Advanced Java Networking, Second Edition - an excellent introduction to sockets, RMI, IDL / CORBA, JDBC, and other APIs - surveys all the way to create a state-of-the-art server side solutions with Java. (A final chapter here outlines when to use each API, depending on your design needs.) In addition to hands-on coding examples, several chapters present a high-level introduction to new Java APIs such as Jini, naming services, and JNDI, plus EJBs and network management with JMAP. The new edition of Advanced Java Networking packages an excellent mix of sample code and technological expertise - the value in choosing the best option for the network on the Java platform today Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: object-oriented design in Java I / O routine Threads Object Serialization Performance TCP / IP and networking fundamentals of the Java Programming for TCP and UDP sockets for the database JDBC Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI), CORBA IDL Java Callback Overview Fundamentals HTTP Basic CGI vs. servlets Java Server Pages (JSPS) for client and server JavaBeans Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) basics of Microsoft's COM / DCOM server application components (performance, database connection pooling, and scalability issues) Jini basics of JMX / JMAP for network management and directory services JNDI Java security issues (including encryption, authentication, and secure socket) Comparison of power network Java API Limitations