Microsoft® .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit (Pro-Developer) [Paperback]

Simon Guest (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pro-Developer | Publication Date: October 8, 2003

Discover how to build applications that run on both the Microsoft .NET Framework and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)—and extend your customer reach and system shelf life. Whether your background is in .NET or J2EE, you’ll learn to implement many of the interoperability technologies available today, including Microsoft, Sun, and third-party compatibility tools. Interoperability expert Simon Guest takes a balanced look at the pros and cons of each cross-platform technology presented, including best practices, workarounds, and examples of interoperability solutions in action. You also get interoperability software on CD—plus a wealth of code you can use in your own solutions.

Discover how to:

• Use .NET Remoting to enable interplatform connectivity
• Write interoperable Web service solutions that show interoperability in a production environment, handle exceptions, and use UDDI
• Employ Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to create a shared database between .NET and J2EE
• Enable cross-platform asynchronous calling with Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) and WebSphere MQ from IBM
• Implement a bridge between .NET and J2EE queues using Microsoft Host Information Server and Microsoft BizTalk Server
• Deliver a consistent user interface across platforms through shared session state and shared authentication
• Build complex interoperability solutions using Web services specifications for security, binary data exchange, and routing

Get code samples and software on CD

CD features:

• The Mind Electric (TME) GLUE Web Services
• Ja.NET bridging software from Intrinsyc
• Sample interoperability code from Microsoft

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

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Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619220
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619227
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,998,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and comprehensive, with plenty of examples., April 29, 2004

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Graham Glass (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

This book is a godsend for anyone who wants to learn how to successfully integrate .NET and J2EE software systems. Simon's writing style is clear and engaging, the book is well structured, and there are copious examples which provide concrete examples of each aspect of .NET/J2EE integration. One of the book's distinguishing features is that it covers a wide range of scenarios, such as XML data interchange, web services interoperability, messaging with MSMQ and the integrating with the presentation tier. The book ships with several useful third party Java products on a CD that allow the reader to immediately try out the code samples. Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book, April 26, 2006

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Yuri Krasnov (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft® .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

This book was very helpful to solve my interoperability problems w/o building crazy wrapper code. I had two huge issues, I was struggling to build an XML web services bridge channel between my j2ee application and microsoft C# application. I had several issues with encodings and XML content issues. I had integration problems with couple of j2ee applications with VB app. This book helped me to solve them.
This book is perfect balance for understanding all microsoft <-> j2ee integration specific concepts and code guidance. Simon guest done terrific job explaining the concepts with good level of details to support both from j2ee and .net perspectives. The author has so much grip and clarity on the subject, makes it so simple for understanding and illustrations and very clear to read. A must have for java and .net developers.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for the modern Enterprise Developer!, November 20, 2003

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Mike Preradovic (Vancouver BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft® .NET and J2EE Interoperability Toolkit (Pro-Developer) (Paperback)

Today's Enterprises are heterogenous environments that make writing reliable efficient applications a nightmare at the best of times. This book gives the modern developer the tools and strategies necessary to successfully build and deploy heterogenous applications in today's Enterprises.

It is nice to see that readers are offered many different strategies for interop including both webservices and binary.

In addition, the companion CD actually contains TONS of usefull stuff including all the code, and usefull 3rd party applications.

Truly a must have.