java.net Weblogs by Felipe LemeWeblogs by Felipe Leme from Java.netJavaServer Faces specification finally approved- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The JCP committee approved the final specification for JSR 127. In other words, the long awaited JSF has finally left its specification stage!http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1088 When LinkedIn met JSTL- (Found July 2, 2008 ) JSTL's SQL and XML are controversial taglibs. A lot of people complain they hurt the MVC principles, while others defend they can be useful in some situations (specially on protoypes and small projects). The truth is, both sides are right: it can causes great havoc in a MVC-based application, but it is an invaluable tool in small, time-limited projects like the one shown in this blog.http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1154 Running ant in loop mode- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Once in a while I work in a Java project where I need to run a simple Ant task many times in a short period of time. Like web projects where the JSP files are located in a directory under source control and are deployed in another directory by an Ant task. If I change a JSP file, I need to run Ant again, and it takes an eternity (about 5-6 seconds), due to the overhead of running the JVM, reading the XML files, etc...http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/411 |