Archive for the Category: Java

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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MacBook Pro, External Monitor, Display Link and Java

March 11, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Ok. Here’s a really weird one reported yesterday by a customer. If you are using a MacBook Pro with an external monitor (or 2) via Display Link and you try and run a Java GUI application, it will crash because the JVM thinks that it is running on a headless computer (no graphics driver). Therefore, […]

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Local Transactions Using IBM MQ and the JMS API

February 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Olja Rastic-Dulborough has written an article that introduces the user to the concepts of local transactions using IBM MQ and JMS. https://developer.ibm.com/components/ibm-mq/articles/an-introduction-to-local-transactions-using-mq-and-jms/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Join Microsoft and the Java developer community at Devnexus 2021

February 5, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft is sponsoring and participating in Devnexus 2021, you can read more about it here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure/join-microsoft-and-the-java-developer-community-at-devnexus-2021/ba-p/2114247?WT.mc_id=appsonazure-twitter-shboyer Microsoft is excited to be sponsoring and participating in Devnexus 2021, and you might be wondering—what is Microsoft doing with Java? Quite a bit actually! We’ve been busy releasing new features and functionality to support Java apps on Azure, […]

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Back to Basics on Java with Azure Series

January 28, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft Reactor has a Back to Basics on Java Series. It is offering 5 events on Java for Azure. The Reactor is excited to launch a six-part series covering the basics of Java. The bitesize weekly episodes will cover topics including Containers, Databases, App Services and Serverless. By the end of the series you will […]

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Spring Boot Java Applications for CICS Tutorial Series

January 22, 2021 Roger Lacroix

IBM has published a 5 part tutorial series on using Spring Boot with CICS on IBM Z (z/OS). Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 1: JCICS, Gradle, and Maven Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 2: Security Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part 3: Transactions Spring Boot Java applications for CICS, Part […]

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Configuring Mutual TLS Authentication for an IBM MQ Messaging Application

January 15, 2021 Roger Lacroix

Max Kahan of IBM has published a hands-on blog posting on how to configure an IBM MQ application for mutual TLS authentication. https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/configuring-mutual-tls-authentication-java-messaging-app/ In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to secure the queue manager and a client application, enabling them to complete a two-way TLS handshake and secure a messaging channel. Although we’re using […]

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MQ Visual Edit and IBM MQ AMS

December 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix

The other day, an end-user contacted me saying that their MQAdmin had recently implemented IBM MQ AMS (Advanced Message Security) to some of their queue managers and that the end-user was having issues getting MQ Visual Edit working with those particular queue managers. Its too bad that the customer chose IBM MQ AMS over Capitalware’s […]

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Microsoft Java Developer Conference – Seriously!!

October 7, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft Java Developer Conference, those are words that I never thought I would say or hear!!! Microsoft is hosting a 3-day virtual conference for Java developers on October 27, 28 & 29, 2020. You can find out more information and sign up at the following web page: aka.ms/jdconf Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java Method to Output a Byte Array in HEX Dump Format

October 6, 2020 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, I posted code to output a byte array in a HEX dump format. I thought I should post the code here as a complete working sample. You can download the source code from here. You can copy the 2 methods (dumpBuffer & formatHex) to your general purpose toolkit and use them in any […]

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