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Created by Fang on March 05, 2012 20:32:37
Last update: March 05, 2012 20:32:37
In this simple example, I create a simple validating bean and create a JUnit test to test the validation.
The bean ( src/main/java/com/example/Person.java ):
package com.example;
import javax.validatio...
The test ( src/test/java/com/example/TestPerson.java ):
package com.example;
import java.util.Set;
...
Run the test:
mvn clean test
You'll notice that one test passed and the other failed.
The tests require that a person must have a name and the name cannot be empty, so @NotNull is not the right rule to use here. To make sure that the name is not empty, we need to use @Pattern . But since a null String matches any pattern, @NotNull is also needed:
package com.example;
import javax.validatio...
Created by Fang on November 21, 2011 16:30:56
Last update: December 07, 2011 08:54:32
This is a series of notes on building custom JSF 2.0 facelet taglibs, ordered from the simplest to the less simple. Hopefully it can help you to get started on how to build custom taglibs for JSF. A simple JSF facelets taglib example The simplest taglib I can think of. Using EL expression with a custom tag Make tag attributes dynamic. Mixing custom tag with facelet ui taglibs Discover things you might run into when you get into more details. Which EL context to use? Using the wrong EL context can lead to subtle bugs. JSF facelet taglib backed by a UI component A UIComponent can be a tag handler, without being TagHandler . Using tag handler, UI component and renderer with a JSF facelet...
Created by Fang on November 21, 2011 13:49:11
Last update: November 21, 2011 13:49:11
In the test for the simple taglib example , I used a literal string for the name attribute:
<my:hello name="Jack"/> What happens if the name attribute contains EL expresson? For example: <my:hello name="#{param['name']}"/> If EL works, the tag should take the value of the " name " request parameter and print it out. But the tag as implemented in the simple taglib example prints the literal string: Hello #{param['name']}! I am FaceletTag. In order to make a tag to recognize EL, we have to use TagAttribute.getValue(FaceletContext ctx) instead of TagAttribute.getValue() . The latter returns the literal value of the attribute. The HelloTagHandler should be changed to: package com.example; import java.io.IOExcep... Rebuild the taglib and test with a URL like this: http://localhost:8080/facelet-test/?name=Jack The tag will print:...
Created by Fang on September 07, 2009 20:44:15
Last update: November 03, 2011 14:43:19
Step 1: Repackage a web app as EAR A Java EE application is a multimodule Maven project. At the very least you'll need to package a WAR and an EAR. To get started, I'll simply re-package the simple webapp as an EAR. Create a directory named javaee-app Copy the webapp from here to javaee-app . Rename struts1app to webapp . Create pom.xml under javaee-app :
<project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>... Create a directory named ear under javaee-app . Create pom.xml under ear : <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>... Modify pom.xml in the webapp directory so that it looks like this: <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> ... Build with " mvn package " in the javaee-app directory. You can see that ear-1.0.ear is successfully generated in javaee-app/ear/target . Maven successfully resolves dependencies between the sub-projects....
Created by Fang on October 31, 2011 21:10:10
Last update: October 31, 2011 21:13:10
In this example I'll add a parameter to a facelets template. The example contains three tabs, each tab points to a different page. The tab control is shared among all pages, therefore, it is put in the template.
Starting from the simple facelet example , make these additions:
Create a new template WEB-INF/templates/tabs.xhtml :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Stric...
Add a page for the about tab ( about.xhtml ):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
Add a page for the news tab ( news.xhtml ):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
Add a page for the partner tab ( partner.xhtml ):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
Build and re-deploy the application. Launch the browser and load page http://localhost:8080/facelet-demo/about.jsf .
This is a screenshot:
Created by Fang on October 28, 2011 14:49:53
Last update: October 28, 2011 14:52:19
Facelet templates can be nested, for example, a page can use a template which inherits from another template. To demonstrate this, let's start from the simple example and make these additions:
Add a place holder for CSS style sheets in WEB-INF/templates/default.xhtml :
<h:head>
<title>Facelets Template Demo</tit...
Add a derivative template ( WEB-INF/templates/default-style.xhtml ) which provides CSS:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
Add a page that uses the styled template ( home-style.xhtml ):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui:comp...
The only difference between this file and home.xhtml is the template being used.
Compare the display of the pages home.xhtml and home-style.xhtml .
Created by Dr. Xi on April 26, 2011 20:12:01
Last update: April 28, 2011 15:28:12
An XML schema is a definition of XML files, in XML. It plays the same role as old-time DTDs. Overall, an XML schema file looks like this:
<schema attributeFormDefault = (qualified | u... The attribute meanings: targetNamespace : The name space targeted by the current schema definition. It can be any URI. id and version : For user convenience, the W3C spec defines no semantics for them. xml:lang : Natural language identifier defined by RFC 3306 . attributeFormDefault and elementFormDefault : Set default values for the form attribute for attribute and element declarations. blockDefault and finalDefault : Set default values for the block and final attributes for attribute and element declarations. The W3C defined some built-in datatypes . Examples of primitive datatypes are: string ,...
Created by Dr. Xi on February 17, 2011 16:09:49
Last update: February 17, 2011 16:09:49
This is a common problem with shell scripts running from cron. Everything works perfectly fine from the command prompt, but fails when running from cron. In the worst cases, the job fails silently, even giving a return code of 0!
Usually, these are caused by differences between the execution environments: the interactive shell (command line) has more environment variables defined/exported (through .kshrc , .bashrc etc.) than the shell started by cron. A simple way to resolve the differences is to run set in the command prompt and compare the output with the output of set from cron (add a single line to the shell script).
You can also make the shell script more verbose by adding the -x switch:
#!/bin/sh -x
Created by Dr. Xi on August 31, 2008 20:43:44
Last update: January 22, 2011 12:48:08
It's probably more useful to make the JavaScript executor a bookmarklet. That way it gains access to the page on which it is invoked. Therefore, more helpful while debugging. Here's the code:
<html>
<body>
<a href="javascript:(funct...
Or, you can add this link to your bookmarks, name it "JS Executor". For a full featured JavaScript console, you may need Jash
Created by James on July 04, 2009 16:30:40
Last update: January 11, 2011 21:21:59
If you are looking for a solution for a progress bar, I direct you to the following resources: Bare Naked App provides a simple and elegant solution based on pure CSS with two images. You control the percentage of completion through the background-position attribute of the CSS. HTML:
<img src="/images/percentImage.png" alt="... CSS: img.percentImage { background: white url(/imag... Images: (percentImage.png) (percentImage_back.png) WebAppers extended the above solution with JavaScript. They also added several colored images: JQuery UI has a built-in progress bar widget. However, if you want to get to understand some of the foobar needed to get CSS to work (in general) through this example, stay with me for the rest of this note. Initially I was thinking, a progress bar should be easy: just make...
