API-first meets Java
Introduction In this workshop, we’re going to define a REST API and implement it in Java. Furthermore, we’re going to do it using the API-first methodology, which means we’re going… Read more »
Category: Java
Abbreviated component paths in wicket tester
Wicket tester combined with Mockito is fantastic for unit testing your web application. However, developing the tests is harder than it should be because you have to refer to components… Read more »
Wicket needs a component catalog
I’m a big fan of Apache Wicket, but there’s an urgent need for a better-organized component-ecosystem around Wicket. To write a real web application you need a framework (that’s Wicket)… Read more »
Shadowed variables in inner classes
Yesterday we had a bug caused by the following situation: a class X had a variable “user”. Class X had an inner, anonymous class extending class Y. Inside the inner… Read more »
Deciphering anonymous class references like MyPage$1$1$2
If you work with anonymous classes a lot (as Wicket applications do), you sometimes get confronted with compiler/tool messages referring to anonymous (inner) classes with names like MyPage$1$1$2 (for instance… Read more »
Wicket 1.4 and browser tabs
We had an amazingly annoying problem in a Wicket application. A specific user was continuously having problems with ajax controls on pages (search fields, auto-complete fields etc). The problems were… Read more »
Adding AnnotatedConstraintBehavior to TextAreas
A while back I blogged about using an annotated constraint behavior to limit input in Wicket TextFields based on domain model annotations (https://blog.armstrongconsulting.com/?p=22). So if we annotate our domain models… Read more »
Using Wicket’s CheckBoxMultipleChoice
When I started with Wicket, I remember fighting with CheckBoxMultipleChoice for hours trying to get it to work. I just used it again today and was surprised at how easy… Read more »
How to display an enum in a dropdown in Wicket
Its often useful to use an enum as the model for a dropdown (or radio group) in Wicket, but not immediately obvious how to handle the display of the values…. Read more »
Mockito
We just started using Mockito for unit testing of our Wicket applications. Its a great tool, allowing us to easily mock out our service layers on a test-by-test basis. In… Read more »