Setting JAVA_HOME on Raspberry Pi

The new Raspbian build comes with Java 1.8 pre-installed. You can check the current java version by issuing following command; java -version java version "1.8.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode) In order to set environment...

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java.lang.SecurityException: invalid SHA1 signature file digest

This weekend we came up with a issue when trying to verify a jar already signed using JarSigner in JDK7 or JDK8(JarSigner? seriously WTH is that? read this). When the same jar file is signed with JDK6 it is working fine. Here how to reproduce this error; Java Jar Security Reproducing the issue Sign...

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Support for Selenium IDE export as Java / TestNG / WebDriver

This is a very brief entry for those who seeks support for exporting Selenium scripts. Currently Selenium IDE supports exporting selenium scripts into `Java / TestNG / Remote Control(RC)`. WebDriver is the successor of the old Remote Control(RC). Exporting test cases generated by Selenium IDE to `Java...

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JDK 1.7 fails on JIBX: java.lang.VerifyError error

This is what I got when running WSO2 AS JiBX sample on JDK 1.7. By the way What is JiBX??? JiBX differs from other data binding techniques supported by Axis2 in that it allows you to use your own Java data objects (as opposed to Java data objects generated from a schema definition). JiBX also provides...

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How to fix Java Apps Getting Blurred on Retina Displays MAC OS X

Have you experienced this too???. My MacBook was shipped with JDK 1.6.0. So I installed JDK 1.7u07. Soon after I realized that all java based applications(or running on the newer JVM) are getting blurred. Look closer on these two images; `Android Studio` on JDK 1.7u07; `Android Studio` on JDK1.7u40; It...

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