Sun Microsystems have just announced the Java Blueprints for Wireless, available at http://java.sun.com/blueprints/wireless/index.html. The Blueprints for J2EE have been available on the Java site for some time now, and the Wireless version in beta form for a month or so -- however with this announcement they have also 'tidied up' the site somewhat, with a combined J2EE/Wireless table of contents.

If you're starting a large-scale application and need to support Wireless and Enterprise Java technologies, or some combination of the two, and are not sure where to begin, then this is the place.

Java BluePrints for Wireless is a collection of end-to-end best practices, guidelines and architectural recommendations that demonstrates how to best utilize the strengths of the J2EE(TM) and the J2ME(TM) platforms to build a distributed, transaction-oriented enterprise application using J2EE on the server and J2ME on the client. The new Java BluePrints program is delivered, free of charge, through white papers and the Java Smart Ticket, a real-world sample application that illustrates various recommended development techniques.

It includes white papers and a sample application the Java Smart Ticket 1.0. The Java Smart Ticket sample application is a movie ticket reservation application that utilizes a MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile) client and a J2EE application backend based on the Java BluePrints. It shows developers step by step how J2EE and J2ME interoperate to create enterprise and transaction-oriented applications that serve mobile client devices, such as cell phones, two-way pagers and palmtops.

Through the Java Smart Ticket sample application the developer community is offered free access to a real-world implementation with free access to the source code and binary under the Berkeley license.

• Wireless Blueprints