Tag Archives: Java

CXF Restful web server example

I’ve created an example of how to use Apache CXF and Spring together to create a restful web service: https://github.com/hedleyproctor/cxf-restful-server-example This example shows the key steps in creating a restful web server: Create a rest service interface class which you … Continue reading

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IntelliJ Plugin Development Cookbook

This post is intended to help people writing IntelliJ plugins, with a focus on plugins for Java projects. Although the IntelliJ docs are pretty good, this post collects together lots of small “how to” instructions that I’ve found useful when … Continue reading

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Gradle dependencies tutorial

Gradle has very powerful dependency management features. In this tutorial I will walk through creating a multi module Java project, and explain: How the api and implementation dependencies work How to create a custom dependency resolution strategy to: Hard fail … Continue reading

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Gradle – working with files

When working with files in Gradle, the key classes are: FileCollection FileTree – which extends FileCollection Getting a FileCollection You can get a file collection by using the files() method which is always available (from the Project object). FileCollection myFiles … Continue reading

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Debugging Gradle

If you are new to any tool or technology, knowing how to debug when things go wrong is a really important skill. This post gives some beginner tips on how to debug Gradle builds. Note: In the commands below, I’m … Continue reading

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Error handling in Apache Camel

Scenarios When coding an integration with Apache Camel, we need to be able to deal with many different kinds of error: Bug / error in our own code, before we have communicated with the remote service. Getting a connection to … Continue reading

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Gradle Release Plugin

Gradle has a release plugin that mimics the Maven release plugin behaviour. i.e. you specify a snapshot version in your build and the plugin can update the version to a released version, commit and push that. The plugin is not … Continue reading

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Dependencies and Configurations in Gradle

What is a Gradle configuration? In Maven dependencies can be assigned to a given scope: compile – available on all classpaths and propagated to dependent projects provided – will be provided by your container runtime test Gradle has a much … Continue reading

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Type conversion and NoTypeConversionAvailableException in Apache Camel

In Camel, type conversion of a message body can be done using the tag: <convertBodyTo type=”com.something.SomeClass”/> Camel docs on type converter: https://camel.apache.org/manual/type-converter.html Type converters are loaded from the classpath, so the imports of your OSGI module will affect what converters … Continue reading

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Using test fixtures in Gradle and Maven

In Maven if you want to reuse text fixtures from one module in another module, you use the jar plugin and build a test jar. You have to specify what classes and other resources to include. Gradle has a dedicated … Continue reading

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