http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/ en-us 2007-11-06T06:58:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/11/leaving_for_dub.html Luan O'Carroll was gracious enough to invite me to speak at the Irish Java Technology Conference this week in Dublin. Whooorah! rbair 2007-11-06T06:58:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/10/nimbus_bugs.html Recently, the Nimbus L&F became available with the early access builds of Java 6 update 5. We have some folks try it out, but not know where to file bugs. Ok. So this is going to be a boring blog, but I wanted to get the word out on how to help us debug Nimbus. Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2007-10-02T08:18:34-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/05/app_framework_j.html Hans Muller's App Framework talk from this past JavaPolis is now online at http://parleys.com Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2007-05-22T10:53:07-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/01/remis_property.html For those of use who'd like to see Properties in the language, things are starting to get interesting. Remi Forax recently spelled out a more complete proposal, which I tend to like. Quite a bit. With a few tweaks. rbair 2007-01-24T09:39:29-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/01/properties_in_j.html Properties in Java? Awesome! As with any new language feature, there has been a lot of debate over whether this is an improvement to the language, or a detriment. And of course, every language-designer-wannabe (myself included!) is pounding the pulpit, declaring the One True Way to Property bliss. Well, sit back and enjoy as I pound the pulpit. Because seriously, I really do have the right solution! I promise! Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2007-01-08T14:09:41-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2007/01/five_little_thi.html Romain Guy tagged me. Now I have to share 5 little known facts about myself. rbair 2007-01-02T17:09:53-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/10/ssl_and_self_si_1.html Connecting to web servers over https that have self signed certificates has always been a hassle in Swing applications. Hopefully, with some recently added code and API in the SwingX-WS project this is no longer the case. I don't know... rbair 2006-10-24T14:37:01-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/08/xmlhttprequest_1.html Say that again? XMLHttpRequest and Swing? Yep, you heard me right. Yesterday and today I've been experimenting with implementing a version of the esteemed XMLHttpRequest (from the Ajax world, of course!) for use with Swing apps. Actually, today's blog goes a lot futher that simply XMLHttpRequest. It also traverses the little-explored corner of the country known as JSONandSwingland. Wow, it is a good thing I brought my hiking boots. And some spare water. Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2006-08-31T17:01:38-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/08/varargs_puzzler.html This probably isn't up to Click 'n' Clack's standards, but here's a fun little Java 5 puzzler for a Thursday afternoon. J2SE rbair 2006-08-10T14:28:34-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/07/a_barely_better.html I was greeted this afternoon by a retching Hans Muller who begged me to upload a better looking demo for the Yahoo! News web service I posted about last time. He likened last week's entry to a fat man in a speedo. Yikes. Here's a barely better demo (pun intended). Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2006-07-10T18:27:54-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/06/simple_yahoo_ne_1.html My last few blogs have been on using web services in Swing. This time I've created a simple Yahoo! News RSS reader JavaBean you can use in your own apps. And yes, this time I went all the way and wrote a JNLP. Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2006-06-30T15:52:21-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/06/aerith_is_free.html The Aerith source code has been uploaded to aerith.dev.java.net. Check it! Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2006-06-28T14:00:23-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/06/swing_and_non_b.html This is a follow up on yesterday's blog about using JAX-WS and Swing. Yesterday I was a bad, bad, boy. I was making a web service call from the Event Dispatch Thread. Doh! Today, I introduce BackgroundWorker, a SwingWorker like JavaBean and repent of my old EDT-blocking ways. rbair 2006-06-27T16:12:45-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/06/swing_jaxws_and.html JAX-WS can be a bit daunting, especially for the desktop developer. In this blog I show a simple web service, simple form, and how to use JavaBeans to tie it all together. Community: JavaDesktop rbair 2006-06-26T13:29:22-08:00 http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rbair/archive/2006/05/the_unknown_jav.html What is a JavaBean? What is the JavaBean design pattern? If I asked that question in a room of a hundred people, I suspect fewer than 10 would really get it right. For the majority of Java developers, the JavaBean... rbair 2006-05-31T18:19:19-08:00