Jini Community Newsletter - May 2005
Jim Hurley <[email protected]>
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<td VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="62%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC"><b><font size="+1"><font color="#CC0000">May 31, 2005</font></font></b>
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<a href="http://www.jini.org/">Jini.org</a></font></font></b>
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<a name="welcome"><h2>Here we go...</h2></a>
<P>Just under the wire - we continue our new streak by presenting
the May Newsletter! Just back from a fantastic visit to NYC where
we had the opportunity to work with the active
<a href="http://nyjavasig.com">NY Java SIG</a> (props to Frank
Greco) and talk Jini technology and Community with a host
of Java developers (more on this to come)... we're back with<br>
<b>News and information from around the Jini Community...</b>
<P>Grab a cup of joe, and check out the May Newsletter. This month
we've got a new feature article in the Design Corner, "Jini Technology
Introduction - Part One", by Phil Bishop. We're also highlighting
recent News, JDP activity, Jini.org project info, and of course, a blast from
the past with an article from the archives in "Classic Jini Community".
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-Jim
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DesignCorner</font></font></b></a>
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In The News
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JDP News
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Classic Jini Community</font></font></font></b></a>
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<h3><a name="quote">Quote of the Day</a></h3>
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<i>Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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- Mignon McLaughlin
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This month's Design Corner column features a <b>"Jini Technology Introduction, Part One"</b>
article by Phil Bishop (from <i>JavaSpaces in Practice</i> book and
Inca X fame). This a great article for developers new to Jini technology.
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Here is an excerpt:
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With unicast discovery you specify the URL of a Jini lookup service, in the format
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jini://<host>:<port>
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Although the format of the URL looks similar to that used when looking up a Java RMI service, there is a fundamental difference in that with Jini (unicast discovery) you are looking up (discovering) a Jini lookup service (LUS) not a specific service, such as a JavaSpace.</p>
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//specify the Jini lookup URL
//you can optionally specify a port, the default is 4160
String url=”jini://voyager”
//Create a LookupLocator
LookupLocator loc=new LookupLocator( url );
//retrieve the Lookup Service proxy
ServiceRegistrar lus=loc.getRegistrar();
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<a href="http://www.jini.org/Newsletter/DesignCorner/jini_intro_may05.html">View complete article</a>
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<a name="news"><h2>In The News</a></h2>
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Don't know if you caught this interesting blog thread on Jini and Indigo (thanks
to Geoff Arnold for the pointers):
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<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/craigmcmurtry/archive/2005/04/26/412610.aspx">
Craig McMurtry's Weblog</a>, Indigo and Jini</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/warren/20050519#jini_vs_indigo">
Warren Strange's Weblog</a>, Jini vs. Indigo</li>
<li><a href="http://www.geoffarnold.com/mt-archives/000547.html">
Geoff Arnold</a>, Wrong Premise, Misleading Conclusion</li>
<li><a href="http://jroller.com/page/trasukg/20050520#bob_dylan_comments_on_jini">
Greg Trasuk's Weblog</a>, Bob Dylan Comments on Jini vs. Indigo</li>
<li>and others...</li>
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Maybe this should be "blog news" this month.. as there's another blog
to call your attention to:
What next for Blitz JavaSpaces?, in
<a href="http://www.jroller.com/page/dancres/20050511#what_next_for_blitz_javaspaces">
Dan Creswell's Weblog</a>
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There was an interesting article posted this month that you'll want to check out, <a href="http://monochromata.de/jnodejini.html">
Jini on the Jnode Java OS</a>, by Sebastian Lohmeier.
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<a name="jdp"><h2>Jini Community Decision Process (JDP) News</a> </h2>
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The <a href="http://www.jini.org/standards/Proposals/Porter/proposal.html">Porter Proposals</a>
recently passed voting by the Commercial House (commercial licensees) and are now before
the General House (individuals) for vote. To participate, go to <a href="http://vote.jini.org">
vote.jini.org</a>.
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Nominations are closing on open Jini TOC seats. Check out the front page
of Jini.org for links to more information. Voting to fill the seats will
start soon.
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<a name="projects"><h2>Jini.org Projects</a></h2>
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An interesting new project to check out: the
<a href="http://singularity.jini.org">Singularity project</a> - which is comprised of
edge services and integration components that will support RFID in supply chain
management solutions.
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Some of the top projects on Jini.org from the month of April:
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<li><a href="http://starterkit.jini.org">StarterKit project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rio.jini.org">Rio project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://v2getsmart.jini.org">V2GetSmart project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://computefarm.jini.org">ComputeFarm project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://surrogate.jini.org">Surrogate project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://neon.jini.org">Neon project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://athena.jini.org">Athena project</a></li>
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<a name="classic"><h2>Classic Jini Community (from the archives)</a></h2>
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<P><a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2003/jw-1219-jiniology.html"><b>
Call on extensible RMI - An introduction to JERI</a></b>
<P><b>a JavaWorld article by Frank Sommers</b>
<P>"In contrast to SOAP, RMI relies on Java code as a unit of information
exchange in a distributed system. As a programming language, Java encapsulates
both data <i>and code</i>. That difference allows RMI system participants to
share only the semantics of objects expressend in Java code. ..."
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Comments and U2 concert tickets should be sent to
<a href="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
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Copyright 2005, The Jini Community.
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