Integrate JRebel with JBoss

In this tutorial we will show how to integrate and test JRebel Eclipse plugin with JBoss AS 7.1.1 platform. For those who have never heard about it, JRebel is a JVM-plugin that makes it possible for Java developers to instantly see any code change made to an app without redeploying. JRebel lets you see code … Read more

JSF custom tags using Java classes

This is the second tutorial about creating JSF custom tags. In this one we will show how to create Java based JSF custom tags. Creating a custom Java based JSF tag in the early JSF 1.2 specification required pretty a lot of work and several configuration files to be handled. We will now show how … Read more

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JSF custom tag tutorial

In this tutorial we will show how to create JSF custom tags based on content defined in an XHTML page. Creating custom JSF tags can be done either by means of Java classes implementing the UIComponentBase interface or by means of XHTML code fragments. In this tutorial we will show the latter option. Creating a … Read more

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JBoss Operation Network (JON) installation tutorial

In this tutorial we will learn how to install JBoss Operation Network (JON) which provides centralized control, configuration, and visibility to JBoss applications and related infrastructure. JBoss Operation Network is part of RedHat subscription, however you can download a trial version at https://access.redhat.com/downloads#eval Unpack the JON server into a folder of your like: jar xvf … Read more

Solving the @Resource lookup compilation issue

One common issue that Java EE 6 developers meet is the use of the @Resource annotation which conflicts with the JDK built-in  @javax.annotation.Resource. Here we will show how to solve the compilation issue in Eclipse and Maven. If you have a look at the @Resource annotation included in Java EE 6, it includes  the lookup … Read more

Java EE 6 CDI example application

In this tutorial we will show how to upgrade our Java EE 6 EJB based application into a CDI based application using Eclipse and Eclipse Maven plugin. Contexts and Dependency Injection(CDI) is a new addition to the Java EE specification as of Java EE 6. It provides several benefits that were missing to Java EE … Read more

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EJB invocations from a remote WildFly server

In this tutorial we will show how you can perform EJB to EJB invocations between two WildFly server instances. Calling EJB which are located on a remote EJB server is done differentely depending if the remote client is a standalone client or if the client is located on another instance of WildFly. Java Standalone clients … Read more

Cloud computing basics

Cloud Computing Basics You hear about cloud computing all the time, probably. They tried pumping it around the beginning of 2011, like it was some kind of new boom, but it was bad marketing; the people who heard about it – aside from a small percentage of techsters – probably had no idea what the … Read more