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Getting L2 Cache Statistics using Mbeans

15 Apr 2021
Following on from the previous article, this is a quick look at how to extract L2 cache statistics from Ehcache using managed beans.

Setting Up Hibernate with JCache and Ehcache

14 Apr 2021
A quick look at setting up Ehcache as the second-level cache for Hibernate, using the JCache API.

Customizing DataTables Global Search

09 Apr 2021
A look at two ways to customize the behavior of the DataTables global search function.

The Jdbi @ColumnName Annotation

03 Apr 2021
How my basic use of this annotation tripped me up…

Lucene's PerFieldAnalyzerWrapper

17 Mar 2021
How to use different analyzers on different fields when building a Lucene index?

Thymeleaf: Using External CSS and JavaScript Files

13 Mar 2021
A closer look at using different Thymeleaf template resolvers to handle web pages which import external JavaScript and CSS files - all of which contain Thymeleaf expressions.

Jetty Session Tracking - Part 2

14 Feb 2021
This is a long-overdue follow-up on an old note about session tracking with Jetty, using a relational data store.

Time Zone History

02 Feb 2021
Time Zone History

Ajax: Differences Between jQuery and DataTables

20 Jan 2021
DataTables makes use of jQuery’s ajax functionality. But there are some important differences between how each library works.

Jackson's ObjectMapper and TypeReference

15 Jan 2021
Some notes on Jackson’s ObjectMapper, when using it without any custom POJO classes, to deserialize an arbitrary piece of JSON to a Java Map.