Tag Archives: tips

CruiseControl.NET MSBuild Warnings Missing

Not sure what happened here; I believe the network admin has updated CruiseControl. One thing is for sure though: the text of the warnings issued by MSBuild is no longer present in the build report. Instead, I get a list of codes that is of no use to me. The culprit is an XSL stylesheet, [...]

GWT, GWT-Ext and MIME/Multipart Forms

When trying to create a simple GWT-Ext file upload (GWT-Ext 2.0.4, Ext-JS 2.0.2, GWT 1.5 Windows), GWT reports the following hosted mode error upon form submit: com.google.gwt.dev.shell.HostedModeException: Expected primitive type int; actual value was undefined According to some reports, older versions of GWT display a slightly different error message. com.google.gwt.dev.shell.HostedModeException: Calling method ‘onActionComplete’: JavaScript undefined, [...]

GWT in IDEA 7 – Hello World Tutorial

I was disappointed to notice that the only good article out there about GWT + IDEA 7 has gone missing. Let me give it a quick stab: Prerequisites Make sure to set up Google Web Toolkit. It may also help to add a path variable in IDEA to point to the installation of Google Web [...]

Object Identity and the Collection Framework

Scenario: You place a collection of objects in a JCF collection for later use. You are working with a closed group of objects and wish to infer object equality by means of object identity. Problem: The objects may implement equals and hashCode specifically and the JCF classes make heavy use of these internally. You wish [...]

Mac, Parallels and the Trash

Items on a Parallels virtual disk deleted from Mac’s finder and not from the guest operating system become stuck in Mac’s trash. It’s Parallels’ fault, but there’s no fix to this problem, even on build 5608 (June 9, 2008). To solve this issue, start Parallels, then drag the problem files from the Mac trash to [...]