So apart from recovering from a long bout of the stomach flu, enjoying good food again at a “Come dine with me” night (our parents would be so proud) and planning a rush trip to Vegas I’ve managed to ...

This series of articles introduces Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI), a key part of the Java EE 6 platform. Standardized via JSR 299, CDI is the de-facto API for comprehensive ...

Take advantage of the dependency injection principle to provide support for pluggable implementations in your application and build loosely coupled, testable components The Dependency Inversion ...

I've used Dependency Injection (DI) in a number of my columns. My container of choice is Castle Windsor. While Windsor makes IoC easy, there have been a few occasions where I've needed to push things ...

Before you can begin refactoring, you need to know what to look for. I'm a very visual person, so whenever I work on refactoring a large or complex application, I begin by whiteboarding all components ...

It’s not particularly unusual for multiple JSRs to cover the same ground. But it’s nice to see when the issues that arise from such overlap get resolved. In the last few days, it appears that the two ...