Ajax for Java developers: Build Dynamic Java Applications
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-ajax1/

McCarthy, Philip
IBM
2006

Abstract:

The page-reload cycle presents one of the biggest usability obstacles in Web application development and is a serious challenge for Java™ developers. In this series, author Philip McCarthy introduces a groundbreaking approach to creating dynamic Web application experiences. Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a programming technique that lets you combine Java technologies, XML, and JavaScript for Java-based Web applications that break the page-reload paradigm.