Archive for the ‘java’ Category

Second hand smoke from windows

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

After moving into my new house, I setup my dsl connection. I am suprised that apon connecting my dsl modem to the interenet, my activity light is constantly active. I find it odd that my brand new account is getting this much external activity.I am willing to bet that much ...

GotoFile: very nice, small eclipse plugin

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

Sometimes the best plugins are simple. This one is awesome of projects of any size. Just hit Ctrl-Alt-n and start typing your wide card.Very helpful for navigationsee http://www.muermann.org/gotofile/

How are you handling exceptions in web services?

Sunday, August 8th, 2004

Its not a big deal for java to java clients. However, .NET or a perl client is going to have no idea what a java.lang.BlahException is. Previous buisness logic just threw an exception with a (jdbc-duplicate key error), is this still okay to do. The powers that be are insisting that ...

Eclipse feels much snappier under tiger..for real

Monday, July 12th, 2004

I made jdk1.5.0 beta (snapshot) my jdk in which eclipse runs under. To my surpise, it feels much more performant than 1.4.2(I am only comparing running eclipse). Especially when many files are open. Its much harder to make the ide "stutter".This is a welcome change, I like when my ide ...

Velomix with Webwork and Hibernate

Tuesday, June 8th, 2004

This example shows how Velomix can speed up the routine by templating out fragments of your application development.

Webwork/XWork for Struts developers

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004

I was asked to compare Webwork to Struts and to give a little presentation/guide on converting to Webwork. Here is what I have so far. Feel free to highlight anything I missed, grammer errors, or general questions.

Weapons of mass destruction found in my town

Friday, May 21st, 2004

According to this news link weapons a mass destruction were found in my town. They can't find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and yet they find them in Willow Grove/Upper moreland PA. Anyway this sensationalistic reporting or the terrorist prosecution categories are getting rediculous. Since when is a pipe ...

Scared of polluting my objects with EJB3.0/Hibernate

Friday, May 14th, 2004

With EJB3.0, the xml mark up moves from xml files to inside you .java files. While this might sound simple, in a sense, aren't you polluting your objects? What happens when you want to use your object for a couple things (not just saving to hibernate)? Do my ...

Example: Generic Object Validation with XWork

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

Following Jason's instructions, I created a small sample application (in junit form) to demostrate validation of generic objects. This can be used outside of web applications(web services, workflow, command line processing,... etc). The validator automatically looks for Animal-validation.xml (or "Objectname"-validation) which sits in the same package as Animal.class. download herepublic ...

Eclipse tip, external linked features

Monday, April 26th, 2004

When upgrading eclipse, it is often helpful to keep 3rd party plugins external from the core eclipse plugins. This enables you to keep your plugins separate and unaffected by upgrades to your core eclipse. It also enables a company to "share" a feature set among its employees.Under your eclipse folder, create a directory named ...