I usually use getReference method when i do not need to access database state (I mean getter method). Just to change state (I mean setter method). As you should know, getReference returns a proxy object which uses a powerful feature called automatic dirty checking. Suppose the following public class Person { private String name; private … Read more
What you want to do is a combination of part of 1 and all of 2. You need to use the PowerMockito.mockStatic to enable static mocking for all static methods of a class. This means make it possible to stub them using the when-thenReturn syntax. But the 2-argument overload of mockStatic you are using supplies … Read more
If you want to build Java EE applications, it’s best to use Eclipse IDE for Java EE. It has editors from HTML to JSP/JSF, Javascript. It’s rich for webapps development, and provide plugins and tools to develop Java EE applications easily (all bundled). Eclipse Classic is basically the full featured Eclipse without the Java EE … Read more
It is discouraged because all resources within the environment are meant to be managed, and potentially monitored, by the server. Also, much of the context in which a thread is being used is typically attached to the thread of execution itself. If you simply start your own thread (which I believe some servers will not … Read more
Jun 2002: JSTL 1.0 was introduced with EL for first time. It were those ${} things which works in JSTL tags only. It is designed to call Javabean get methods. Nov 2003: JSP 2.0 was introduced and EL was moved from JSTL 1.0 to JSP 2.0 in javax.servlet.jsp.el package and it became standard EL as … Read more
You can make an Embedded class, which contains your two keys, and then have a reference to that class as EmbeddedId in your Entity. You would need the @EmbeddedId and @Embeddable annotations. @Entity public class YourEntity { @EmbeddedId private MyKey myKey; @Column(name = “ColumnA”) private String columnA; /** Your getters and setters **/ } @Embeddable … Read more
A servlet-container supports only the servlet API (including JSP, JSTL). An application server supports the whole JavaEE – EJB, JMS, CDI, JTA, the servlet API (including JSP, JSTL), etc. It is possible to run most of the JavaEE technologies on a servlet-container, but you have to install a standalone implementation of the particular technology.
XJC is included in the bin directory in the JDK starting with Java SE 6. For an example see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/09/processing-atom-feeds-with-jaxb.html The contents of the blog are the following: Processing Atom Feeds with JAXB Atom is an XML format for representing web feeds. A standard format allows reader applications to display feeds from different sources. In … Read more
Yes, you can freely mix both CDI and EJB and achieve some great results. It sounds like you are using @WebService and @Schedule, which are good reasons for adding EJB to the mix. There’s a lot of confusion out there, so here is some general information on EJB and CDI as they relate to each … Read more
I have used WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, GlassFish, Resin, Jetty, Tomcat, and a few others over the last 10+ years. So, if I were considering a new project, I would ask myself a few questions first. One thing that I would not question anymore is that I would flat refuse to use JSPs unless I was … Read more