Showing posts with label specification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label specification. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Java Specification Wanted

During the weekend, I wasted long hours on searching for a Java specification. The document is question is called Configurations and Profiles Architecture Specification and it is like the Constitution of JavaME. It defines the architecture for the JavaME platform, what are the rules that you must follow when standardizing APIs for JME. What can you do in a JSR and what you mustn't.

However, if you Google this title, you will get only a handful hits, almost each of them are references to this document from other specifications. And a 5-year old entry from a forum where somebody was seeking the same document. I searched for it on java.sun.com, even in the Wayback Machine but couldn't find it. The closest I got to this document is that I talked to someone who saw it but didn't have a copy anymore.
I'm not saying that it cannot be found, but I failed miserably. So if you happen to know the whereabout of this document, or happen to have a copy of it in some dusty corner of you hard drive, I would really appreciate if you could share it with me.

And apart from the fact how lousy I am in web searches, wouldn't you expect such an important a document to be in a very obvious and visible place?

Monday, February 18, 2008

OSGi Specification as a book

I don't know how you feel, but books are special for me. A book, you can touch it, you can feel it and it smells like.... well, like a book. I know that the use of electronic media is more economic, easier to access and more environment friendly, but I just have to have my favorites in hard copy as well. If you are dealing with OSGi, the ultimate source of information is the Specification. As opposed to many sloppy specifications, OSGi specs are well-written, easy to read, with lots of explanations and pointers to additional material, they are more like a book than a usual spec. And finally, the Release 4 version of OSGi specification is available as a book. I really have to have a copy! The only sad thing is that the book contains the core platform specification only, the R4 mobile specification - a separate book - is not (yet?) available.