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Dec 29, 2009 authoring beans custom handler parser schema spring tag validation xml

Discover Spring authoring

In this article, I will describe a useful but much underused feature of Spring, the definition of custom tags in the Spring beans definition files.

Dec 26, 2009 AJAX REST

HTML UI over a REST backend

In this article, I will show you that forms sent by browsers to a server can only use GET and POST HTTP methods and which workaround to apply in order to still use a REST backend.

Dec 13, 2009 convert custom database facts hibernate mapping object type usertype

Hibernate hard facts part 3

This is the 3rd post in the Hibernate hard facts focus series. In the third article of this serie, I will show how to tweak Hibernate so as to convert any database data types to and from any Java type so as to decouple your database model from your object model.

Dec 6, 2009 boilerplate code decrease generation lombok morbok reduce

Lombok reduces your boilerplate code

In this article, I show you the power of the product I stumbled upon this week: Project Lombok enables you to modify bytecode at compile code. First, I will detail what features Lombok brings you out-of-the-box. In the second part of this article, I will describe how to extend it to generate you own code. Introduction Since the dawn of JEE, complaints have been filed regarding the complexity of coding components. I consider EJB v2 a very good example of this complexity: for just a simple EJB,

Dec 5, 2009 effective maven

Apache Maven 2 Effective implementation

This review is about Packt’s Apache Maven 2 Effective Implementation by Maria Odea Ching and Brett Porter. Facts 12 chapters, 436 pages, 39.99$This book is intended for people that already have a good experience of Maven. The 'About Maven' part is as small as it can get, it is the opposite of what could be 'Maven for Dummies', where you learn to type mvn something.A good portion of the book is about tools that are part of the Maven ecosystem: Continuum for the CI part and Archiva for the

Nov 21, 2009 api commons logging implementation Java log4j logging slf4j

Thoughts on Java logging and SLF4J

In this post, I will ramble on logging in Java, how it was done in the old days and what can a library like SLF4J can bring.

Nov 5, 2009 book packt review

Packt book reviews

I was contacted last week by Packt Publishing. They made me the following offer: I was to choose the books I wished in their catalog and then write an article for each of them. I gave this offer much thought and finally said yes on the condition I was to be free to say what I really thought about the book. Since I’m not known for my soft stances on many subjects, I’m really looking forward to write my first article; first, to evaluate the book’s material in itself and second,

Oct 24, 2009 filter jsf open source opensymphony sitemesh template tiles

Simple templating solution with SiteMesh

In this article, I will show you how to use SiteMesh in your JEE web sites in order to bring a sense of unity to them.

Sep 28, 2009 container dependency injection di ioc servlet spring

Spring can inject Servlets too!

In this article, I will show you that Spring dependency injection mechanism is not restricted solely to Spring-managed beans, that is Spring can inject its beans in objects created by the new keywords, servlets instantiated in the servlet container, and pretty anything you like.

Sep 11, 2009 filter tomcat valve

Tomcat's Valve, an alternative to Filter

In this article, I will show you how to replace filters declared in web.xml with unobtrusive mechanism in Tomcat.