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Web-based business applications require stringent security measures. Within a secure website, a user must be authenticated by the system and for each different user role a predetermined set of authorization rights must be imposed. This isn’t anything new, and luckily, there exists an open source Java security framework, known as Acegi, which makes the job [...]
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Annotations have undoubtedly been a breath of fresh air since coming onto the Java scene, but here’s one big slap in the face which you can’t help but feel is totally unwarranted. I’m talking about mixing your field and method annotations in Hibernate. This really bares its ugly head when annotating relationships. Let’s have a look-see at [...]
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What is DST? Daylight Savings Time (DST) is an adjustment made to the local standard time, allowing people to make the best use of daylight during the different seasons. The mnemonic device “Spring ahead, Fall back”, refers to how one should adjust a clock to correctly navigate the move to and from DST. New start and end [...]
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