JXTA Technology Manual

Author: LiGong
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is not only a tutorial but also a quick reference. It continues the spirit of O'Reilly's best-selling book Java in a Nutshell, aiming to help you master JXTA in a short time. The book provides an in-depth explanation of P2P network concepts and the JXTA model, introduces JXTA Shell applications, peers, pipes, and discovery services, discusses the most important security issues of JXTA applications, offers numerous ready-to-use, efficient JXTA application examples, provides a quick reference for all JXTA API classes, and includes some important official JXTA specifications.
In February 2001, Sun Microsystems announced an innovative paradigm in Java network technology: JXTA. Advocated by Bill Joy, a key technical innovator at Sun, JXTA provides a revolutionary framework that allows Java programmers to leverage new peer-to-peer (P2P) network protocols without worrying about the underlying details. But how do you use JXTA? What can it do for you? This book is not only a tutorial but also a quick reference. Written by key members of the JXTA development team and following the spirit of O'Reilly's best-selling Java in a Nutshell, it aims to help you master JXTA in a short time. The book provides an in-depth explanation of P2P network concepts and the JXTA model, introduces JXTA Shell applications, peers, pipes, and discovery services, discusses the most important security issues of JXTA applications, offers numerous ready-to-use, efficient JXTA application examples, provides a quick reference for all JXTA API classes, and includes some important official JXTA specifications.
JXTA is an acronym for "juxtapose," and many practical computer networks use peer-to-peer technology. Therefore, if you are a Java expert studying P2P, JXTA is the technology you are looking for. Even if you are just curious about P2P, you will find that JXTA opens up a vast world for simple network applications. However, the best way to learn JXTA is to try to understand its basic principles and write code yourself. This book helps you start mastering JXTA technology from both perspectives.