Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers [With CDROM]

Now COBOL programmers have a step-by-step guide to help them make the leap to Java! It's the book and companion CD-ROM, Java "TM" for S/390 "RM" and AS/400 "RM" COBOL Programmers.Written by IBM application-development professionals Phil Coulthard and George Farr, this authoritative new book teaches readers how to read and write Java programs and helps them understand the concepts necessary to continue to improve their Java skills.Rather than serve as a mere overview, Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers addresses Java's syntax and much of the Java Development Kit's (JDK's) functionality through comparisons with COBOL. It introduces applets, Java Native Interface (JNI), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), serialization, JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), servlets, JSPs, and XML. The book even contains separate appendices with platform-specific information geared explicitly toward OS/400 "RM" and OS/390 "RM" readers.