DIY Annotations

Since Java 5 there have been annotations in Java. I wanted to make my own annotation just to see what…

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Beginner’s Guide to Hazelcast Part 7

This is a continuation of a series explaining how to use Hazelcast.  If one has not read the other six…

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There is a Mojo in My Dojo (How to write a Maven plugin)

I have been up to my armpits involved using Maven at work.  For good number of developers I will hear,…

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Beginner’s Guide to Hazelcast Part 6

This is the sixth post in a series of posts about Hazelcast.  If one has not read the last five,…

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The Beginner’s Guide to Hazelcast Part 5

This is a continuation of a series of posts I have written about Hazelcast.  I highly suggest you read the…

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Beginner’s Guide to Hazelcast Part 2

This article continues the series that I have started featuring Hazelcast, a distributed, in-memory database. If one has not read…

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Beginner’s Guide To Hazelcast Part 1

Introduction I am going to be doing a series on Hazelcast. I learned about this product from Twitter. They decided…

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The JAXB Well Known Secret

Introduction I rediscovered a library that Java offers to the masses. When I first read the specification, I was confused…

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When a String is Null but Not Null

Introduction A junior programmer on my team at work had an interesting bug.  Its symptoms I have seen more than…

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