Programmatically selecting a tab with angularjs and bootstrapui

Let's say you want to programmatically select a tab with angularjs and bootstrap ui: [CODE MISSING] According to the documentation for 3.1.1 it should be enough to modify the model; here controller.tabUsers or controller.tabGroups. Only: it doesn't work. We'll never know why. The way out is simulating the click with jquery: $("#tab_users a").trigger("click");

LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean, Hibernate and superflous tables created in wrong database

TL;DR Hibernate's (3.2-3.4) JPA implementation will pick up hbm files on it's own when it should be looking only at persistence.xml, thus: - loading more entities that it should - loading the wrong entities - performing schema updates in the wrong database This one annoyed me plenty and took a great deal of debugging to … Continue reading LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean, Hibernate and superflous tables created in wrong database →

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/openjpa/enhance/PersistenceCapable

My current project is using JPA, heavily. JPA is a spec/standard/interface and I'm using the Hibernate implementation for it, but I import the entities from a different maven module. The entities module has a dependency on JPA, but not on Hibernate. So when I run my unit tests, I suddenly get a: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/openjpa/enhance/PersistenceCapable Openjpa? … Continue reading java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/openjpa/enhance/PersistenceCapable →

An easier to use Java REST client

I recently was duped (by myself) at a discussion with a colleague: in our continuous effort to disentangle release schedules of two tightly entangled applications, I exposed some core features as a JSON REST service and told him to "just use the Spring invoker" for JSON. It turns out, there is one for JaxRS, Burlap, … Continue reading An easier to use Java REST client →

Integration testing Spring controllers

Time-constrained projects sometimes mandate crude realism as to the type and extent of test coverage in a software project. You'll find arguments for and against testing in the entire spectrum of opinions from "tests are luxury we can't afford" to "regressions are luxury we can't afford". Constrained or not, there is rarely a good excuse … Continue reading Integration testing Spring controllers →