http://gregluck.com/blog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:41:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/javax-cache-the-new-java-caching-standard/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/javax-cache-the-new-java-caching-standard/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:39:57 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=461 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/javax-cache-the-new-java-caching-standard/";This post explores the new Java caching standard: javax.cache. How it Fits into the Java Ecosystem This standard is being developed by JSR107, of which the author is co-spec lead. JSR107 is included in Java EE 7, being developed by JSR342. Java EE 7 is due to be finalised at the end of 2012. But [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/javax-cache-the-new-java-caching-standard/feed/ 2 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/0-3-of-jsr107javax-cache-released/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/0-3-of-jsr107javax-cache-released/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:08:08 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=459 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/0-3-of-jsr107javax-cache-released/";0.3 of the JSR107 spec, RI and TCK have been released. Changes in this release: Numerous changes across the spec, TCK and RI Annotations implementations in the RI for Spring and CDI Transactions API finalised The release is in Maven central so the snippet for the API is: <dependency> <groupId>javax.cache</groupId> <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId> <version>0.3</version> </dependency> We are [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/10/0-3-of-jsr107javax-cache-released/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/07/start-using-jsr107s-jcache-api/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/07/start-using-jsr107s-jcache-api/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:47:32 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=452 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/07/start-using-jsr107s-jcache-api/";JCache is rapidly nearing completion and we would like the community to start using it. The API is becoming quite stable. The home for all things JCache is: https://github.com/jsr107/jsr107spec. Today I updated that page with the following details so that you can all get started. We expect to release our first non-snapshot release in a few [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/07/start-using-jsr107s-jcache-api/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/06/creating-terracotta-server-arrays-with-ec2-cloudformation-for-use-by-ehcache/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/06/creating-terracotta-server-arrays-with-ec2-cloudformation-for-use-by-ehcache/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:51:26 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=441 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/06/creating-terracotta-server-arrays-with-ec2-cloudformation-for-use-by-ehcache/";This is the first in a series of articles showing how to automate deployment of Ehcache in EC2. Ehcache is a distributed cache which works with a Terracotta Server Array (“TSA”) which acts as the in-memory store over the network. While Ehcache is simply a jar and is included in your app, provisioning a distributed [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/06/creating-terracotta-server-arrays-with-ec2-cloudformation-for-use-by-ehcache/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/04/jsr107-java-caching-api-update-lots-happening/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/04/jsr107-java-caching-api-update-lots-happening/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:31:11 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=427 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/04/jsr107-java-caching-api-update-lots-happening/";I have been very busy the last few months getting JSR107 fired up. Just to remind you JSR 107 is the Java Temporary Caching API. It is designed to be vendor neutral and will allow for easy change over of implementations in much the same way as JPA or JDBC. In this way it will [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/04/jsr107-java-caching-api-update-lots-happening/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/comparative-java-use-cases-for-distributed-caches-and-nosql/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/comparative-java-use-cases-for-distributed-caches-and-nosql/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:34:17 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=412 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/comparative-java-use-cases-for-distributed-caches-and-nosql/";I have been doing some NoSQL research lately. The first fruit of that work was a guest post on myNoSQL, Ehcache: Distributed Cache or NoSQL Store, which crisply distinguished between a Distributed Cache and NoSQL Stores. In this article I am going to delve into the suitability of each for various technical use cases. I [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/comparative-java-use-cases-for-distributed-caches-and-nosql/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/holy-moly-batman-apple-upgraded-my-maven/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/holy-moly-batman-apple-upgraded-my-maven/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:17:33 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=407 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/holy-moly-batman-apple-upgraded-my-maven/";I ran a Maven build this morning and it broke. Strange, as I had not changed anything. Maven’s ability to simply break because of a change to a non-versioned dependency or even more arcane, a versioned dependency with a non-versioned dependency of it’s own (a transitive dependency) is legendary.  So I thought that was the [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/holy-moly-batman-apple-upgraded-my-maven/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/news-on-jsr107-jcache-and-jsr342-java-ee-7/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/news-on-jsr107-jcache-and-jsr342-java-ee-7/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:48:32 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=405 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/news-on-jsr107-jcache-and-jsr342-java-ee-7/";JSR342 JSR342 was created on 14 March 2011. JSR107, or JCACHE, is included: In JSR342′s words: The following new JSRs will be candidates for inclusion in the Java EE 7 platform: Concurrency Utilities for Java EE (JSR-236) JCache (JSR-107) … Isn’t JSR107 inactive? But how could this happen if JSR107 is inactive? Well the answer [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/news-on-jsr107-jcache-and-jsr342-java-ee-7/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/ehcache-distributed-cache-or-nosql-store/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/ehcache-distributed-cache-or-nosql-store/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:40:35 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=401 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/ehcache-distributed-cache-or-nosql-store/";Is Ehcache a NoSQL store? No, I would not characterise it as that, but I have seen it used for some NoSQL use cases. In these situations it compared very well — with higher performance and more flexible consistency than the well-known NoSQL stores. Let me explain. Read more…]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/03/ehcache-distributed-cache-or-nosql-store/feed/ 0 http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/02/ehcache-2-4-with-the-new-search-feature-is-out/ http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/02/ehcache-2-4-with-the-new-search-feature-is-out/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:46:44 +0000 Greg Luck http://gregluck.com/blog/?p=392 dzone_url = "http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/02/ehcache-2-4-with-the-new-search-feature-is-out/";Ehcache 2.4 launches today. The big new feature right in the core of Ehcache 2.4 is Search. It uses a new fluent API which looks like this: Results results = cache.createQuery().includeKeys().addCriteria(age.eq(32).and(gender.eq(“male”))).execute(); In short, it lets you further offload the database. With Ehcache now supporting up to 2TB and linear scale-out you can do more than ever. What is [...]]]> http://gregluck.com/blog/archives/2011/02/ehcache-2-4-with-the-new-search-feature-is-out/feed/ 3