Category Archives: Java

Database Configuration with Spring 3.2 Environment Profiles

Posted on 28-February-2013 by Gordon

Database Configuration with Spring 3.2 Environment Profiles This is a followup to my previous blog Spring 3.1 Environment Profiles Let’s demonstrate how to configure an application to use different databases based on configuration. The code below is using Spring JavaConfig, … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Spring Best Practices – Part 1 – Project Config

Posted on 3-July-2012 by Gordon

Enterprise Spring Best Practices Series In part 1, let’s review project structure and configuration. Sections Project Directories Project Dependencies Smart Logging Running with Jetty and Tomcat Spring Configuration Files Complete Maven Config Valuable Maven Commands Further Reading Social Me Project … Continue reading →

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Gemini Blueprint – Converting from Spring OSGi

Posted on 13-June-2012 by Gordon

Eclipse Virgo OSGi Enthusiasts, like myself, can now switch from the Spring OSGi namespace to the Eclipse Gemini Blueprint namespaces for bundles. Maven Dependencies <!– Gemini Blueprint OSGi –> <properties> <gemini.blueprint.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</gemini.blueprint.version> </properties> … <dependency> <groupId>org.eclipse.gemini</groupId> <artifactId>org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.extender</artifactId> <version>${gemini.blueprint.version}</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> … Continue reading →

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SpringSource Tool Suite FAQ

Posted on 12-June-2012 by Gordon

Eclipse is one of the most popular IDEs for Java & Spring application development. Spring has developed the Spring IDE plugin providing developers with Spring aware tooling for our projects. SpringSource Tool Suite = {    Eclipse + SpringIDE + M2Eclipse … Continue reading →

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Configuring Spring Roo for Java 7

Posted on 5-April-2012 by Gordon

When creating a Roo project with the “project” command, we have the option to specify the Java Version $ roo roo> project –topLevelPackage com.gordondickens.myproj –java 6 –projectName testapp If we choose Java 7 with Roo 1.2.1, the code will not … Continue reading →

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Rocket to the Cloud Fast with Roo

Posted on 23-September-2011 by Gordon

Want to build a Spring 3 application FAST and run it on the Cloud? It is incredibly easy to do with Spring Roo and CloudFoundry! This post on using Postgres on CloudFoundry helped me get started, however I tried using … Continue reading →

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tcServer Logging with Logback & SLF4J

Posted on 16-August-2011 by Gordon

Logback and SLF4J provide better logging for java applications. To configure VMware vFabric tcServer to take advantage of the speed and flexibility of Logback use the following steps as a starting point. Download the tcServer Developer Edition free: http://www.springsource.com/developer/tcserver This … Continue reading →

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SpringSource Tool Suite – Eclipse for Spring Developers

Posted on 6-July-2011 by Gordon

Spring developers using Eclipse should take a close look at SpringSource Tool Suite (STS). STS is a FREE IDE, based on Eclipse with many of the essential tool to assist Spring developers. http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts. The major plugin to Eclipse is Spring … Continue reading →

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Annotation Reference for Spring Projects

Posted on 20-May-2011 by Gordon

Annotations are available for Spring and Java projects. I was unsuccessful in finding a single consolidated set of the annotations. So, I thought “What a great gap to fill.” However, what I thought would be a fairly simple endeavor, turned … Continue reading →

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Spring 3.1 – What’s Up and Coming

Posted on 11-February-2011 by Gordon

Spring 3.1.0 M1 is expected to be released on Feb 11, 2011. There are many exciting new features expected for the final release which is scheduled for June 2011. Environment Profiles Many times we want separate configuration for different environments … Continue reading →

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