Monthly Archives: December 2014

Displaying and editing large (styled) texts

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Tom Schindl

A reoccuring question in stackoverflow is how to present: Large amounts of editable text Display text paragraphs with words in different colors, sizes, … and optionally make them editable In the following post I’d like to shade some light into … Continue reading →

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Eclipse DI and OSGi-Services and dynamics

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Tom Schindl

Most people who use Eclipse DI know that they can simply use and the system will inject the service as desired but there are multiple problems with that: What happens if the there’s a newer higher ranked service registered? What … Continue reading →

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“Strange” things about java byte code and consequences for API evolution

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Tom Schindl

Eike posted lately about interesting problem when changing the return type of a method with respect to callers of the method. In his sample he switched from a void to a String return type and suddenly old byte code was … Continue reading →

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