Java 6 is Live!

Java 6 has been officially released. I've been using the beta for a while now and it's really solid with some awesome new features. I especially like the built in web services stack so you can create web services with simple annotations on your methods, for example:

@WebMethod
   public String echo(String msg) throws EchoException
   {
       return "echo: " + msg;
    }

And you don't need to get a big web service framework like Axis to do it! More Info...

Get it now!

Closing Tabs with Swing

Moved this article to a new Swing oriented blog at: http://java-swing.blogspot.com/.