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Unit-Testing XML

There are many occasions where software creates XML output: XML documents are used for data interchange between different applications, web application create (X)HTML output or respond to AJAX requests with XML, and this has to be tested as much as anything else. In this article, Stefan Bodewig explains how to perform those tests with the XMLUnit framework he has co-authored.

Stefan Bodewig
on Jun 11, 2007
Using Java to Crack Office 2007

Office file manipulation used to be difficult, but since Office 2007, Word, Excel and Powerpoint files can be read and written without anything more complicated than the native JDK itself because Office 2007 documents are now nothing more than ZIP files of XML documents. Ted Neward demonstrates this in action.

Ted Neward
on Jun 04, 2007
Interview and Book Excerpt: RESTful Web Services

Today, InfoQ publishes a sample chapter from RESTful Web Services, a book authored by Leonard Richardson and Sam Ruby. The book covers the principles of the REST style, and explains how to build RESTful applications using Java, Ruby, and Python. InfoQ's Stefan Tilkov had a chance to talk to the authors about their motivations for writing this book and their views on REST and Web services.

Stefan Tilkov
on Jun 01, 2007
Implementing Exceptions in SOA

In this InfoQ article, Boris Lublinsky highlights the problems with exception handling in SOA, and suggests a SOA-based solution: a logging service that accepts all logging requests, stores and forwards them to an exception resolution service, which is responsible for enforcing rules about exception resolution, a notification service, an exceptions/logging portal, and service management.

Boris Lublinsky
on May 30, 2007
Case Study: Composite Applications at Safeco

A case study about how motor vehicle insurance records company Safeco used SOA approahes, SCA, BPEL, and composite application approaches to reuse legacy code, enable runtime modifiability thanks to decoupling, Java and .NET interoperability, and the ability to deliver a complex solution integrating over 5 systems in less than 8 weeks with a small team.

JJ Dubray Steve Gies Cy Pauly Denis Rivera Bill Seagren Andy Coughlan Kari Wittgens Joanna Baas Ilene Samowitz Jennifer Fernandes
on May 29, 2007
InfoQ Changelog

InfoQ maintains a version number tied to new features developed for the site as a means to communicate progress to its audience. v1.1.5 is the latest version. InfoQ initially launced at 0.6 last year.

Alexandru Popescu
on May 20, 2007
Making Sense of all these Crazy Web Service Standards

Michele Leroux Bustamante explains the most relevant WS-* standards used today in terms of their actual implementation among WS platforms (with a focus on Java and .NET), their level of adoption and readiness. If you are new to web services or to the WS* protocols, or you are having difficulty keeping up with the pace of change in this area, this article should help.

Michele Leroux Bustamante
on May 16, 2007
Interview: Ricco Deutscher on "SOPERA"

Deutsche Post World Net, one of the world's largest logistics companies (and owner of DHL) has created a “SOA platform”, called “SOPERA”, which aims to be a full-featured SOA environment. Today, SOPERA announced it will contribute its platform to the Eclipse Foundation. InfoQ had a chance to talk to Ricco Deutscher, Managing Director of the newly founded company behind the platform.

Stefan Tilkov
on May 15, 2007
Interview: Jérome Louvel about Restlet

In this exclusive InfoQ interview, Jérome Louvel talks about Restlet, a Java framework for building Web applications following the REST architectural style. Topics covered include the reason for Restlet's existence, REST support in Web services frameworks and in Ruby on Rails, expectations for JSR 311 and Restlet's roadmap.

Stefan Tilkov
on Apr 17, 2007
SOA and Agile: Friends or Foes?

SOA aims at making the entire enterprise agile by using services as the building blocks for applications. Agile software development aims at making organizations agile by introducing practices that increase communication and feedback. Which is right? Which is better? Are we comparing apples and oranges? Can they be used together, and if so, how? Join us in the discussion!

Amr Elssamadisy
on Apr 14, 2007
Interview: Frank Cohen on FastSOA

InfoQ today publishes a one-chapter excerpt from Frank Cohen's book "FastSOA". On this occasion, InfoQ had a chance to talk to Frank Cohen, creator of the FastSOA methodology, about the issues when trying to process XML messages, scalability, using XQuery in the middle tier, and document-object-relational-mapping.

Stefan Tilkov
on Apr 05, 2007
Web Applications with Spring Web Flow and Terracotta for Spring

In this article we will first give you an overview of Spring Web Flow and Terracotta for Spring, and after that show you how you can use these technologies together to enter a new dimension in writing stateful, conversational, scalable and highly available web applications.

Jonas Bonér Eugene Kuleshov
on Apr 03, 2007

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