Archive for the Category: Linux

Updates to My ByteArray Class

May 19, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Last year, I posted a blog item called Java’s Missing Byte Array Class regarding the missing ByteArray class in Java and I published my ByteArray class for all to use. I have fixed a bug in the getBytes method and added 2 new methods: public int convertToInt_BE() public void replaceAndResize(byte[] oldByteArray, byte[] newByteArray) I have […]

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Ubuntu 21.04 Released

April 22, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Canonical has just released Ubuntu v21.04. http://releases.ubuntu.com/21.04/ Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. Ubuntu does everything you need it to. It’ll work with your existing PC files, printers, cameras and MP3 players. And it comes with thousands of free apps. Regards, […]

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Programmatically Get IBM MQ Version for Both Client and Queue Manager

April 21, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Recently, on both StackOverflow and mqseries.net, people have been asking about getting both the client and queue manager versions numbers for MQ. It is pretty easy to get both the client and queue manager from the command line. For the IBM MQ installation that is running the queue manager, you simply issue the following command: […]

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IBM is Open Sourcing Watson IoT Platform Message Gateway (formerly IBM MessageSight)

April 16, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Back in November 2020, IBM announced that they would be withdrawing/discontinuing IBM IoT MessageSight and IBM Watson IoT Platform Message Gateway. The other day, IBM announced that they would be donating the source code for Watson IoT Platform Message Gateway (formerly IBM MessageSight) to Eclipse. You can read about the new Eclipse project here: https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-amlen […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 9.2.0.2 Released

April 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 9.2.0.2 for IBM MQ V9.2 LTS: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6434245 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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All Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 16

April 8, 2021 Roger Lacroix

David Csakvari has a blog posting called: A categorized list of all Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 16 If you ever wondered or needed to know what has changed between releases of Java, David Csakvari’s blog posting has an excellent list of changes. On the flip side, if you are a new […]

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Java 16 Released

March 17, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 16. https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/the-arrival-of-java-16 Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applicationsrequire. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Enhancement to Exporting MQ Objects into Individual Files

March 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Yesterday, I wrote a blog item regarding Exporting MQ Objects into Individual Files. I forgot that the dmpmqcfg program can output the MQ Object information as 1 line rather than spanning multiple lines. Hence, if we let dmpmqcfg do that work then we can simplify the Rexx script to only output the various MQ objects […]

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Exporting MQ Objects into Individual Files

March 10, 2021 Roger Lacroix

I posted this item on mqseries.net and I thought I should do a write up here. Back in the early 2000s, I was a consultant at a customer site and they wanted the nightly dumps of the MQ objects (not messages), 1 line per object and then check those files into a source code repository. […]

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IBM MQ Fix Pack 8.0.0.16 Released

March 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released Fix Pack 8.0.0.16 for IBM MQ https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6417257 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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