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Java, HTTPS and REST web services using Apache CXF

Thursday, December 16th 2010, 23:39

Securing REST web services is a very debated topic on the Internet. Because REST represents an architecture, and not a protocol – like SOAP -, there aren’t any specifications dealing with security, leaving this aspect as a design decision for the software engineers / developers. Still, if you search the web to find out what
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Using two JVMs in Ubuntu

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 22:15

Today I was faced with the challenge of using two JVMs on the same machine. And let me tell you that whenever you have to do this, things get dirty. Basically I was forced to install an additional 32-bit JVM for Rodin, the IDE we use at faculty for Event-B modelling, because the developers of
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Java 4-Ever

Friday, June 25th 2010, 20:22

I have just seen the funniest and geekiest online video ever (via a buddy who sent me the link from the original site). Forget about Intel’s last advertising campaigns. Carefully watch the following one. DISCLAIMER: You must have some basic knowledge about Java, .NET, Microsoft, Linux and open-source. Otherwise you might fail to get the
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Oracle TopLink, the ORA-00900 error and stored procedures

Monday, May 31st 2010, 12:11

I was introduced to Oracle’s TopLink ORM package during my second internship at Oracle. Although the API (because TopLink actually became the reference implementation for the JPA 2.0) seemed a bit overwhelming at first, I’ve managed to get a grasp of it quite fast, allowing me to finish the assigned projects in time. The familiarity
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Where has Java gone from Lucid?

Thursday, April 22nd 2010, 20:11

Apparently the Java packages coming from Sun (or Oracle for the matter) have been moved to the Partner repositories starting with the 10.04 release of Ubuntu, codenamed Lucid Lynx. The affected packages are:

How to configure Tomcat 6 in Ubuntu for Eclipse

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 19:11

If you are an Ubuntu user and a Java developer there’s a great chance that you’d want at some point to develop web applications using Eclipse and Tomcat. The easiest way to install Tomcat is by using the package manager: Now configuring Eclipse to use the instance of Tomcat you previously installed should be straightforward.
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Configuring Eclipse for J2EE development

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 12:01

Starting to learn about Servlets and JSP from “Head First Servlets and JSP 2nd edition“, I have reached a level where just editing my files from gedit wouldn’t suffice, as typos began to generate frustrations on my side. Although this is the recommended way by the book authors to build your projects while learning, which
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Epic Java

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 15:45

This came to me through a colleague at work: Saying that Java is nice because it works on every OS is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on every gender.

How to send null values in soapUI requests

Saturday, May 16th 2009, 00:58

soapUI is a pretty useful web service testing tool that can help you generate a multitude of tests like load testing, functional testing, data consistency testing and many more. I have started using it for real two days ago when I needed to test some SOAP web services for work. The main issue that kept
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