The Java NIO packages that were added in JDK 1.4 and these packages allow Java applications to perform true non-blocking IO operations. This presentation will cover the basics of the standard IO packages, which date back to the beginning of Java, and some of the shortcomings they have. This will be followed by coverage of the newer NIO packages and how they address these issues.

The NIO packages aren't simple to use and have a few dangerous pitfalls that many encounter when they first start using NIO. These pitfalls will be covered as well as solutions to each.

Learn how to use ACEGI in an AJAX friendly way so that when you user's sessions expire, they can quickly log back into the application and continue where they left off. This will cover in detail the changes that were made to the ACEGI framework to support AJAX authentication, why ACEGI needed to be changed and how to implement this solution in a new or existing application that uses the ACEGI framework for authentication.

Attendees should take away all the information required to implement an AJAX authentication using ACEGI in a Java web application.

Learn how to manage service oriented architecture applications over time. This talk will focus on how to deploy a SOA application and version components individually. It discusses the finer points of upgrades and how to architect your system so that each deployment doesn't mean stopping and starting "the whole world" and how to attempt to achieve the "four nines" (99.99%) uptime ideal.

Attendees should walk away with a complete vocabulary for how to discuss versioning of applications, numerous architectures and designs that can assist in versioning, and well balanced, unbiased overview of four different types of SOA (WebServices, Tuple Spaces/JavaSpaces, Jini and ESB).