Closing Braces

ArbitraryObject: A useful useless class

closingbraces — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:07:52 +0000

Sometimes one needs to pick a class for use in a test but it doesn't really matter which class it is. Instead of picking a class arbitrarily, another option is to use a purpose-built "ArbitraryObject" class so as to make this explicit.

The Java EE Verifier and indirect and optional dependencies

closingbraces — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:12:10 +0000

The Java EE 5 "Verifier" requires all referenced classes to be present, but in practice any third-party libraries that you use are likely to have dependencies of their own. You then have to deal with these, and their own dependencies in turn, even where they are only for optional features that you're not actually using.

Oracle-Sun: The winner is Google?

closingbraces — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:03:33 +0000

Why Google's Java offerings might benefit from uncertainty over Java's future under Oracle, and competition between Oracle and IBM.

Kibibytes and Mebibytes

closingbraces — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:01:42 +0000

Kibi-, mebi-, gibi- etc are standardized prefixes for binary quantities. But is anyone using them?

Forcing Glassfish V2 to reload an auto-deployed web-application

closingbraces — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:03 +0000

If a web-application is auto-deployed on Glassfish V2, any changes you make to its deployed web.xml or other configuration don't take effect until the application is reloaded. Here's how to force the reload.