Liferay diaries: Log4j

Setting up log4j for a Liferay and Spring application is easy: in /WEB-INF/log4j.properties log4j.category.org.springframework=DEBUG,console And some entries in web.xml <context-param> <param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.properties</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class> </listener>

Liferay diaries: Serving resources from a portlet with Spring

So there comes the day when you finally have to serve an image, pdf or excel report generated by a portlet or, more elegantly, by a Spring controller backing a portlet. At a first take this may seem impossible since the markup produced by a portlet is embedded in the markup (i.e. HTML) of all … Continue reading Liferay diaries: Serving resources from a portlet with Spring →

A view of youhavedownloaded.com

I worte the following piece a while ago for a webzine but it never got published, so here it is. A new website which tracks users' download habits in file sharing networks was announced this week sending shock waves through the Matrix for its potential of revealing highly sensitive private data, stirring once more … Continue reading A view of youhavedownloaded.com →

Compact mockito: shorter answer notation

[Update 2014.10.08] The code is now on github. If you value brevity in tests like I do then maybe you would agree that mockito's doAnswer statements contain much boilerplate. That is certainly not mockito's fault but rather a result of java's inflexible syntax. When testing, i.e. GWT code one will frequently find the need to … Continue reading Compact mockito: shorter answer notation →

Automatically starting an SSH tunnel in Ubuntu

As I am a frequent guest in public WLANs I spent some time looking into ways to connect safely to both the corporate network and the rest of the internet while enjoying the amenities of a cafés' or hotel's wifi. Because of its simplicity and universal availability I like SSH tunnels which are easily set … Continue reading Automatically starting an SSH tunnel in Ubuntu →