Hibernate and and the “Found two representations of same collection” error
Last night I spent an extended work day trying to track down the source of a Hibernate exception that I have never encountered before. The application in question is a simple data loader application that reads in an XML file…
My Wife was SOOO Right!
I should know better by now, but the Mrs. has a decent track record of being right. Sometimes. Had I agreed the first time around, we’d have had the right color paint up on the walls this time and we’d…
RESTEasy and Seam
There has been some discussion lately regarding integrating JBoss Seam with RESTEasy. Jay Balunas recently made about post on his thoughts on ths subject, so I thought I’d post some of mine. For the record, I am a huge fan…
Announcing JBoss RESTEasy Beta1
In case you didn’t see Bill’s post on the subject, I wanted to let folks know that RESTEasy entered it’s first beta release as JBoss RESTEasy Beta 1. You can read more here and you can get the release here.
Eclipse-based Applications Don’t Play Well With Mac OS X Leopard
This weekend I decided to give Leopard a shot and so far, so good. However, if you’re an Eclipse fan you will be disappointed. I should also add folks who use ANY Eclipse-based product including Flex Builder 3 Beta 2…
Java 6 Preview IS NOT available for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
For the misinformed, there is no re-release of of the Java 6 preview on the ADC site. This “preview release 6″ merely updates Java 5. 1.5.0_13 and Java 1.4 to 1.4.2_16. Basically, it brings Java in Tiger up to he…
Not enough is RESTful in RestFaces
I just came across a quick article on The Server Side about a JSF framework called RESTFaces. My initial reaction was “oh cool, a JSF framework that might adhere to RESTful principals.” Sadly, there isn’t much more than HTTP GET…
Java 6 WILL NOT be Included in Mac OS X Leopard
By all appearances, the initial release of Mac OS X Leopard will not include Java 6. Java 5 will still be there and include all of the 64-bit goodness that we’ve been reading about. Considering that Java 6 is not…
Some Mac OS X Leopard Java Details
Even though Java is not listed as one of the 300+ new features, Java is listed as one of the “Key Technologies” listed under the tech specs for Leopard. Additionally, the development tools section also states that Leopard will include:…
No Mention of Java 6 on Leopard Features Page
So Apple has put out a page highlighting the 300+ new features Leopard will have. As I scan through this page, one word I’m particularly keen on is only mentioned once. That word is Java. It is only mentioned in…



