A tidal wave is rippling through the Java ecosystem. It is the renaming of javax to jakarta package names. Now, while we've all been whining and complaining and shaking our heads due the clash between corporate legal and engineering interests, eventually it's time to move on and learn what this means specifically, for jOOQ. jOOQ … Continue reading jOOQ 3.16 and Java EE vs Jakarta EE
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Truth First, or Why You Should Mostly Implement Database First Designs
In this much overdue article, I will explain why I think that in almost all cases, you should implement a "database first" design in your application's data models, rather than a "Java first" design (or whatever your client language is), the latter approach leading to a long road of pain and suffering, once your project … Continue reading Truth First, or Why You Should Mostly Implement Database First Designs
How to Implement Your Own XJC Plugin to Generate toString(), equals(), and hashCode() Methods
When you work with JAXB to generate Java code from XSD (or *ghasp* WSDL) files, you're going to use the XJC tool, which is shipped with the JDK (at least until JDK 9 - with Jigsaw, it will soon be externalised into its own external dependency). Adding plugins to XJC when running it via Maven … Continue reading How to Implement Your Own XJC Plugin to Generate toString(), equals(), and hashCode() Methods
jOOX and JAXB
jOOX has been awfully quiet lately due to increased development focus in jOOQ. Nevertheless, the jOOX feature roadmap is full of promising new features. Unlike its inspiration jquery, jOOX is positioning itself in the Java world, where many XML API's already exist. One of the most important XML APIs in Java is JAXB, a very … Continue reading jOOX and JAXB
Annotatiomania™, next level. JPA and JAXB combined
This is a very nice specimen of annotatiomania in the wild. When people not only confuse OO with relational, but also with XML. The "OOXMLational" model class, so to speak. Check this out: @Entity @Table(name = "Person", catalog = "TestDB", schema = "dbo") @XmlRootElement @NamedQueries({ @NamedQuery( name = "Person.findAll", query = "SELECT p FROM Person … Continue reading Annotatiomania™, next level. JPA and JAXB combined