Overview
The Jini Vision? Network Anything, Anytime, Anywhere!
Jini is truly revolutionary: it enables any device-from enterprise servers to kitchen appliances-to network smoothly, simply, and reliably. Core Jini delivers the first comprehensive, practical explanation of Jini technology-plus all the live Java code experienced developers need to start building solutions right now!
With a Foreword by Sun Microsystems Java and Jini visionary Bill Joy, Core Jini is 100% authoritative!
- Discover how Jini addresses critical distributed networking problems ignored by "traditional" technologies-and how it can simplify connectivity in both new devices and existing networks.
- Master the Jini architectural model, including crucial concepts like discovery, leasing, remote events, and transactions.
- Learn real-world techniques for developing Jini services and applications; implementing discovery using multicast request and announcement protocols; building lookup services and browsers; and much more.
- See how to manage lease negotiation and relative time; write lease interfaces; handle delegation; and use Jini's Landlord paradigm.
- Even discover how to use Jini with JavaSpaces, Sun Microsystems' powerful new technology for high-performance distributed and parallel computing!
Core Series books are written by serious programmers for serious programmers! Every Core Series book:
- DEMONSTRATES how to write commercial quality code
- FEATURES dozens of nontrivial programs and examples-no toy code!
- FOCUSES on the features and functions most important to real developers
- PROVIDES objective, unbiasedcoverage of cutting-edge technologies-no hype!
Core Jini delivers:
- Systematic coverage of the entire Jini API
- Insightful descriptions of the entire Jini architecture
- Step-by-step coverage of building a complete, robust Jini service
- Detailed guidance on Java properties for controlling and tuning Jini services
This book is also available as part of Core Jini - The Complete Video Course (ISBN: 0-13-086386-6).
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewSun's Jini may turn out to be one of the most important technologies of the next decade: a smarter way to network systems without the hassles we've come to accept as inevitable. Xerox PARC researcher W. Keith Edwards was one of the first people outside Sun to discover Jini, and he's just written a remarkably accessible, helpful guide for anyone who wants to develop with it.
All too often, the "first" book on a subject is rushed sloppily to market, but not this time. Edwards truly understands Jini, and CORE JINI does an exceptional job of explaining why it's so important, not only for "non-traditional" devices (which get the hype), but also for enterprise computing (where the money is).
One of the key challenges standing in the way of distributed systems has been the fundamental difference between local and remote systems: in a nutshell, remote systems can fail in all sorts of ways that local systems do not. Traditional approaches to distributed computing try to paper over the distinction, with mixed success. Jini addresses it head on — and Edwards explains how, in-depth. You'll master key Jini concepts such as discovery, Jini's Landlord Paradigm, remote events, and transactions; learn how to build lookup services and lookup service browsers; walk through writing leases and managing lease negotiation; even learn how to work with JavaSpaces, a powerful service built atop Jini which enables high-performance distributed and parallel computing.
The book has been thoroughly vetted by Sun insiders Brian Murphy and Peter van der Linden. There's lots of code, anditruns (what a concept)!
If you're already familiar with Java—and, ideally, at least a bit familiar with RMI—you'll find Jini surprisingly easy to master. Especially if you learn it with W. Keith Edwards' CORE JINI. — Bill Camarda,