How to use the request Referer as the targetUrl when using Acegi Security for Spring
Suppose that my login form is integrated in another page and I want to return to that page that integrated my login page.
Create a Solr filter that replaces diacritics
Some languages (like Romanian) have special characters (diacritics, often called accent marks). It’s generally useful to remove diacritic marks from characters, for example when you create an index with Solr.
Avoiding SQL joins with java enums
Lets say you have a Coffee object and 3 sizes for coffee (small, medium and large).You can create a Coffee class like this.
Hibernate annotations – default value
If you wanted to set the default value using hibernate annotations, you’ve probably had some difficulties, as it was the case for me. Some posts on the web talk about default values to the members of the Java class.
Dojo vs Ext.js – How Dojo lost in front of other UI frameworks like Ext js
I’ve been meaning to write these thoughts for a long time. I have been using Dojo from version 0.2.x (almost two years) and I have promoted Dojo in all the projects I’ve been involved. Long story short – I was and still am – a huge fan of Dojo.
Javascript advanced tutorial
I prepared a quick Javascript tutorial during the weekend and presented it to my colleagues in Tremend. You can view it better here.
Setting default charset to utf-8 for tables using hibernate with JPA annotations
Yesterday I encountered a problem when trying to persist a String value into a MySQL column of type ‘text’ (the problem also occurs for column types ‘tinytext’, ‘mediumtext’ etc.)
Change your Bluetooth address of your Linux machine
Do you have Bluetooth on your computer? Is it a Linux machine? For some weird reason, do you need it to have a different address?
Hibernate schema maintenance
Hibernate provides a nice way to keep your DB schema in sync with the model. At least 2 choices are available.