This project started to shape up when we first prototyped the Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse www.windowsazure4e.org. We wanted to build within the Eclipse IDE a Windows Azure “storage explorer” which allows developers to browse data contained in the Windows Azure storage component, including blobs, tables, and queues. The Storage Explorer was developed in Java (like any Eclipse extension), and we realized that abstracting the RESTful communication aspect between the Storage Explorer user interface and the Azure storage component made a lot of sense. So this led us to package the Windows Azure SDK for Java developers as open source project now living here www.windowsazure4j.org.

In short, the Windows Azure SDK for Java enables developers to easily leverage Azure storage service in their Java applications. The logical architecture is very simple:

From a deployment’s perspective, you can either deploy the SDK with a web application or with a desktop application

Of course, comments and feedback are welcome, so feel free to try this out and join us on the forum.

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