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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 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 21, 2012 20:33:58
Last update: February 21, 2012 20:33:58
You can customize Tomcat error page with error code:
<error-page>
<error-code>404</error-code>
...
or Java exception type:
<error-page>
<exception-type>java.lang.Throwab...
Either error-code or exception-type is required, but not both. There's no way to aggregate error codes, such as:
<!-- This does not work! -->
<error-page>
...
Customizing error pages is about the only way to suppress the default stack trace in Tomcat in case of an unhandled exception.
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 Dr. Xi on February 01, 2012 12:55:28
Last update: February 01, 2012 12:55:28
You can define environment variables in the Tomcat context.xml file like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context...
which is equivalent to the following in web.xml :
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>varName</env-entr...
In Java code, the variable can be looked up like this:
// import javax.naming.Context;
// import javax...
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...
Created by Fang on January 16, 2012 13:29:00
Last update: January 16, 2012 13:29:00
According to RFC 4627 , the MIME content type for JSON is application/json :
The MIME media type for JSON text is application/j...
So, in Java code:
servletResponse.setContentType("application/json")...
Created by lokf on January 13, 2012 14:10:42
Last update: January 13, 2012 14:10:42
For some reason I don't know writing to files in Android is very complicated and tedious. Here is some code for those who might need it. Apps should write in the SD in the directory /Android/data/package_name/files/ so that it is deleted with the app uninstall. package randomname; import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.OutputStreamWriter; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import android.content.Context; import android.os.Environment; import android.util.Log; public class FileIOLibrary { String packageName; boolean mExternalStorageAvailable = false; boolean mExternalStorageWriteable = false; FileIOLibrary(String packageNamep) { this.packageName=packageNamep; } public boolean isExternalStorageAvailable() { updateExternalStorageState(); return mExternalStorageAvailable; } public boolean isExternalStorageWritable() { updateExternalStorageState(); return mExternalStorageWriteable; } /** * writes the current state of SD card to the corresponding variables */ void updateExternalStorageState() {...
