Kirby W. Angell]
The Java Secure Socket Extension package and Java Run-Time Environment provide most of the tools you need to implement SSL within Java applications.
p.34 THE JUNIT++ TESTING TOOL
[author : Siegfried Goeschl]
JUnit++ is a freely available Java unit test framework that includes a test data repository, command-line arguments, and a TestRunner class that supports a built-in repetition counter and multithreading at the command line.
p.44 TAPE DEVICES & JAVA
[author : Chad Gibbons]
Since native support for tape devices doesn't exist in Java, Chad had to build his own tape library.
p.52 J.A.D.E.: THE JAVA ADDITION TO THE DEFAULT ENVIRONMENT
[author : Jean-Marie Dautelle]
The Java Addition to the Default Environment (or "J.A.D.E." for short) is an open-source project that fills gaps in the JDK core library.
p.58 A JAVA 2 NETWORK CLASS LOADER
[author : Lorenzo Bettini and Donato Cappetta]
Lorenzo and Donato present NetworkClassLoader, a class loader that lets you load classes from remote servers.
p.66 MOVING UP TO 64 BITS
[author : Arch D. Robison]
The migration from 32-bit to 64-bit machines is really a test of how "clean" your code is.
p.74 C# VERSUS JAVA
[author : Marc Eaddy]
Six of one and half a dozen of the other? Marc finds out when he examines how Microsoft's C# differs from Java.
p.84 EXPLORING PERL LIBRARIES
[author : Robert Kiesling]
Among other things, the Perl modules Robert presents here let you view library module data within the Perl interpreter.
p.92 JAVA AND THE WABA TOOLKIT
[author : Al Williams]
With Java and the Waba toolkit, you can develop powerful applications for handhelds like the PalmPilot or Windows CE-based systems.
p.104 INTERRUPT SCHEDULING
[author : John Pote]
This interrupt scheduler was designed to be flexible enough to accommodate more handlers if and when they're needed, or if priorities change.
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
p.108 MODULE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
[author : David Janik]
A common problem faced by programming teams is producing consistent, reliable, and maintainable modules. David offers guidelines to address this issue.
INTERNET PROGRAMMING
p.120 CROSS-PLATFORM DHTML
[author : Charlie Ma]
If browser incompatibilities are driving you batty, Charlie's techniques for cross-platform DHTML development might save the day.
PROGRAMMER'S TOOLCHEST
p.130 SAX2: THE SIMPLE API FOR XML
[author : Eldar A. Musayev]
SAX, the "Simple API for XML," is an efficient and high-performance alternative to the Document Object Model.
COLUMNS
p.135 PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS
[author : Michael Swaine]
So Java isn't your cup of tea? Michael explores the alternatives.
p.139 C PROGRAMMING
[author : Al Stevens]
Al mulls over all the charges against Microsoft — and changes his mind about the whole mess.
p.145 JAVA Q&A
[author : Elisabeth Strunk]
Elisabeth builds a JNI wrapper that lets the Java Authentication and Authorization Service and Windows NT authenticate specific users.
p.151 ALGORITHM ALLEY
[author : Thomas Gettys]
Thomas presents an efficient hash technique guaranteed to generate a perfect hash function for an arbitrary set of numeric search keys.
p.156 DR. ECCO'S OMNIHEURIST CORNER
[author : Dennis E. Shasha]
Up in the Alaskan tundra, oil and caribou mix about as well as oil and water.
p.159 PROGRAMMER'S BOOKSHELF
[author : Gregory V. Wilson]
Greg looks at a bunch of books, including Programming Ruby, Program Development in Java, The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages, MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium, Essential XML, XML Processing with Python, Presenting C#, and Women in Computer Sciences: Closing the Gap in Higher Education.
FORUM
p.10 LETTERS
[author : you]
p.18 NEWS & VIEWS
[author : Nicholas Baran]
p.166 OF INTEREST
[author : Shannon Cochran]
p.168 SWAINE'S FLAMES
[author : Michael Swaine]