Archive for April, 2008
Automatic MD5 File Generation for Maven Repository
If you have a local repository for your own, in-house developed, artifacts, you might also sometimes have the need to generate MD5 sum files for these, to avoid maven warnings when downloading. I know I have this need, when I put some artifact from the outside world into my local repository. The other day, I [...]
April 16, 2008
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Tags: maven · Posted in: Tools
Ping failed in MysqlValidConnectionChecker in JBoss/MySQL-ConnectorJ Combination
Today I was battling an issue for some of my colleagues. They were getting this exception from JBoss/Mysql ConnectorJ driver: java.sql.SQLException: Ping failed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: object is not an instance of declaring class in the JBoss console. A look at the stacktrace told me, that it was coming from inside the method com.mysql.jdbc.integration.jboss.MysqlValidConnectionChecker.isValidConnection, so naturally, I [...]
April 11, 2008
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Tags: exception, Java, mysql · Posted in: Uncategorized
Public Flashplayer Bug Database
I have previously complained about flashplayer being closed, and bugs reported in flex public jira “disappeared” into a closed bug database in flashplayer. Well, know Adobe has opened up the flashplayer bug database, as a public flashplayer Jira instance. Great work, Adobe! It is definitely a step in the right direction, to open up the [...]
April 10, 2008
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Tags: flash · Posted in: Uncategorized
DZone Really Popular Posts Mashup With Yahoo Pipes
Often, I find the DZone Popular links feed a bit flooded. I subscribe to it, to follow interesting developer discussions, but sometimes I find, that a post gets to be considered “popular” a bit too easily. More likely, what makes a post “popular” is a quite individual matter, which calls for a more personalized way [...]
April 8, 2008
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Tags: dzone, mashup, yahoo pipes · Posted in: Tools