Yearly Archives: 2015

Quartz CRON expressions vs CRON expressions

Introduction CRON expressions are terrifyingly powerful – especially when you first start to pick them up. Once you’ve gotten the hang of them, you’re in a position to – unashamedly – weep when you realize that there are a couple

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Java 9 – new reserved keyword ‘secret’

[This was April Fool’s, obviously] Under the guidance provided by the ‘Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe’ (KISKIS) principle, secret is a proposed new keyword under Java 1.9. This keyword is designed to be used in cases where an open and extensible

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PrimeFaces – actions not firing in last rows of dataGrid

Introduction Have you been at your wit’s end trying to work out why your action just won’t fire? Have you exhausted BalusC’s list of potential reasons? Does it happen to be just the last couple of buttons that don’t work,

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Finding the getters slowing my JSF page

Introduction Ever find that some of your JSF pages have suddenly slowed down? Like browsing through sludge? A getter that’s doing somewhat more than it should be is a fairly likely cause, especially given JSF’s tendency to call getters more

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