Ilia Papas and I put this solution together about a year ago – actually, Ilia put it together based on my idea and prototype. Our article on Javaworld still generates some feedback and questions. I assume that there are people out there who would like to get their hands on a ready-to-use, configurable component as opposed to a collection of code snippets.
Ilia and I have been discussing the possibility of packaging the code and creating an Open Source project on Sourceforge. If you are a potential user, please share some feedback about what kind of functionality you would like to see.
Thanks.