Deploying a snapshot onto Artifactory

Can't deploy your artifact onto Artifact? Check the permissions -
Managing Permissions on Artifactory

*Remember to check the Deploy box ;)

Get your annotated hibernate tablename :D

Thanks to stackoverflow, I now know how to use reflection with annotations in hibernate!!

How to profile your app with Memory Analyzer and JConsole

Start java app
Start JConsole and attach as Local (pid for eclipse will be seen once the JConsole starts)
Enter pathname to a *.hprof memory dump file in the dumpHeap (p0 value) in JConsole's MBean tab > HotSpotDiagnostic > Operation
Open the hprof file in Memory analyser in Eclipse

Check out what the java compiler is doing to the class file...

with javap command!

*Slap *Slap

From Effective C++, by Scott Meyers :

"Anytime you find yourself writing code of the form "if the object is of type T1, then do something, but if it's of type T2, then do something else," slap yourself.

solution : overriding the method

First-time Vista users...like me

Want a quick shortcut by right-clicking on folder to get to your cmd.exe in Vista?

Hold Shift & right-click on the folder and you will see a "Open Command Window Here".

Waahaha..I'm starting to like Vista - I don't need to install PowerToy or edit my folder settings already... :P

SVN export with Tortoise

After using Tortoise for some time, it's only now that I found out that it is possible to export files the easy way. I right-clicked all the folders containing svn files and dragged to my working folder and a pop up menu will appear for options to export all items.

It REALLY pays to be lazy....... =p