Getters and Setters Are Not Evil
Every now and then some OOP purist comes and tells us that getters and setters are evil, because they break encapsulation. And you should never, ever use getters and settersContinue reading
Java Client for the Google+ API
I decided that I can make a separate java client library for Google+ (since I was a bit unhappy with what Google have provided for Java developers: no maven dependency,Continue reading
Spring-managed Hibernate Listeners with JPA
Update: now there’s a better way to do that. A standard use-case – you need an entity listener in order to execute some code on every update/insert/delete. For auditing, forContinue reading
Error pages and chunked encoding – it’s harder than you think
The other day I realized that my Tomcat is using chunked Transfer-Encoding (HTTP 1.1) by default. I don’t know about other servers/containers/frameworks/languages, but it is not uncommon to send pagesContinue reading
First Experience with the Google+ API
So, Google released an API for Google+. Sort of. It only has three methods – People.get, Activities.list and Activities.get. But let’s assume we can build something with this. Not somethingContinue reading
The Logging Mess
Every application needs logging. And right now there are a lot of options on what exactly to use for logging in Java. The most famous frameworks are: log4j, logback, commons-logging,Continue reading
How to Map Dates with Hibernate – Use joda-time
This is always a question – how to map temporal data in our hibernate entities – whether to use java.util.Date, java.util.Calendar or simply long. The correct answer is: neither ofContinue reading
Google App Engine and Maven
I created a small project that I wanted to host somewhere for free. Amazon free tier or Google App Engine? I already have experience with AWS, so I decided toContinue reading
How to Handle Project Configuration
Every web project needs some environment-specific configurations. Database credentials, root url, smtp settings, to name a few. It’s a recurring question on stackoverflow, and I’ve seen a lot of variationsContinue reading
What to Do With IDE Project Files
Each IDE generates its specific project/config/build files. Eclipse generates .project and .classpath, and also the .settings directory. IntelliJ IDEA has its .iml files. And it is always a question whatContinue reading