Rob Keefer

Perfect. Thanks ...

Ok, I'm just now getting around to looking into this again. Do you know of a good example of using a JAX-RPC handler on the server? I'm seeing references to the org.apache.axis.handlers.SimpleAuthenticationHandler and incorporating this into the wsdd file, but am not clear on how all this is working.

Thanks again for your help.

Thanks for the reply, but I guess I'm not following all the way with the FAQ...

In my FooServiceTestCase.java program, I have

public void test1Foo() throws Exception { FooSoapBindingStub binding; try { binding = (FooSoapBindingStub) new FooServiceLocator().getFoo(); binding._setProperty(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY, "user"); binding._setProperty(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, "password"); } ...

Then in my FooSoapBindingStub.java program, I have

MessageContext context = MessageContext.getCurrentContext(); HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) context.getProperty(HTTPConstants.MC_HTTP_SERVLETREQUEST); String uid = req.getParameter(Stub.USERNAME_PROPERTY); String pwd = req.getParameter(Stub.PASSWORD_PROPERTY);

and context is null when I debug.

Am I not setting something correctly in my FooServiceTestCase?

I want to get information out of the HTTP Header using Axis. I used the WSDLtoJava program to generate a SoapBindingStub, so now I want to get a username and password that is being sent in the HTTP Header to use for authentication. How do I do that?

- Rob

Suppose you are a month away from a product deadline. If you meet the deadline you get a $25,000 bonus. What would be your ideal work environment to guarantee you get the $25,000? Include as much detail as possible: location, lighting, temperature, etc.

Yes, I do test-first development also, but somehow I feel like I'm missing something. Hence, the question. What I'm hoping to find is peoples experiences with measuring user satisfaction, performance, bugs, etc. that may play into the customer acceptance tests phase of a test-driven development cycle.

My current project is the development of a product that people pay to use. The client doesn't have constant access to a real user, so we have a customer 'delegate', who ensures that all the functionality works, but no one is there to test whether we did the right thing, or did it in the right way.

The customer acceptance test in this case really ensures that we implemented what we were told and it didn't break.

In XP, we are supposed to 'reform cowboy programmers or fire them'. It seems to be difficult to carry out the firing part in the US due to the many laws and HR policies in place. Does anyone have any experience/suggestions in dealing with this situation?

Check out this paper - Agile Software Development - it will answer most of your questions.

How do you define a quality product at your organization? How do you decide when the product is good enough to ship to your general users? Surely there are system specs that need to be met, do you also include some kind of usability measure?

Thanks, I'll probably wait. It would be nice to score in the 80's on a test I haven't taken yet...
- Rob

Based on your experience, am I ready to take the test this Friday? Here are my scores on some sample exams:
try 1 try 2 John Hunt 73 89 Marcus Green #1 73 87 Marcus Green #2 68 83 Marcus Green #3 72
I've taken these tests over the past few weeks. The Marcus Green #3 I took this afternoon; I'd like to have seen a bit higher score.
So, do I take the test or put it off another week? (All I'm looking for is a 62% on the test.)
Thanks for any input -
- Rob
[ May 14, 2002: Message edited by: Rob Keefer ]

Originally posted by Marilyn deQueiroz:
Which version of the RHE book do you have?

Yeh, I have the second edition. All the answer says is Answer: B, D, E
There is no real description. Hence, the question.

Thanks for the tips. I guess "valid" means compile, not execute.
- Rob

In the RHE book, question 3 in chapter 1 asks, "Which of the following signatures are valid for the main() method entry point of an application?"
It gives 5 possible answers, one of which is
"public static int main(String[] arg)"
According to the answers in the back of the book, this is valid. However, when I try it, I get:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main
using this code:
public class td { public static int main(String[] args) { return 1; } }
What am I missing?
- Rob

It helps, thanks Bear.
- Rob

Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Errr... why make a HashSet at all? You've already got a perfectly good Set - why spend processor time to make another? Just use
Set nSet = hm.keySet();

Ok, this is great. However, I have another question then...
I thought an interface was simply a definition, and didn't have any functionality behind it. I would have never thought to even try this. In the API documentation Set is an interface. So, can you explain why using Set works in this case? Is this a feature of the Util package, or am I missing something about interfaces in general?
Thanks for the help.
- Rob