Java Tools & Frameworks

SOA World published an article on BPEL Management written by me with Arvind Maheshwari.
You can read the article: Managing Complexity with BPEL Management!

In the 11g JDBC Developer’s guide below it clearly specifies the following.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/java.111/b31224/oraint.htm#i1058743
Important: The cursor associated with a REF CURSOR is closed whenever the statement object that produced the REF CURSOR is closed. Unlike in past releases, the cursor associated with a REF CURSOR is not closed when the result set object in which the [...]

As UKOUG’08 approaches I have finally reached the point where fear of not starting on my presentation(s) has override the loathing I feel when I open power point. Still spend a good few tens of minutes sketching out the testing presentation with Geoff this afternoon so onto a good start.
Looks like I could be taking [...]

Having come from the world of OC4J where enabling https required the sacrifices of your first born: it is nice to know that in weblogic you can start working with just a tick of a box. (For the internal JDeveloper instance http://localhost:7101/console -> Servers -> DefaultServer(Admin) -> SSL Listen Port Enabled)
It is worth knowing that [...]

The last JSFDays conference, in March 2008, was just awesome! A great get together of the JSF community…
Now, after the great success of the very good organized event, there is a volume 2 of it! At the beginning of April 2009 (1st -> 3rd) there are great talks and tutorials about JSF and [...]

One of my friends commented: “Java is no longer cool! Not hot either! What is the current state of enterprise Java?”
First it was .Net and then came a bonanza of scripting languages such as Ruby. All these technologies were there to eclipse the popularity of Java and J2EE. The hypes for these technologies were short-lived. [...]

I’ve posted example #134 to illustrate a best-practice, declarative technique for processing multiple selected rows in a tree, table, or treeTable. It includes a bit of generic helper backing bean code that allow you to accomplish the job without having to write custom code for each page that requires this common pattern.

I added example #135 to illustrate a simple example of using the queryPerformed property of the search binding to conditionally provide user feedback in a search page.

Needing to connect to a WLS instance with JConsole to view/use the MBeans?
Me too.
The simplest way I found to do it was to to add an entry to the setDomainEnv.cmd file for the specific managed instance:
set JAVA_OPTIONS=%JAVA_OPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
When you then run the managed instance, the setDomainEnv.cmd file is called and the additional property is added [...]

In doing some work with the FastSwap feature of WebLogic Server recently, I wanted to be able to display whether FastSwap was enabled for the application.
I used the small hack below to determine whether FastSwap is enabled or not for the application. This examines the current ClassLoader that is being used and compares it [...]