The ServiceLoader API (part of JDK 1.6) allows you to use the service provider interface (SPI) approach to creating extensible Java applications.

This article reviews two popular JAX-RS frameworks, Jersey and Apache CXF, and provides some basic examples that illustrate how to build, deploy, and execute RESTful web services.

Java SE7 "Dolphin" release is nearing and we're chomping at the bit. So let's dig in and review non-blocking IO, a feature of java.nio (New I/O) package that is a part of Java v1.4, v1.5 and v1.6 and we'll also take a peek at the java.nio.file (NIO.2) package.

In this article we will review some of the existing features of the java.nio (New I/O) package that are a part of Java v1.4, v1.5 and v1.6.

Mule, the open source messaging framework for enterprise integration, requires significant configuration using XML files. Get an introduction to Mule configuration.