Archive for the Category: JMS

Log4J Vulnerability And Capitalware Products

December 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix

For those who have not heard, there is a new vulnerability in Log4J v2.x. Here is a link to the Log4J v2.x vulnerability: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/apache-log4j-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228/ The Log4J v2.x vulnerability is related to the ‘lookups’ feature that was introduced in version 2. Lookups provide a way to add values to the log4j configuration at arbitrary places. They […]

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And Now for Something Completely Different.

November 9, 2021 Roger Lacroix

I love that line from Monty Python which is from the film of the same name. Last week, someone emailed me about running MQ Visual Edit on Microsoft Surface Pro X. For those who don’t know, the Surface Pro X comes with a Microsoft SQ1 or SQ2 ARM processor. Yes, ARM CPU and not an […]

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Oracle Flip Flops on Commercial Licensing for Java

November 2, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Yup, as the subject line says, Oracle has flip flopped on how Oracle is licensing Java for commercial use. Introducing the Free Java License Oracle Java SE Licensing FAQ Oracle’s JDK 17 – Free Again for Commercial Use This FAQ pertains to Oracle Java SE releases starting April 16, 2019 and has been updated to […]

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JMS/MQ Program That Creates Connection Factory from Scratch

October 21, 2021 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about why their JMS/MQ code was failing. There are many errors in the code. Here is a fully functioning JMS/MQ program that will create the Connection Factory from scratch, connect to a remote queue manager and put a message to a queue. You can download the source code from […]

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New features between Java 8 and Java 17

September 24, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Ondro Mihályi has just posted a blog item called: New features between Java 8 and Java 17 https://ondro.inginea.eu/index.php/new-features-in-java-versions-since-java-8/ It is very handy when you are trying to write backwards compatible code. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Adoptium Released Java 17 Builds

September 24, 2021 Roger Lacroix

The Eclipse Adoptium (previously known as Adopt OpenJDK) has released Java 17 builds for AIX ppc64, alpine-Linux x64, Linux aarch64, Linux arm32, Linux ppcle64, Linux s390x, Linux x64, Mac aarch64, Mac x64, Windows x32 & x64. The mission of the Eclipse Adoptium Top-Level Project is to produce high-quality runtimes and associated technology for use within […]

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Java 17 Released

September 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Oracle has just released Java 17. https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-releases-java-17-2021-09-14/ https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3606833/jdk-17-the-new-features-in-java-17.html 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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IBM Announces IBM Semeru Runtimes

August 4, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has introduced no-cost IBM Semeru Runtimes to develop and run Java applications. https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/introducing-the-ibm-semeru-runtimes/ https://developer.ibm.com/languages/java/semeru-runtimes/ IBM Semeru Runtimes use the class libraries from OpenJDK, along with the Eclipse OpenJ9 Java Virtual Machine to enable developers to build and deploy Java applications that will start quickly, deliver great performance, all while using less memory. Key highlights […]

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Microsoft OpenJDK Builds

May 26, 2021 Roger Lacroix

I had to rub my eyes and read the announcement twice!! 🙂 Microsoft announces the general availability of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/announcing-general-availability-of-microsoft-build-of-openjdk/ Java at Microsoft spans from Azure to Minecraft, across SQL Server to Visual Studio Code, LinkedIn and beyond! We use more Java than one can imagine. The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is […]

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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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