Category Archives: java

Annoying default SVN client in Subversive

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Subversive is one of the two Subversion plugins for Eclipse (the other is, of course, Subclipse). At each installation of Eclipse, I try to switch from one to the other. Today, I’ve installed Eclipse 3.3RC1 along with Subversive 1.1.2. When … Continue reading →

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How to run XFire 1.x with Spring 2.x and Maven 2.x

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

In version 1.2.5 of XFire, a module called xfire-spring is necessary to run it together with , well, Spring. The issue is that the POM file for it is designed to run with Spring 1.2.x.

Posted in java, maven, spring, webservices, xfire | 6 Comments

Limitations when using DbUnit in multi-schema environment

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

DbUnit has a useful feature when using multiple schemas. After setting a property called http://www.dbunit.org/features/qualifiedTableNames, DbUnit will always refer to a fully qualified table name, using the schema in prefix, as expected. However, it has the side-effect that the schema … Continue reading →

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Change signature of interface methods in implementations

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Every once in a while, I learn a new fact that reminds me to stay humble with my knowledge of Java.

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Maven Surefire 2.3 released with support for JUnit 4

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Surefire 2.3 for Maven has been released March 1st. No big announcements, just a post on the maven mailing list. Still, it is a big deal for me, as I can at last run my JUnit 4 tests with Maven.

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Gienah: inject Spring dependencies in your JUnit 4 tests

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I wanted a way of using my test with dependencies coming from my Spring definition.

Posted in java, spring, test | 6 Comments

YAGNI — You’re Aren’t Gonna Need It

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

A couple of weeks ago, I started working on the objects that needed to be mapped onto the database. As I didn’t know what to do with each of them, I tried to keep things simple by mapping a foreign … Continue reading →

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p6spy, dbUnit and maven

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

p6spy is a JDBC proxy that will log the SQL statements passed to a database. It is a relatively old project (last release is from 2003 but I only heard about it today, as I was looking for a way … Continue reading →

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Test Driven Design and Data Access Layer

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I am currently writing the Data Access Layer of a Java project using Hibernate and I want to apply TDD on my work. The part that is concerned with the database is the mapping of objects on the database schema, … Continue reading →

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Changing maven local repository

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

This is something that is not well documented on the web, though it is quite clearly in the default settings.xml file provided with the default Maven installation. The default repository used by Maven 2 to store the various artifacts is … Continue reading →

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Hibernate: so, the identifier field is mandatory after all!

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Is it obvious to everyone that an identifier is mandatory in Hibernate? I actually thought that Hibernate generated some kind of internal identifier for classes that do not specify one. The documentation says: saveOrUpdate() does the following: […] if the … Continue reading →

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Configuring Cobertura in Maven 2

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

After many spurious error messages, I finally managed to make it work. Be warned that the information on the official Cobertura Maven plugin page, the informations are not exactly correct. Below, you’ll find in bold the fixes. The “Basic Cobertura … Continue reading →

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Eclipse-Subversion Integration: Secrets Wars

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Did you know there were 2 Eclipse plugins for Subversion? Neither did I, until this morning. The leader is still Subclipse. Runner-up is Subversive. Being a credible alternative when it was released, mildly insulting words were exchanged; the Subversive team … Continue reading →

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Format On Save Plugin For Eclipse

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I’m writing this post as a future reminder for myself… This plugin is damn hard to find when you are looking for it. All it does is automatically format and organize import statements in your Java classes each time you … Continue reading →

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Make decisions at the last responsible moment

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

In Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers, Mary & Tom Poppendieck mention “Make decisions at the last responsible moment” as one of the 7 rules. I’m happy to report applying it in my current project. Two … Continue reading →

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