Pro Jakarta Commons

Jakarta Commons are easily reusable components that can quickly be put to good use in any server-side Java development undertaking. In fact, components are not big applications, but sleek code bits that perform specific tasks very well. This book provides much-needed documentation and usage information about the popular sub-projects forming Jakarta Commonsso that you can efficiently incorporate them into Java applications.

Jakarta Commons have potential to extend the core functionality of the Java language (the Lang sub-project), and they can provide a Validation framework (Validator) and a database connection pool (Pool). Jakarta Commons can even manipulate XML and JavaBeans in a more intuitive and pragmatic fashion.

Harshad Oak has been involved with J2EE projects for several years. He holds a master's degree in computer management and is both a Sun Certified Java Programmer and a Sun Certified Web Component Developer. Harshad has worked primarily with JSP, Servlet, EJB, and web publishing frameworks, while using a range of modeling and middleware tools along the way. The projects he has worked with have been in the payment solutions and insurance industries.