I like to use Criteria class for making database queries. Its easy to use and easy to understand, much better then HQL queries. For example:

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public List<LogAdd> findAddLogs(Long minLogID) {
    Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(LogAdd.class);
    criteria.add(Restrictions.gt("id", minLogID));
    criteria.addOrder(Order.asc("date"));
    return criteria.list();
  }

Previously I had to use HQL only for writing 'count' type queries. Because just trying to get collection size mean to load all elements into memory from database and only then count them. Of course such kind of code isn't acceptable.

If you need to install and start Apache Tomcat quickly, probably this article can help you.

1) Sun JDK 5 need to be installed. It can be installed from Debian repository with unstable software

Add to /etc/apt/sources.list following lines (if not present yet):

# for sun-java packages in unstable
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free

Update apt cache:

koba@alpha:~$ sudo apt-get update

As was discussed in one previous post I have changed the script which became a wizard. This improvement makes the application generation process easier for the user. It also provided additionally functionality.

After answering on several questions and specifying a required type of application a project will be generated. Just run Eclipse IDE and import it into your workspace.

Have you ever try’s to look for free wallpapers? Looks like quite easy. Just google for ‘free wallpapers’ and get a lot of results. But, when I try’s to do this for myself I found several problems. So I decided to review 30-40 sites and select the best ones.

First of all, what the most common problems I have found? Look next:

Maven is open source java build manager from Apache software foundation. It has a lot of interesting features including Project Object Model (POM) and extensible process Plugin framework.

One of standard and commonly used plugins is maven-site-plugin. It provides way to generate project documentation based on POM in form of web site. Starting from version 2.0-beta-5 it’s possible to create your own design (skin) for generated web site.

This blog record must be interesting for developers who already familiar with maven 2 and use it for development. I will try to describe basic steps how to make your own custom skin.