Transparent PATCH support in JAX-RS 2.0

The PATCH method is one the the less well loved HTTP methods simple because until recently there really wasn’t a…

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Selecting level of detail returned by varying the content type, part II

In my previous entry, we looked at using the feature of MOXy to control the level of data output for…

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Post-hoc tracing using a debugger

Once nice little features of most debuggers that I have been exercising recently is the ability to log information on…

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Lambda, will it serialize?

So I have been ponder an enhancement required on the Tyrus project that would allow a user to broadcast to…

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Write an auto-debugger to catch Exceptions during test execution

Previously I have stated that there are some exceptions you would always want to keep an debugger breakpoint on for.…

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Almost named method arguments in JDK 8

Sometimes it would be really nice to have named method parameter in Java, this doesn’t look likely for a long…

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Persistent breakpoints every java developer should have

When a developer is working in Java there are a few failure cases you always want to know about even…

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Using Java WebSockets, JSR 356, and JSON mapped to POJO’s

So I have been playing around with Tyrus, the reference implementation of the JSR 356 WebSocket for Java spec. Because…

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Off-loading your test execution using Hudson

One of the annoyances if you have a load of tests for a particular project is that running them can…

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