I was using readLine of BufferedReader to get input/new password from user, but wanted to mask the password so I am trying to use java.io.Console class. Problem is that System.console() returns nul...

I am new Springs. In Bean tag I found factory-method and factory-bean Attributes. What is the difference between factory-method and factory-bean? I am using factory-method to call my getInstance s...

What is the main difference between Spring JDBC VS JDBC?

I know I'm not the first to need this. I am working on an in house created codebase and I would like to apply highlighting to it within Eclipse. In Notepad++ I can set language for the file I'm loo...

There apparently used to be a toggle switch on the Dashboard itself, but that's gone, and I can't find anything in the Preferences. I'm using version 2.5.2. I know it's really not a big deal, but ...

I am new to the Spring Framework. Please guide me regarding basic understanding of Spring. I know Java and JSF, but I don't know anything about Struts or other frameworks. I have searched the Inter...

Does anyone have any information on Spring Web Flow 3 status? Here are a few relevant links that support my sense that springsource has essentially abandoned the project: 1)Official roadmap indic...

I am brand new to NOSQL databases (or any kind of database) and I need to build a graph database in Java. I have never used SpringSource before either. Will using Spring Data neo4j make the process...

I'm using the latest version of SpringSource Tool Suite (STS). I have set up a Java project. My code has an Ant build file that packages a WAR. I have Tomcat 6.0.24 installed locally on my Mac 10.6...

Is there a way to configure ivy not to download sources & license files via ivy.xml ? I'm currently trying to use default ivy repos + spring repository. my ivysettings.xml is bellow: <?xml...

Usually I'd like to edit files with Spaces only. But when I open files with Tabs, I'd like to see them (for example as arrows ->). With such files I do my edits careful, so not to destroy the o...

I'm debugging a SpringSource application in Eclipse 3.5 that makes heavy use of AOP to wire up the components. If I want to step into a method of a class wired with AOP, I first have to step thro...

When working with ActiveMQ in Eclipse, you might sometimes get a schema parsing error as such: Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-complex-type.2.4.c: The matching wildcard is strict, b...

I'v encountered a somewhat frustating problem. Im using Apache Felix as my OSGi framework and Im also using Hibernate for persistency issues. Im using the "osgi-bundle" version of Hibernate (com....