A deeper look into the Java 8 Date and Time API

Within this post we will have a deeper look into the new Date/Time API we get with Java 8 (…

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Java 8 Type Annotations

Lambda expressions are by far the most discussed and promoted feature of Java 8. While I agree that Lambdas are…

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Java: Exception translation with AspectJ

Within this blog post I describe how you can use AspectJ to automatically translate one type of exception to another.…

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Using database views in Grails

This post is a quick explanation on how to use database views in Grails. For an introduction I tried to…

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Grails: Using Hibernate Filters

The Grails Hibernate Filters plugin makes it possible to use Hibernate Filters with GORM. Hibernate Filters provide additional restriction rules…

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Java: Using the specification pattern with JPA

This article is an introduction to using the specification pattern in Java. We also will see how we can combine…

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Java: Moving conditions into Message files

The Java classes ResourceBundle and MessageFormat provide a nice toolset for resolving localized messages inside Java applications. This post provides…

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Two things to remember when using Java RMI

This is a short blog post about two common pitfalls you should be aware of when using Java RMI. Setting…

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Getting started with Spring Data Solr

Spring Data Solr is an extension to the Spring Data project which aims to simplify the usage of Apache Solr…

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