Synopsis
The Java programming language is widely used for deploying applications on most types of computer systems. Although many Java programs are written for portability, writing Windows-specific Java programs can enhance the performance of multimedia and Windows-specific APIs.
This book offers guidelines for determining when to use Windows-specific APIs and code. It also helps you divide applications into portable Java and platform-specific Java modules both to maximize future code reuse on all platforms and to take advantage of Windows-specific APIs for appropriate applications.
Java Programming for Windows shows you how to
* Use the Application Foundation Classes (AFC) library, the Windows Foundation Classes (WFC) library, and the portable Java class library for reading Internet newsgroups
* Build custom desk- and Webtop environments in Java
* Employ JScript to access Web page components and to interact with Java applets
* Access JScript from Java applets
* Apply the Microsoft DirectX/Direct3D APIs in Java applications
* Find a complete Web server written in Java, extended to provide XML support
Software on CD-ROM
The accompanying CD-ROM contains all of the example components developed in the book plus the Together/J Whiteboard Edition from Object International.
* Provides both a tutorial approach and useful Java software for a wide range of technologies for exploiting the Windows platform
* Introduces the important Extended Markup Language (XML) technology by developing tools for XML and Microsoft's CDF, and a Java Web server that supports XML is developed in the book
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About the Author
Mark Watson is an independent software developer with extensive software engineering experience. He has worked at Angel Studios as a game programmer for Nintendo and Windows 95 games, with SAIC on the development of tools for expert systems, and on natural language processing and neural network systems. He is the developer of a real-time distributed expert system used by regional telephone systems to detect fraud, and is the author of eight books.
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