Unable to download Apache Axis2 Tools

I tried to download “Service Archive Wizard - Eclipse Plug-in and Code Generator Wizard - Eclipse Plug-in” but I am unsuccessful . The references http://apache.securedservers.com//ws/axis2/tools/1_4/axis2-eclipse-codegen-wizard-1.4.zip , http://mirrors.kahuki.com/apache//ws/axis2/tools/1_4/axis2-eclipse-service-archiver-wizard-1.4.zip are not working

This is a know issue and will be solved in Axis2 1.5.3 refer : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4593
Solution:
The best way is to get from archive site http://archive.apache.org/dist/ws/axis2/tools/1_4_1/

Hope this Helps
~Balaji

Installing oracle 10.0.2 on Red Hat Linux

Hi,
I tried to install Oracle 10.2 on Red Hat ES 4.0 and found the below article as very useful and easy one.
Before installation
• Have static ip to installation machine.
• Copy the installer to folder where user ‘oracle’ has execute permissions.
During Oracle installation
• RUN scripts as root user (Oracle will give you the hint, don’t ignore it)
• Unlock the account which you need.
Regards
Balaji

Source Post is from: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2InstallationOnRedHatAS4.php

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Installation On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4)
In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4). The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed:
• X Window System
• GNOME Desktop Environment
• Editors
• Graphical Internet
• Text-based Internet
• Server Configuration Tools
• Development Tools
• Administration Tools
• System Tools
Alternative installations may require more packages to be loaded, in addition to the ones listed below.
• Download Software
• Unpack Files
• Hosts File
• Set Kernel Parameters
• Setup
• Installation
• Post Installation
Download Software
Download the following software:
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Software
Unpack Files
Unzip the files:
unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip
You should now have a single directory containing installation files. Depending on the age of the download this may either be named "db/Disk1" or "database".

Hosts File
The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server:

Set Kernel Parameters
Add the following lines to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default=262144
net.core.rmem_max=262144
net.core.wmem_default=262144
net.core.wmem_max=262144
Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:
/sbin/sysctl -p
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
* soft nproc 2047
* hard nproc 16384
* soft nofile 1024
* hard nofile 65536
Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file, if it does not already exist:
session required pam_limits.so
Note by Kent Anderson: In the event that pam_limits.so cannot set privileged limit settings see Bug 115442.

Disable secure linux by editing the /etc/selinux/config file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows:
SELINUX=disabled
Alternatively, this alteration can be done using the GUI tool (Applications > System Settings > Security Level). Click on the SELinux tab and disable the feature.

Setup
Install the following packages:
# From RedHat AS4 Disk 2
cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh setarch-1*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3*
rpm -Uvh make-3*
rpm -Uvh glibc-2*

# From RedHat AS4 Disk 3
cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh openmotif-2*
rpm -Uvh compat-db-4*
rpm -Uvh libaio-0*
rpm -Uvh gcc-3*

# From RedHat AS4 Disk 4
cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-3*
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-c++-3*
Create the new groups and users:
groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
groupadd oper

useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
passwd oracle
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01
Login as root and issue the following command:
xhost +
Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the .bash_profile file:
# Oracle Settings
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH
#LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL

if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
ulimit -p 16384
ulimit -n 65536
else
ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
fi
fi
Installation
Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable:
DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY
Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the database directory:
./runInstaller

Copying videos to Sony WalkMan NWZ-E344

Hi recently I bought a sony walk man and struggled to copy videos to it. I found the following steps to copy the songs.
• Convert your DVD files to Windows Media file
o You can use Win Avi http://www.winavi.com/ very good tool.
o Go to advanced options and use the following settings
o Resolution: 310x230
o Bit rate 768 Kbps
o Frame rate 30
• Copy the generated windows media file to sony walkman using content transfer utitly from Sony.
o Download the utility from http://www.sony.co.in/support/download/363271/product/nwz-w252/sectionfirst?subpage=detail
Hope this Help!
Balaji

Recursively listing all the files in directory java

/**
* Get all the files in a directory. This recursively gets the files from
* sub directories as well
*
* @param parentDir
* @return
* @throws FileNotFoundException
*/
private static List getFiles(File parentDir)
throws FileNotFoundException {
List result = new ArrayList();
File[] filesAndDirs = parentDir.listFiles();
List filesDirs = Arrays.asList(filesAndDirs);
for (File file : filesDirs) {
result.add(file);
if (file.isFile() == false) {
List deeperList = getFiles(file);
result.addAll(deeperList);
}
}
return result;
}

Using Apache Lucene Example.

Recently I downloaded apache lucene project and struggled to run their examples. Probably this blog my help you to save 3hr of effort.

