Category Archives: programming

interrogating your code – dipping your toes into java’s reflection

Posted on June 7, 2017 by DocDock

Perhaps the coolest programming language ability that I was never allowed to use was reflection in Java. Why? Well, thats another story. What exactly is reflection? Well, reflection is a set of low level methods that can be used to … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – 360 degree of restful client

Posted on May 3, 2017 by DocDock

Always try and use the most appropriate tool for the task.  The Apache HTTP server or web server is a program for serving the html web pages to the client who requests them. Tomcat is a application server that is actually … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – 360 degree of restful server

Posted on April 26, 2017 by DocDock

This is the blog final entry for a restful service web server.  I have attempted to create more than your typical “foo” “bar” type example program. My final blog on restful services will be a fairly complete service that could … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – client and server

Posted on April 9, 2017 by DocDock

My previous restful client example and server example were perfect, well, not exactly.  They worked but they pretty much assuming a perfect world.  That is to say that there is never a communication error or a server error. This small … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – simple client example

Posted on March 30, 2017 by DocDock

I suppose that a restful server isn’t all that useful unless there is a way to query this information back and use it in some useful way. It is easy enough to test this out the server from the command … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – simple server example

Posted on March 23, 2017 by DocDock

There are probably a lot of ways to create web services programs but the simplest way I could think of was to create a project using Eclipse and Jersey. It turns out that restful services are really easy to summarize but … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java

Posted on March 18, 2017 by DocDock

Over the years there have been different methods of for communicating between heterogeneous systems.  Each of these methods have to deal binary messaging.  Some of the different protocols that have been used are as follows. Remote procedure calls (RPC) Distributed … Continue reading →

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Windows powershell scripting

Posted on March 8, 2017 by DocDock

Powershell scripting is not too difficult to pick up and there is a wealth of examples on the internet to help solve any syntax related question. Simply call the appropriate Powershell “cmdlet” to perform the required task.  The return value … Continue reading →

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Windows scripting sucks or does it?

Posted on March 3, 2017 by DocDock

I am not a fan of the big MS.  It started a long time ago when my funds were limited and I simply couldn’t afford to keep up with the MS upgrade schedule.  Not all of their software back in the … Continue reading →

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command line fun – finding more space

Posted on February 22, 2017 by DocDock

I may not know where I set down my keys or my latest copy of Linux Magazine, but I do know where my programs are installed.  If I cannot think of where one of my files is I can always … Continue reading →

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