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Hibernate 4.0.1 pom.xml - Maven dependencies

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 21:38 — mark

I have been avoiding using Hibernate for a while now. I have been using alternatives such as the reference implementations eclipselink or openjpa. But I have to keep up to date for our JBoss training sessions where the more developer focused training sessions often cover examples of using JBoss for EJBs. If you using JBoss then its safe to just use the contents of the <jboss-home>/clients directory and know its compatible with the version of JBoss you are running.

JBoss Datasource Password Encryption/Hashing

Sat, 01/28/2012 - 13:17 — mark

In my previous post on JBoss password encryption I showed how to encrypt passwords for services that make use of the Jboss microcontainer. These services are configured in files that end with the suffix *-jboss-beans.xml. As stated in that post JBoss has a tendency for inconsistency in its configuration files and service setup due to its migration away from the JMX Kernel to the Microcontainer and its historical use of custom XML files for some setups like data sources.

Java: 
JBoss

JBoss Password Encryption For Microcontainer Beans

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 20:09 — mark

JBoss 6 can make use of a centralised java keystore to save all the passwords needed in configuration files in a single place thereby making them easier to manage and protect. No more worrying about clear-text passwords in xml files! This feature is only available to services that make use of the microcontainer for service instantiation as it uses the microcontainer annotations.

Java: 
JBoss

Optimising Website Performance on Apache with Cache Control Settings

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 21:32 — mark

When tuning a web site running on Apache for optimal performance there are two places to look. The first is picking the right combination of settings for the muli-processor module (MPM) you have selected and the second is tweaking the various settings that affect the caching and compression of web application content.

Tomcat Performance Tuning SA Oracle User Group Conference Presentation 2011

Thu, 12/29/2011 - 13:49 — mark

In October 2011 I gave a Tomcat Performance Tuning presentation at the Oracle South Africa User Group (SAOUG) conference hedl a Sun City. The confernce was attended by over 800 delegates and saw the addition of a Java track for the first time this year.

Java: 
tomcat

XBMC, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Nvidia GeForce G210 (Ninja)

Sun, 12/04/2011 - 11:12 — mark

Its the end of the year again so I got some time to do complete a few projects, like build a media centre for the house. I got several TVs around the house and need a conveninet way to play movies on any TV in the house from a single source. The solution is to build a uPnP media source and then several media centres, 1 for each location.

JPA 2 Criteria API Tutorial

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 14:00 — mark

When JPA 2 was released in 2009 it included the new criteria API. The purpose of the API was to get away from using JQL strings , (JPA Query Language), in your code. Although JQL seems like a great way to leverage your existing SQL knowledge ,in the OO world it has a major drawback  namely;  there is no compile time checking of your query strings. The first time you find out about a spelling or syntactical error in your query string is at run time. This can be quiet a productivity drain with developers having to correct, compile and redeploy to  continue.

Java: 
java
jpa

How FOSS Can Help Save South Africa!

Wed, 06/29/2011 - 20:16 — mark

Usually this blog cover technical issues on Linux and Java and other kinds of geeky fun stuff but just this once I feel the need to say something about the political economy in South Africa, and how free and open source software could be used to help address the monumental challenges faced by our country. 

Java Transaction Amount (Money) Class

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 20:49 — mark

When writing applications that need to track financial transactions most developers use BigDecimal to ensure that rounding is done properly and that there is no danger of arithmetic overflow or precision and scale being lost when performing arithmetic operations.

Using BigDecimal for tracking financial transactions is fine until you need to take into account other aspect of a financial transaction such as:

Java: 
java development

Firewalling Home networks with Linux to safe-guide children from the immoral practices on the Internet

Thu, 04/07/2011 - 23:09 — trust

It is said Information is power, however if it falls into the wrong hands at the wrong time it can be very destructive. With the inception of the internet, billions of users got interconnected worldwide. This network of networks uses various technologies for interconnection, information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail becomes available to all. Without checks and balances or proper control measures the Internet can be a very dangerous place, especially for innocent minors...

Open Source: 
linux firewall

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