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New Article: Managing the MIDlet Life-Cycle with a Finite State Machine

A MIDlet class may manage its own logic and life-cycle, but often a better choice is for it to delegate these responsibilities to a finite state machine (FSM). An FSM provides a simple and effective means to control your MIDlet's life-cycle and overall…

JSR 177 (Security and Trust Services API for J2ME) Specification Final Release

Earlier today the JSR-177 Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (SATSA) specification was approved for final release by the JCP Micro Edition Executive Committee. Withouth trying to oversimplify this spec, in summary, SATSA defines how to integrate with Security Elements (SE) such…