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Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), a specification for a Java component framework recently released by Sun Microsystems, immediately attracted attention of several major software vendor...
The use of the Java programming language for implementing server-side application logic is increasing in popularity, yet there is very little known about the architectural require...
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Due to its portability and popularity for Internet applications, Java has become one of the major programming languages. The similar syntax inherited from the C language and the p...
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