Facebook API and Facebook Connect using Java?

Question

New to Facebook API and Facebook Connect.

Found the Facebook Java API open source library on Google Code...

I am really excited that there\'s an API pre-written

Answer 1

As far as I know, that library is broken. I couldn't get authentication to work with the latest version.
In my search for alternatives i found the "TinyFBTagLibrary" http://www.socialjava.com/ -- Yes, it requires just about a billion extra libraries to run, but it offers a simple way to execute facebook API calls in java that ISNT BROKEN (once again, as far as I know). My advice is to ignore all of the predefined tags for use in jsp and scroll down to the bottom to see how to use the TinyFBClient.call/getResponse when you need to get information.