Test Drive Apache Maven on Your Existing Projects

In this article I will describe how you can test drive Apache Maven by adding an Apache Maven project file (pom.xml) to your existing projects.  Then we’ll try to solve some of the more common problems that sometimes occur.  Finally, I’ll briefly introduce a few more features and benefits to help you decide if Apache [...]

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Windows Installer for Apache Maven 2

I’ve been playing around with Windows Installer XML (WiX) recently – I used it to create the installer for Year Chart and I’ve since converted a couple of internal projects (I may publish them later) which I had originally created InstallShield installers for (with the version that came with older versions of Microsoft Visual Studio). [...]

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Loading Java Properties Files in C#

Java style properties files are not supported in C# – so here is a class that reads and writes Java “.properties” files.

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Overriding Static Methods in Java

You can’t override static methods in Java – so here are some alternative (more OO) solutions.

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