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Wrong and Wrong Again

21 May 2021
Because terminology is important.

Exporting to Excel from DataTables

01 May 2021
Some links and reference notes relating to the jQuery DataTables library, and its ability to export table data to Excel.

JSON from a String

25 Apr 2021
Note to self: Quick ways to create an arbitrary JSON object from a string. Useful when testing.

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.