EMF Modeling and Code Generation

This article shows how to quickly build an EMF model using the Ecore Tools UML editor and generate the Java source code. For this article I am using eclipse eclipse-modeling-tools-2019-06. Modeling Motivations Main motivations for modeling and code generation: separation of application logic w.r.t. implementation: your independent model can be Read more…

Maven multi-module in Eclipse

You use maven in Eclipse, and need to work with multi-module (hierarchical) projects? This page shows how to create and work with maven multi-module projects in Eclipse. For this article, I am using eclipse-jee-2019-06, which already supports maven. If you use a different version of eclipse, make sure the m2e Read more…

Maven basic examples in Eclipse

Here are three examples covering maven basics in Eclipse such as: convert a java project to maven nature, create a project with an archetype selection, and refresh/update projects and understand files and structure. For the article, I use eclipse-jee-2019-06, which already provides maven support. If you use a different version Read more…

Java 8 streams

Notes on practical usage of Java 8 stream filtering. Stream Filtering A Stream<T> references a sequence of T values, and exposes a set of aggregate operations we can use to manipulate data in a pipeline. As an example, we can find the name of any people older than 20. In java, you can loop Read more…

Parsing XML with Java

Here are some notes on parsing XML file with java to extract information Simple Example Assume we have an XML file and we want to extract specific attributes. A sample file could be: With XMLStreamReder Here is the code to quickly scan the XML file and get the values for Read more…

Passwords and Hashing

This page presents a few examples of using Java for passwords and hashing. Generate Password A Java example to generate a random password containing only alphanumeric characters. Java Code to ComputeSHA-512 digest other.. linux get sha-512/

Java Generics

Generics Generics were introduced in java 5 to add stability to the code. You can add type variables to classes, interfaces and methods. Generic Class Declaration Below you see an example of generic class declaration. by writing class Box<T>, you introduce the type parameter T, that can be used anywhere in the class. Read more…