Source: devx + xml + xslt, webdev , Beyond XML and JSON: YAML for Java Developers. Get a high-level introduction to the YAML file format for Java developers. Find out how it differs from XML and JSON and examine its relative advantages and drawbacks, by Jacek Furmankiewicz, July 2, 2008 , Xml Transform A General-Purpose XSLT Pre-Processor, by Michael Sorens, January 23, 2008.
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Source: developer, java, Java Tip: Simplify Spring Apps with @Autowired, by Michael Klaene. Spring is many things, but at its core, Spring is an IOC (Inversion of Control) container. It lets developers build applications that express object dependencies through configuration files. This enables you to, for example, switch implementations of a Java interface without modifying code.
Source: developer, java, Working with Axis2: Making a Java Class into a Service, by Deepal Jayasinghe, May-June 2008. Learn how to make a web service from a Java class, the role of allowable Java types, and how to use them when writing a POJO application.