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Java Code to construct a table in PDF using iText

shunmugas — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:50:21 +0000

Introduction:

This article specifies a simple Java code to construct a table in PDF using iText jar. we are all familiar with iText is an open source library. It is used to creating and manipulating PDF,RTF and HTML files with the use of Java code.Download the latest iText jar here.

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Filed under: Apache, itext, Java, PDF Tagged: Java and iText, PDF Table, PDF using iText

Sorting the bean list using apache commons bean utils

shunmugas — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:00:10 +0000

Introduction:

This article specifies how to sort the bean list in an efficient way. Nowadays whenever I surf the net, comparable interface is widely used to sort the bean list. I am very sure its a best approach no doubt in that. In case if you want to sort the bean list in more than one place of your projects, I feel the code will be redundant. Am I right?

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Filed under: Apache, BeanUtils, Commons, Java Tagged: Java

Java code to read XML file using JDOM

shunmugas — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:48:53 +0000

This article specifies a simple Java code to read the data or contents from the xml file using jdom jar. JDom is a way to represent an xml document for easy to read and write ,JDOM is an light weight for manipulation,Despite the name similarity its not build on DOM or modeled after DOM. It supports reading and writing a Dom document, SAX events and reduce the complexity to read an xml document.

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Posted in Java, JDOM, SAX, XML Tagged: Java, SAXBuilder, XML

What Java Web Application Frameworks do you use?

shunmugas — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:37:37 +0000

There are numerous Java web application frameworks used by the developers. This article is the place where you can share the Java Web Application which you use during your development. I have assessed most of the commonly used Java Web Application Frameworks, kindly choose What Java Web Application Frameworks do you use.

Note: Others kindly remark your framework in the comments.

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Posted in Java, JSF, Poll Tagged: Eclipse RAP, Grails, GWT, JBoss Seam, JRuby, JSF, OpenXava, RIFE, Spring, Stripes, Struts, Tapestry, WebWork, Wicket

Enums in JSF

shunmugas — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:48:56 +0000

Introduction:

We Professionals know how to use Enums in a Java application, But Enums can also be used in a JSF application. This article clearly explains how to use Enum effectively in a JSF application.

Importance of enum:

Can use same values in more than one place of our project.
Adding New values are easy

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Posted in Enum, Java, JSF Tagged: Enum values in JSF, Enums And JSF, Enums in JSF

Which is your Favorite Social Media Network?

shunmugas — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:32:57 +0000

In the day today life, we professional use lots of Social Media Networks for our amusements such as connecting friends, Share your knowledge/Thoughts and so on. This article is the place where you can choose your favorite social media network. I had assessed most of the social media networks used by the peoples in the below. Kindly choose your favorite Social Media Networks and share your thoughts in comments. So that it would be very helpful for the folks who don’t aware of your favorite social media network features.

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Posted in General, Poll Tagged: Classmates, Facebook, Flixster, hi5, LiveJournal, MySpace, Orkut, Reunion, Tagged, Tickle, Twitter

Resizable JSF Components Using PrimeFaces

shunmugas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:35:13 +0000

Introduction

Whenever I surf the net, I used to ponder whether there is any options that allows the end user to resize the components of a web application developed in JSF. But in all this failed to discover a component like that. But now Primefaces has got the option to resize any components in JSF. Once again I was impressed at the peculiar features of Primefaces which has a resizable component that has the ability to resize all the components of JSF. Even I tried this out in Richfaces Panel, this worked without any conflicts. In this article I am going to explain how to implement a resizable option for the Richfaces panel and data table columns. This would be helpful to see the long data((ie)Wrapped data) in the column of a data table.

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Posted in Java, JSF, Primefaces, Richfaces Tagged: JSF component resize, Primefaces resize component, Resize a Richfaces component, Resize component in JSF

Data Exporting in JSF Using PrimeFaces

shunmugas — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:55:01 +0000

Introduction

In this article we shall learn how to export the jsf data table content from the web page to a pdf, xls, xml and csv format in a JSF application, that may be very useful while generating a report . Now we are going to use a component library named Primefaces, which has more than 70+ ajax powered components that enriches our web application with rich look and feel. So here we are going to invoke a Primefaces component named Data Exporter which is used to export the datas in the web page to a pdf, xls, xml and csv format. I am damn sure, Primefaces reduces the complexity for the developers while constructing a report for a web application.

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Posted in Java, JSF, Primefaces Tagged: DataExporter Component, Export Data in JSF, JSF, JSF Reports, PDF using JSF, PDF using Primefaces, Primefaces DataExporter

JSF and Richfaces configuration in Netbeans 6.x

shunmugas — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:13:45 +0000

Introduction:

JSF (Java Server Faces) is an java based framework for developing web application . Also component library can be easily incorporated in to the JSF Application. I have listed the most used components libraries by the developers in the below.

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Posted in Java, JSF, Richfaces Tagged: JSF, JSF Component Libraries, JSF Hello world, JSF Richfaces configuration, JSF Richfaces installation, Netbeans, Richfaces, Richfaces configuration

Java Code to Convert PDF Using Itext jar

shunmugas — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:30 +0000

Introduction

This article specifies a simple Java code to convert any kind of files to a PDF using iText jar. First let me give a small intro about the usage of iText jar, which is an open source library used for creating and manipulating PDF, RDF and HTML files with the use of Java code. Thats Ok!! Let us come to the point, this article is consecrated for the peoples who wants to convert their files in to a PDF format using Java code. Download the latest iText jar here.

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Posted in itext, Java Tagged: Java, Java and iText, Java code to convert PDF, PDF using iText