Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: September 2002 Pages: 416
Scott Oaks, lead author of O'Reilly's new JXTA in a Nutshell says,"Fundamental scalability and centralization forces are constraining the Internet and are restricting its growth. Peer-to-peer networks like JXTA are essential to bring the internet to the next level of scalability, management and security in order to handle unconstrained exchanges of information between peers and the wave of new consumer devices." Written by the key members of Sun Microsystem's Project JXTA, JXTA in a Nutshell is the definitive reference to the most solid platform yet for Peer-to-Peer distributed computing. "P2P" enables users with the same networking application to connect with each other and directly access files from one another's hard drives. JXTA is a giant step forward in the evolution of P2P. O'Reilly's pioneering reference is the first and last word on this powerful distributed computing technology. JXTA in a Nutshell delivers all the information you need to get started, including an overview of P2P distributed computing, an explanation of the JXTA Project's new platform, and ways that developers can become a part of the development effort. JXTA in a Nutshell introduces major concepts in a hands-on way by explaining them in context to the shell, and contains a complete reference to the JXTA application bindings. Also included is the full JXTA protocol specification. The book covers important topics such as security, and how the JXTA technology fits into the standard Java classes. |
- Title:
- JXTA in a Nutshell
- By:
- Scott Oaks, Bernard Traversat, Li Gong
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
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- Print:
- September 2002
- Pages:
- 416
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-596-00236-7
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Scott Oaks Scott Oaks is a Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems, where he has worked since 1987. While at Sun, he has specialized in many disparate technologies, from the SunOS kernel to network programming and RPCs. Since 1995, hes focused primarily on Java and bringing Java technology to end-users. Scott also authored OReillys Java Security, Java Threads and Jini in a Nutshell titles. View Scott Oaks's full profile page. -
Bernard Traversat is one of the lead senior architect of Project JXTA at Sun Microsystems since the project started. Currently, he is acting as engineering manager leading the Sun core engineering team and evangilizing JXTA to the open source community and Sun customers and partners. View Bernard Traversat's full profile page. -
Li Gong Li Gong is a well-known developer in the Java Community and an active member of the Project JXTA. Li is the JXTA Engineering Director for the JXTA CORE. View Li Gong's full profile page. |
Colophon Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of JXTA in a Nutshell is a prairie dog. Prairie dogs, named for the barking sound of their cries, are large, bushy rodents that can be found in the prairies and plateaus of the western United States and northern Mexico. They live in burrows that form colonies, or "towns". There are two main species of prairie dogs. The black-tailed variety (Cynomys ludovicianus) is more abundant, inhabiting the Great Plains and the Great Basin. This species digs burrows that can be many miles long and include thousands of individuals. The other variety, the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus), occurs in higher altitudes than its black-tailed counterpart. While most species of prairie dog are less active in the wintertime, the white-tailed prairie dog hibernates for the entire season. It is also less colonial than C. ludovicianus. Prairie dogs weigh 1 1/2-3 pounds. They are 11-13 inches long,with a tail of 3-4 inches. Their heads are round and wide, and their fur is varying shades of yellow, with darker ears and a whitish underside. They often raise themselves on their haunches and sit upright in rows (a behavior often referred to as "picket pins" in some areas), and can reach a speed of up to 35 miles per hour for short distances. When danger approaches, the prairie dog will let out a warning bark and retreat into their burrows. They eat mostly native plant life, which consists of grasses, roots, weeds, herbs, and blossoms, but will occasionally dine on insects. All of their water is supplied from the food they eat. The warning calls that prairie dogs use make up one of the most intricate systems of natural animal languages known to scientists. Amazingly, prairie dogs seem to have particular barks that identify different predators, including hawks, owls, ravens, eagles, badgers, coyotes, ferrets, and snakes. A female prairie dog will give birth to one litter a year, each consisting of 3-5 young. When born, a prairie dog is blind and hairless. At six weeks old, it ventures above ground and is ready for weening. Adult prairie dogs will often relocate and dig new burrows, leaving their young to fend for themselves. Once deprived of the warning system, young prairie dogs are easy prey for predators. Matt Hutchinson was the production editor and proofreader for JXTA in a Nutshell. Sarah Jane Shangraw copyedited the book. David Futato and Colleen Gorman provided quality control. Lucie Haskins wrote the index. Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original illustration created by Lorrie LeJeune. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font. David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka, the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed, and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Matt Hutchinson. |
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