Unable to run mqsi commands on Linux installation
+1 http://webspheremqmb.wordpress.com/tag/libimbcmdlib-so/
- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 3:14 PM

 
Fonts suited to programming
Playing with fonts suited for text editors and IDEs:

http://www.fontex.org/download/pro-font-windows.ttf

http://blog.typekit.com/2012/09/24/source-code-pro/

The feature set is that there are some extra considerations:

usually monospaced.
0 and O, 1 and l, etc. need to be distinguishable
brackets, square brackets, etc. need to be aesthetically pleasing
- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 1:08 PM

 
Using bind variables in XSLT transforms in OSB

Using Parameters for XSLT tranforms in OSB

Recently I wanted to use parameters in XSLT resources in OSB.
The procedure is relatively straightforward, but I could find a nice summary anywhere - so here it is:

For Oracle Service Bus 11gR1 using the web interface:

• In the XSLT resource add a XSLT parameter:

<xsl:param name="TransactionID"/>

• Access it in the rest of the transform (within the templates) as follows:

 <xsl:value-of select="$TransactionID"/>

 e.g.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:get="http://redacted.corp/VcIDV/wsdls/getPersonDetailsA"
xmlns:get2="http://redacted.corp/VcIDV/wsdls/getPersonDetails"

exclude-result-prefixes="http://redacted.corp/VcIDV/wsdls/getPersonDetailsA">

<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="no"/>

<xsl:param name="TransactionID"/>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="SearchCriteria[SearchCriteria]">
       <SearchCriteria>
    <CombinationType>AND</CombinationType>
    <TransactionID><xsl:value-of select="$TransactionID"/></TransactionID>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | *"/>
  </SearchCriteria>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="get:getPersonDetailsA">
       <get2:getPersonDetails>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | *"/>
  </get2:getPersonDetails>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Then when adding an XSLT resource, after having selected it, it should show up as a Bind Variable on the addition page.

e.g. using it in an Assign:

• Select the expression.
• Then select XSLT Resources

• This should allow you to choose the XSLT resource:

• After selecting it the parameter should show up as a Bind Variable which you can set.

- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 12:51 PM

 
Creating a filesystem URL in a JSP file.
I've been playing with producing SVG and PDF files by using JSP files to render the markup and then using a converter (e.g. Batik or Flying Saucer) to produce the final output using a transcoding servlet.

One problem with this approach is that the converter doesn't usually understand the URLs contained in the JSP markup.

I'm using the following recipe to convert relative paths to produce file URLs:

<%=(new java.io.File(application.getRealPath("/")+"relative_path_to/file.PNG")).toURL()%>

Explanation:

• <%= is the Sciptlet Expression Tag. The following text will be a java snippet that will be run and it's output will be included in the generated page output.
• application is an Implicit object automatically defined for a JSP. It exposes the ServletContext object.
• getRealPath is called on the ServletContext object and returns the real filesystem path associated with a virtual path. This is called on "/" to get the base of the expanded WAR file.
• new java.io.File() is called on the string resulting from the relative path appended to the real path to create (but not open!) a File object.
• .toURL() is called on the file object to produce a File URL that most generators should understand.

Caveats:
This works for me on JBoss 4.5 - it might not work in all contexts.
The WAR is assumed to be exploded/expanded and not contained in a single Zip file.

Example use:
E.g. in a stylesheet:
See A related StackOverflow question

 .head-item {
  padding: 0%;
  background-color: red;
  text-align: center;
  font-style: bold;
  font-size: 150%;
  background-image: url(<%=(new java.io.File(application.getRealPath("/")+"horisontal_red_to_pink_fade.PNG")).toURL()%>);
 } 

- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 9:16 AM

 
Custom Hebrew Fonts on Android

- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 8:46 PM

 
Blendermania
I'm currently interested in visualisation and animation of 3d graphics using Blender:

http://www.blender.org
- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 2:57 PM

 
Memex
The computer as extension of thought.
This, the previous (and probaly the next few posts) are an experiment - an attempt to formulate and communicate a paradigm that has seeds and even roots everywhere.

I read an article about the Memex idea a few days ago.

One thought, probably the central thought I want to communicate is his idea of "associative trails" - I might not be using the same word used in the article, or even in his original essay.

The original Memex article was one of the shaping factors in hypertext.
What I find missing in the web, however, is exactly this concept.
To me what should be achieved is the ability to relate, to annotate not only to refer or link.

I've recently come across bitty browser at del.icio.us.

I like the concept (would like to fiddle with the implementation - something which bitty browser expressly forbids -as far as I can tell-).

A number of ideas and concept that have been surfacing every once in a while has finally resulted in the rough journey which should (might :) ) start with this post.
- posted by philipstaffordwood @ 9:42 PM