Our approach to the JCP
As I've posted before, Interface21 is getting involved with the Java EE 6 effort, and various of our folk including myself, Juergen Hoeller, Keith Donald and Rob Harrop will be involved in a number of expert groups. This means that we're getting more involved with the JCP in general. We respect the confidentiality and other Read more…
The new bean() pointcut
Spring 2.5 features a new pointcut designator — bean() that allows selecting join points in beans with a matching name pattern. Now it is possible to use the auto-proxy mechanism along with Spring-AspectJ integration to select a specific bean even when there are more than one beans of a type. Earlier, you could use BeanNameAutoProxyCreator Read more…
More nonsense about open source
In the aptly titled Nonsense about Interface21, a SourceLabs employee disagrees with my contention that commit rights are necessary to provide credible open source support. Before I reply: I want to make again something completely clear that I already stated in my last blog, but seems to have been misinterpreted by some: Interface21 has no Read more…
Replies to Nonsense about Open Source
My blog a couple of months ago about models of open source businesses seems to have struck a chord. I've had many positive responses, and it prompted an interview request from a site called "How Software is Built". My interview is here. Finally someone from OpenLogic has posted an interesting reply. Bryan Noll left some Read more…
Maven Artifacts
Up to this point the Spring Portfolio Maven artifacts, especially the snapshots, were inconsitently created and scattered about in various locations. Over the past couple of weeks, we've been working to get the projects to be more consistent in the creation and uploading of these artifacts. Maven Repositories One of the most useful improvements to Read more…
Spring Framework 2.1 turns into Spring Framework 2.5!
My first blog post – and what a big announcement to make After a series of Spring 2.1 milestone releases, we've been reviewing the overall set of features that we introduced: full Java 6 and Java EE 5 support (JDBC 4.0, JTA 1.1, JavaMail 1.4, JAX-WS 2.0, etc) full-featured annotation-driven dependency injection (including support for Read more…
Interface21 Mentioned in Testimony Before Congress
Interface21 got mentioned in testimony before Congress. Jonathan Silver, a venture capitalist and founder of Core Capital Partners, testified on Thursday against proposed changes in tax rates applying to VCs. One of his arguments was that venture-based companies create jobs across the US: Where will the next important businesses come from? The truth is, no Read more…
