Since the introduction of annotations in Java 5, numerous frameworks have made good use of them in a runtime context, but less has been done to take advantage of their compile-time capabilities. Writing annotation processors is straightforward and can turn what would be runtime problems into compile-time warnings or errors.
We have been taught that unit tests should be repeatable and most people (including the author) for a long time considered this an equivalent to “static”, single-path execution. Solr and Lucene employed an interesting JUnit runner strategy where tests are randomized: run with various data, various implementation of allowed interfaces, …
This session covers the new JavaFX 2.0 release which includes pure Java APIs, Swing integration and an embeddable browser component. It also showcases HTML5 technologies such as jQuery and WebGL. The video presents an interactive example of JavaFX 2.0 and HTML5 content working together to create a unified application.
Would you ever dare to enable all compiler warnings? Most people don’t, and some people are afraid to, because of what they might find out about their code. The Java compiler is the first line of defense against bugs. Enabling warnings makes it possible for the compiler to tell you …
This is a discussion and a demo on how to use the new Maven plugin and the status of Java 7 on the Google App Engine platform.
Learn how to exploit Java security vulnerabilities that are commonly found in the arsenal of malicious attackers. We won’t simply talk about issues like XSS, CSRF and SQL Injection, but will have live demos showing how hackers exploit these potentially devastating defects using freely available tools.