Aim: if you want to search a word inside the files. Please follow below steps

1. Index the directory first
2. Create a query file
3. Search the directory

• Indexing the dir ‘workspace’
o java -cp lucene-core-3.0.2.jar;lucene-demos-3.0.2.jar org.apache.lucene.demo.IndexFiles C:\workspace
• Create a query file “queries.txt” and save all the keys you want to search. For Example ‘hello’
o Search for ‘hello’ word in all the files under dir ‘workspace’
• Search using lucene
o java -cp lucene-core-3.0.2.jar;lucene-demos-3.0.2.jar org.apache.lucene.demo.SearchFiles -index C:\index C:\ queries.txt

queries.txt file should have string ‘hello’. If you want to search multiple words have multiple words in the file separated by \n

Log statements in JSP

Hi,
Sometimes it is helpful have log statements in JSPS. Unfortunately if we have lot of business logic embedded in JSP’s. It is better to have log statements.

To add log statement in JSP
• Import logger
o <%@page import="org.apache.log4j.Logger"%>
• Provide the logger name, FQN name of the JSP
o private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("portlet.ext.watching_portlet.view.jsp");
• Add the log statements as mentioned in the guide lines
o logger.warn("Unable to find thread associated to subscription");

Best practice:

Please don’t rely on toString method to get the exception stack trace.
Poor: logger.warn("Unable to find thread associated to subscription"+e);
Good: logger.warn("Unable to find thread associated to subscription",e);//exception stack trace will be logged, even if api doesn’t override the toString method

Changing JSP Editor font Eclipse:

By default JSP editor uses text editor for font settings . Change the setting by

Window->preferences->general-appearance->colors and fonts-Basic->Text font

Getting the method name in the method annotated with “@BeforeMethod”

Hi All,

Below is an example that helps to get the test method name, before executing

A quick example for the people who are very lazy like me 


@BeforeMethod
@Parameters("selenium.screenShotFolder")
protected void captureScreenShotBefore(String folder,Method method) {
String data = getSelenium().captureScreenshotToString();
String fileName=method.getName()+"_before.png";
Reporter.log(""+fileName+"");
FileUtil.writeToFile(data,folder+fileName);
}


Thanks & Regards
Balaji

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program CreateProcess error=87, The parameter is incorrect

Problem:
Recently we observed our ant scripts are failing to fork a JVM process and they are failing with error “CreateProcess error=87, The parameter is incorrect"”

Solution:
Please reduce the classpath size for the javac/java

Root Cause:
In windows operating system if the arguments to process is too long . The process cannot be launched by the Operating system, In our case while ant forks the java/javac process and provides the classpath as argument . The classpath size exceeds the maximum size OS can handle. The solution for this problem is to reduce classpath. (i.e) reducing the size of arguments to process.

GWT compiler fails with Bad class version

Solution: This might happen because of incorrect version of Javac used by the GWTcompiler or the incorrect version of the jar files in project space.

We observed ant in netbeans is using the default JVM of the netbeans ide instead of JVM set for the project. Please change the default JDK used by neatbeans by changing netbeans.conf file.

For more info please refer http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqJdkHome

Regards
Balaji

Unable to change GWT home in netbeans 6.5

Recenetly I faced a problem when I took GWT based netbeans workspace from my collegue. I am able to point the GWT installation to my local folder. Even I changed the gwt installation folder in netbeans, it is simply ignoring.

The way to solve the problem

• Go to nebeanse config folder of your project.
o For example
o C:\Temp\work\QABuild_Snapper\client\nbproject
• Edit gwt.properties
• Modify the “gwt.install.dir” to the directory you have gwt installation
• Save the file

Hope this helps 

~Balaji

Sharing source files across the projects in Nebeans 6.5 or above.

I observed a strange problem using netbeans ,when I tried to use the source files that are already used by other projects. I get an exception “Package folder already used in project”. As per the netbeans it is correct, because we are trying to use the source folder that is already used by other project. But there are few situations that demands us to do so.
For example we have code in folder “c1”; it has to be shared by two projects p1 and p2

Include the code “c1” by going to project ”p1” ->properties->sources->Source PackageFolders->add folder
Add the c1 code to p1 source

If you are trying to add “c1” again to project “p2” it give you an error “Package folder already in use by project p1”. To overcome this.

Add the parent folder of “c1” (i.e) c0 to project “p2” by properties->sources->Source PackageFolders->add folder

• Open the file “project.properties” of p2 at “p2\nbproject\ project.properties”
• Search for the string “src.c0.dir=${file.reference.c-c0}”
• Replace the value of file.reference.c-c0 with actual code folder “c1”
• Example file.reference.c-c0=\home\c\c0\c1
• Save the file project.properties

Hope this help . I spent 3 hours in figuring this out, But its worth to document by spending 30 min more 


Thanks & Regards
Balaji Chopparapu

Unable to get IP Address for VMware

The root cause for it might be there is a VMWare DHCP Server running on the host. Please stop the VMware DHCP server on the host and renew the IP address for VMware
Steps
• Go to hostmachine (my machine is win2k8)
• Run services.msc
• Select the VMware DHCP Server
• Stop DHCP Server
• Disbale DHCP server
• Disconnect the VMware Network adapted from the GUEST
• Connect the VMware Network adapter
• You should get the correct IP for the host