Apache Sirona works by recording various attributes and operations that occur inside a JVM application and then presenting them to the webmaster via a beautifully crafted and well-organized dashboard.Sirona uses counters, gauges, stop-watches, and classic...
Apache Sqoop is a must-have tool for every database administrator, letting them easily move data between the Hadoop NoSQL database to more classic database systems like PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MariaDB, or MySQL - a.k.a. relational databases.Sqoop basically...
OSGi, or the Open Service Gateway initiative, is an unofficial standard that details how developers can create modular services in Java, services made up of smaller packages that can be added and removed at runtime without restarting the entire...
Apache MINA contains many smaller parts. There's a NIO framework, the client-server architecture, the socket manipulation library, a SSH protocol handler, and the XMPP, FTP, and HTTP servers.All of these and many other more smaller toolkits put together...
Apache Sling is one of Apache's crown achievements when it comes to Web frameworks, right there next to Cocoon, Struts and Wicket.This modern Web frameworks works by using simple name conventions and Java scripts and servlets to process HTTP requests.This...
Apache Synapse is a lightweight solution for implementing an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) using Java code.This Java library is open sourced and developed by the Apache Software Foundation, implementing all the basic principles of a well-organized ESB that...
Apache Scout is a platform independent toolkit that implements the JSR 93 specification, a basic Java API for accessing XML registries (JAXR).The library is JAXR 1.0 compliant and can be used with both ebXML and UDI (2.x and 3.x) registries.Scout can be...
Apache Cayenne is what in the industry professionals call a "persistence framework," a tool for automating the interaction and storage of data in relational databases.How Cayenne works is to bind database schemas to Java objects, persisting object changes...
Apache CouchDB was initially developed at IBM and donated later on to the Apache Software Foundation.Compared to other databases around, CouchDB is still very young, but this has not stopped it from gathering quite a following in its short lifespan.The...
The Apache Commons BeanUtils project simplifies the process of getting and setting the properties of Java objects.It uses the Java Reflection and Introspection APIs to provide dynamic access to object properties where the developer doesn't know the...
