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Created by Fang on March 30, 2012 15:04:04
Last update: March 30, 2012 15:04:04
Spring MVC 3.1 can send either JSON or HTML response on the same URL, depending on the type of response requested. With this mechanism, a page can be sent when directly requested from a link, but a JSON response can be sent in response to an AJAX request. This is the controller code:
package com.example; import java.util.Map; ... In the above example, JSON response will be sent when the HTTP request contains header "Accept: application/json". HTML response will be sent then the header is "Accept: */*", or "Accept: text/html", or anything else. You can add a limitation that the HTML response does not produce "application/json". But then the question is which response will be sent when the HTTP header is "Accept: */*"? Both methods will...
Created by Fang on March 30, 2012 10:07:25
Last update: March 30, 2012 10:09:08
After a user resets a password, I want to force the user to change the password before she gets access to secured content. This is usually done with a servlet filter. But with Spring MVC, you can also use a HandlerInterceptor . According to Spring JavaDoc: HandlerInterceptor is basically similar to a Servlet 2.3 Filter, but in contrast to the latter it just allows custom pre-processing with the option of prohibiting the execution of the handler itself, and custom post-processing. Filters are more powerful, for example they allow for exchanging the request and response objects that are handed down the chain. Note that a filter gets configured in web.xml, a HandlerInterceptor in the application context. As a basic guideline, fine-grained handler-related preprocessing tasks are candidates...
Created by Fang on March 06, 2012 14:38:52
Last update: March 06, 2012 15:56:45
This may or may not be useful, but I did the research so here's the code.
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotatio...
Created by Fang on February 23, 2012 14:25:57
Last update: March 01, 2012 13:53:59
Some example snippets for Spring message configuration and usage.
To configure a message source in Spring context (basename=messages):
<bean id="messageSource"
class="org.springf...
Locale change interceptor can also be setup with:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans x...
The messages file should be named messages.properties (or messages_en.properties , etc.) and located on CLASSPATH , for example: WEB-INF/classes .
To use a message resource in JSP:
<%@ taglib prefix="spring" uri="http://www.springf...
Created by Fang on February 27, 2012 12:19:19
Last update: February 27, 2012 12:19:19
Mapping Java objects to Jackson JSON is pretty simple. But if you name a JSON field wrong, you'll get the "Unrecognized field ... (Class ...), not marked as ignorable" error. The rule for mapping a Java bean attribute name to a JSON field name is: lower all leading capital letters until the first lower case letter .
For example, this Java class:
package com.example;
public class Person {
...
maps to this JSON string:
{
"firstName": "Jane",
"lastName": "...
Test code:
package com.example;
import java.net.URL;
...
Created by Dr. Xi on May 02, 2011 15:59:37
Last update: February 25, 2012 09:16:37
This code snippet gets the default keystore used by the Java keytool and displays the list of aliases along with the key type (certificate or private key).
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputSt...
The default keystore used by the above code is: $HOME/.keystore .
Created by Fang on February 16, 2012 12:27:55
Last update: February 16, 2012 12:34:58
Here are some ways to run a main method using Maven:
Use the exec plugin:
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.example.App"
or, with arguments:
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.example.App" -...
Attach it to a build phase with the build element:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
...
If you want to run main from Maven, it's probably just some test code. You are better off just to write a test case, or call the main method from a test class:
package com.example;
import junit.framework...
Created by James on February 02, 2012 16:09:05
Last update: February 02, 2012 16:09:17
flowplayer is another way to embed Flash in a web page. The code looks like this:
<object width="6400" height="380" data="swf/flowpl...
You need to download two swf files:
http://releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer-3.2.1.swf
http://releases.flowplayer.org/swf/flowplayer.controls-3.2.0.swf
Created by James on January 26, 2012 21:23:56
Last update: January 26, 2012 21:23:56
In an HTML page, elements can overlap because of position styles. When there's an overlap, elements coming later in the HTML code are displayed on the top. This can be altered by specifying z-index in the CSS. Elements with higher z-index are placed on the top.
However , z-index only works for elements that are not static positioned. Static positioned elements are always at the bottom compared to relative , fixed and absolute positioned elements.
This is a test page:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style t...
Effects of z-index can be tested by adding it to the elements, for example:
<div id="bg" class="big" style="z-index: 3"></div>...
Created by Fang on January 16, 2012 13:03:28
Last update: January 16, 2012 14:58:13
Apache commons validator provides a class to validate emails.
Code:
import org.apache.commons.validator.EmailValidator...
Maven dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-validator</gr...
