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Created by Fang on January 28, 2012 13:24:09
Last update: January 28, 2012 13:31:22
This is a simple JSP custom tags library with tag body. Just like the JSF counterpart , it splits a string and repeats the body for each word, i.e., with this markup:
<%@ taglib uri="http://custom.tag.com/demo" prefix...
output:
<html>
<body>
<p>Hello Tigger!</p>
<p>H...
With Maven, this is the directory structure:
./src
./src/main
./src/main/resources
./s...
There are three files to write:
pom.xml :
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"...
src/main/java/tagdemo/IterateTag.java :
package tagdemo;
import java.io.IOException...
src/main/resources/META-INF/demotag.tld :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DO...
Build with:
mvn clean install
To use it as a dependency in other Maven projects:
<dependency>
<groupId>tag-demo</groupId>
...
Created by Fang on January 04, 2012 09:54:05
Last update: January 04, 2012 09:54:05
There are two ways to validate a form with JSF: jsf validation on the page with <f:validate...> tags (for example: <f:validateLength> , <f:validateRegex> , etc.), or JSR303 bean validation. This note is about how to customize messages for JSR303 bean validation. The validation message is specified in the message attribute for each validation annotation type. The mesage attribute is not a literal string, but a string that is interpolated in various ways. For example, the default validation message for AssertFalse is {javax.validation.constraints.AssertFalse.message} , which is replaced with the corresponding string in ValidationMessages.properties (or ValidationMessages_tr.properties , ValidationMessages_es.properties , depending on the locale). This is the contents of ValidationMessages.properties in the hibernate validator reference implementation:
javax.validation.constraints.AssertFalse.message =... To customize the messages, just provide the new value in...
Created by Fang on November 08, 2011 20:55:00
Last update: November 21, 2011 18:19:44
In the simple taglib example , I used a tag handler class to implement a taglib. This is an example to implement a taglib with a UI component. The purpose is to use a custom tag to split a string and print each part in a separate paragraph, i.e., print
<p>john</p> <p>steve</p> <p>mike</p> with custom tag <my:foreach> : <my:foreach var="who" value="john steve mike"> ... These are the files: pom.xml <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"... src/main/java/com/example/UIForeash.java : package com.example; import java.io.IOExcep... src/main/resources/META-INF/faces-config.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <faces-c... src/main/resources/META-INF/foreach.taglib.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <facelet... How to use: Put the JAR file generated by the above project in the WEB-INF/lib folder of the web app. If the web app is a Maven project, just add the taglib project as a dependency:...
Created by Dr. Xi on April 05, 2011 08:04:37
Last update: April 05, 2011 08:11:37
There's no difference between a Java HTTP client and a Java HTTPS client. Ignore JavaWorld Java Tip 96 , it's way too old. The following code gets an HTTP page as well as an HTTPS page.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
pub...
There's one catch . If you are using the code on a test server with a self-signed certificate, it fails. In that case, I would suggest that you download the certificate from the server and import it to your keystore as a trusted key. You may also need to add a subject alternative name to the certificate if the host name does not match the certificate.
You may also choose to use a custom TrustManager and HostnameVerifier to ignore the certificate verification errors.
Created by Dr. Xi on March 28, 2011 20:51:30
Last update: March 28, 2011 20:53:46
HTTP basic authentication is just Base64 encoded user name and password passed in as the Authorization header. So the following code works:
// encode user name and password
String credent...
However, since JDK 1.2, there's a more Java friendly way:
Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
...
Test code:
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
pub...
Created by Dr. Xi on October 16, 2008 20:45:40
Last update: March 28, 2011 20:23:22
Java's built-in classes are way too complex/flexible for a simple protocol like HTTP. This is a wrapper to simplify HTTP GET and POST.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
imp...
A simple test:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
...
Created by Dr. Xi on August 27, 2008 19:40:19
Last update: January 14, 2011 09:33:20
There's a limit to the number of characters a bookmarklet can contain. Browser Max chars Netscape > 2000 Firefox > 2000 Opera > 2000 IE 4 2084 IE 5 2084 IE 6 508 IE 6 SP 2 488 IE 7 ~2084 IE 8 ~2200-2300 I tried it in the IE6 browser. The following code (573 characters) doesn't work as a bookmarklet. However, <a href="alert('Hi');">Short Bookmarklet</a> works. Actually, you don't have to save the link as a bookmark in order to test, just click the link, nothing happens if the length limit is exceeded.
<a href='javascript:alert("var c = document.create... If the bookmarklet code is too long, you can save the JavaScript code on a server and use this function to bring it back to the page:...
Created by James on July 19, 2009 20:51:23
Last update: January 11, 2011 20:14:18
If CSS3 border-image is properly supported, making a rounded corner box is very easy. You just need a round corner image like this: The following markup:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" ... would render like this (try it in Firefox 3.5 and Google Chrome): However, IE as of version 8.0 does not support border-image . So until border-image is reliably supported in all major browsers, we still have to rely on tried and true tricks to make it work. In general, I found three general categories of tricks to make rounded corners: Good old tables. This trick creates a table of 9 cells and uses the 8 cells on the perimeter to render the borders and rounded corners. The central cell is used for...
Created by Fang on March 23, 2010 01:43:47
Last update: September 03, 2010 14:21:15
This is a bare bones, no frills, just the facts tutorial on JSTL. I will not bother you with theories, principles, best practices, anecdotes, or any other junk, because JSTL is shallow and simple, and I don't want to make it sound deep or complex. Getting ready JSTL/JSP Expression Language JSTL implicit variables A simple test application for JSTL Expanding the simple JSTL test application Core Tags Basic tags : <c:out> , <c:set> , <c:remove> , <c:catch> Flow control tags : <c:if> , <c:choose> , <c:when> , <c:otherwise> , <c:forEach> , <c:forTokens> URL Tags : <c:import> , <c:url> , <c:redirect> , <c:param> Internationalization (i18n) and formatting tags I18N Overview Set locale : <fmt:setLocale> , <fmt:requestEncoding> Format messages : <fmt:message> , <fmt:bundle> , <fmt:setBundle> , <fmt:param>...
Created by Fang on August 23, 2010 22:55:58
Last update: August 24, 2010 15:45:04
The tags XML flow control tags are exactly the same as their Core flow control equivalents, except that the test condition with a boolean EL expression is replaced by the select condition with an XPath expression. In the case of the forEach tag, the items attribute is replaced with the select attribute. In a test condition, the XPath expression is evaluated to a boolean value by the rules of the XPath boolean() function, which converts its argument to a boolean as follows: a number is true if and only if it is neither positive or negative zero nor NaN. a node-set is true if and only if it is non-empty. a string is true if and only if its length is non-zero. an object of...
