Saturday February 22, 2003

Prevayler is touchy

I'm playing with writing Roller's persistence layer using Prevayler, and have found some "cautions" with regards to the PrevaylerSystem: If you create more than one Prevayler instance using the same PrevaylerSystem it'll be unhappy. If one of your Commands makes use of another method in the business class that calls its own Command - Prevayler will be unhappy. I ran into these issues while trying to get my UnitTests to pass, but the output was less than clear on what the problem was (why Prevayler was unhappy).

Be warned, and be cautious.
( Feb 22 2003, 06:32:47 PM ) Technology Permalink Comments [3] [Trackback]

Thursday February 20, 2003

Roller and GPL

The email linked from here suggests that we'll have to remove any GPL jars from Roller. Or get a release from the authors of any GPL jars we're using. It isn't quite as clear on LGPL - which covers the Ekit editor, Flock and the Jazzy spellchecker. The opinion expressed in the email suggests that LGPL isn't viral.

Everything else seems to be in the clear (BSD/Apache style licenses). MySQL is GPL, but this would seem to be an even more tenuous bind.
( Feb 20 2003, 08:32:00 PM ) Roller Permalink Comments [4] [Trackback]

Argh, I'm Infected!

With the current project at work of moving to Weblogic 7 necessitating moving a data repository to LDAP a new library was needed. I took this opportunity to teach myself the use of JUnit, and now I'm hooked!
( Feb 20 2003, 12:03:31 PM ) Technology Permalink Comments [4] [Trackback]

Tuesday February 18, 2003

MS Third Degree

Oops, meant Three Degrees. Neat idea (I have a 10 year old, who asked me yesterday for her own blog), and given the libraries already existant in Java it looks pretty easy to replicate.
What's the proper format for a TrackBack link, this one returns an error?
( Feb 18 2003, 01:43:24 PM ) Technology Permalink [Trackback]

Hacking Log 2.0 Sux

Disclaimer: I did create this blog just to play with Andy. He takes himself so seriously, yet welcomes abuse. I thought I'd oblige him. Please post comments there, join in the fun.
( Feb 18 2003, 08:00:00 AM ) Entertainment Permalink Comments [4] [Trackback]

For further reading on today's posts:

Erik's Weblog : Pluto : [@110] Go with the flow. Build Web applications with BEA Webflow components. Lance — Hacking Log 2.0 Sux .

Saturday February 15, 2003

Re: Who reads them anyways....

Amazing, I would consider this a prerequisite - though I have to admit that I've been having trouble finding time to read the latest specs. I've read all the earlier Servlet/JSP specs. There is a lot in there, and I've found understanding the container requirements has helped solve some thorny problems.
( Feb 15 2003, 08:39:06 PM ) Technology Permalink [Trackback]

Tuesday February 11, 2003

Searchable Weblog

Via James Strachan, a way for FreeRoller users (and others) to get their own search engine. While Search is definately on the Feature List for Roller, it hasn't been an itch anyone has wanted to scratch (apparently). I keep thinking about it, but it just isn't a priority for me (and I'm hoping someone with real experience with Lucene will step up to the plate).
( Feb 11 2003, 08:30:36 AM ) Technology Permalink [Trackback]

For further reading on today's posts:

Java To Go -- Greg Klebus' Weblog : Anthony Eden Blogging Roller Dominic Da Silva (dsuspense) Kief Morris Lance Lavandowska

Monday February 10, 2003

Roller comments broken?

Dave notes that the comment feature is broken on his site (and maybe in CVS). Mine is working fine, even on my "test" site (which is pretty close to CVS, last build the evening of Feb 6, 03). Have you been working on anything else that could have impacted it Dave?
( Feb 10 2003, 08:19:01 AM ) Roller Permalink [Trackback]