Java

How to change data in-flight, without a Debugger Do you ever wish you could change the behavior of some object in the middle of a bunch of method calls? I sometimes do. Maybe you want to set some properties on an object to replicate a fault. Maybe you’d like to force a specific return value from a method for some reason. These are both very possible, without altering the source code for your application. I like to do this through...

Over the past few years, I have been asked on and off as to what the process is for the RPMs that get into Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora repositories. Over those years, the answer has evolved as we attempt to better the process. As it stands right now, there is a difference between how OpenJDK6, OpenJDK7 and OpenJDK8 (preview in Fedora 19) end up into RPMs. This post will shed some light into what those processes are. OpenJDK6...