Chapter 14 Third Practice Solution — Important Note

The third hands-on practice in Chapter 14 uses the Google Web APIs, a web service published by Google to provide access to their search engine. Using the Google Web APIs requires a unique license key distributed to people who sign up for free developer accounts with Google.

The posted solution for Chapter 14 does not contain a valid license key, and so will not work as-is. To run the solution, do the following:

  1. Go to http://www.google.com/apis/ and click the link labeled “Create a Google Account.”
  2. Follow the instructions on the page that appears.
  3. When the verification email from Google arrives, click the enclosed link and log in to your account. Google will send you a second email, containing your license key.
  4. When the second email from Google arrives, note your license key.
  5. Open the posted solution for Chapter 14 in JDeveloper.
  6. In the Application Navigator, navigate to “Applications\GoogleWSApp\Model\Application Sources\googlewsapp.model\Search.java.”
  7. Open Search.java in the Code Editor.
  8. Find the method doSearch().
  9. In the method body, replace the string "XXXX" with your license key, enclosed in quotation marks.
  10. Rebuild the project.