Articles on Java Networking

DODGE TRAPS HIDING IN URLCONNECTION CLASS -This month Michael Daconta discusses one major pitfall and one minor one. Originating from the java.net package, Pitfall 5 focuses on problems with posting to an HTTP URL. In Daconta's discussion of Pitfall 6, he visits the bane of new Java programmers, the NoClassDefFoundError

WHAT DOES .NET MEAN TO ITS COMPETITORS? - Author Peter Coffee comments on .Net's relevance to Microsoft's competitors, including Java, at JavaCon 2001. Hear it

Resolving Internet Addresses using Java -Understanding how Internet addresses are formed and how to convert between symbolic names and IP Internet addresses and vice versa using Java

Zip your data and improve the performance of your network-based applications

Explore the Dynamic Proxy API -Use dynamic proxies to bring strong typing to abstract data types

SMS DELIVERS MESSAGES TO DEVICES TODAY - Sonal Bansal and Gaurav Pal, in "Deliver messages to cell phones with SMS," contend that, unlike WAP, SMS (Short Message Service) combined with Java today can provide meaningful information services to cell phones.

Java Phones Enter the U.S. (Internet World 4.9.2001)

Use HTTPS in your Java client code - Find out how to use the HTTPS protocol with the standard URL class