Tag: java
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Avoiding JVM delays caused by random number generation
The library used for random number generation in Oracle’s JVM relies on /dev/random by default for UNIX platforms. This can potentially block the WebLogic Server process because on some operating systems /dev/random waits for a certain amount of “noise” to be generated on the host machine before returning a result. Although /dev/random is more secure,…
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Build secure Web applications by reading Iron-Clad Java
Building secure Web applications isn’t easy and contains many aspects that the development team has to consider and take into account. “Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications” book is good starting point to learn concepts, tactics, patterns and anti-patterns to develop, deploy and maintain secure Java applications. With 304 pages the book is more about…
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Monitor and profile application with Java Mission Control
Monitoring Java applications is can be done with different tools and with JDK you get one good tool for it: Java Mission Control. Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder together create a complete tool chain to continuously collect low level and detailed runtime information enabling after-the-fact incident analysis. Starting with Oracle JDK 7 Update…
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JSF 1.2 and getting selected value from dropdown
JSF 1.2 has some weird features which you just have to know if you haven’t read the documents. One example is getting a value from h:selectOneMenu dropdown after onchange event. The first what comes to mind is to use binding attribute with RichFaces’ a4j:support for rerendering elements after the event but it doesn’t work like…
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Installing Sun JDK 1.6 on CentOS
CentOS doesn’t have a package for Sun JDK so it has to installed manually. It’s fairly easy but there are some steps to do that. This guide has been tested on CentOS 5.4 x64_86. Step 1. Initial setup for building RPM -!- Do this with a non-root user Create ~/.rpmmacros $ vim ~/.rpmmacros… Jatka lukemista…
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Using RichFaces 3 dataScroller and dataTable -components
RichFaces provides some nice AJAX-components for Java Server Faces but the documentation and examples could be better. RichFaces has great documentation compared to some other frameworks but it could be better with adding a little bit of real world and down to earth examples. So here is one example of using RichFaces dataScroller and dataTable…