Category Archives: Java

Want to be able to export and import tables from your database using a web interface? You've come to the right place! I've just finished a new tutorial for our CSV Manager product: Uploading and Downloading CSV Files from a … Continue reading →

I've always regarded Java's volatile variables as voodoo variables. In fact, I've been scared off by very many articles telling you how terribly dangerous they are. In cases like these I tend to retreat to the safety of a few … Continue reading →

I've been trying to find a workable way to manage my comments for quite some time. By which I mean, the comments that I make on other people's blogs. You need to be able to go back and see if … Continue reading →

Let’s say you’ve got a list of globs: '*', 'a*', '*a', '*a*'. Now sort them. Sort them based on how specific they are. More specific globs match fewer things. Less specific globs match more things. If Dr. Seuss had had … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had a plan to use reflection to solve the compatibility versioning problem with my software components. Basically I need to change an interface that existing customers have implemented. And I want to maintain compatibility so that no-one has … Continue reading →

My versioning system is broken. It's painful and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it. Time for a blog entry so! Previously I wrote about my vision for the Ricebridge Versioning System. All Ricebridge components have three version … Continue reading →

I have just released the latest version of my open–source code–generator: Jostraca. I first released Jostraca in late 2000 and I have been unable to get rid of it since, despite repeated kicking! So what does Jostraca do? It takes … Continue reading →

Jostraca now has an Eclipse plugin: CodeGenClipse! (Jostraca is a code-generator, in case you're interested.) Open source is great. The plugin is all thanks to Morten Christensen. And he found a load of bugs in Jostraca while he was writing … Continue reading →

I promised to make the development of the next Ricebridge product, User Manager, more transparent. So here goes… User Manager is already in production. It's a fine-grained user access and permissions system. It handles arbitrary permissions for arbitrary business objects … Continue reading →

I've put up a new article on the Ricebridge site: How to convert CSV into XML and XML into CSV using Java. It does exactly what is says on the tin. I explain how to get XML Manager and CSV … Continue reading →