Learn Deutsche - German nouns : Set 1

Guys, in the past few posts, we looked into a few random word sets covering most commonly used Deutsche verbs. In this post, let us look into a new word-list of proper nouns used in our daily lives. We will also mention the gender of these words i.e der (Masculine) /die (Feminine) /das (Neutral). This should aid you in remembering the same. In today's set let us look into the most common words for office supplies/stationary.

Set 1 (Stationary / Office Supplies) - 12 words :

Pencil : der Bleistift

Pen : der Kuli

Eraser : der Radiergummi

Ruler : das Lineal

Notebook : das Heft

Dictionary : das Wörterbuch

Glue Stick : der Kleibstift

Scissors : die Schere

Ink : die Tinte

Paper : das Papier

Stapler : der Hefter

Picture : das Bild

How to enforce specific JDK for a Maven build

As you maybe aware, the Maven enforcer plugin provides the option to enforce specific rules while building a project. For instance we could enforce a specific version of JDK to be used for a build.

For instance, let us enforce the usage of JDK 1.8.0. In that case, check the configuration of maven-enforcer-plugin in your main parent POM

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<phase>validate</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<rules>
<requireJavaVersion>
                  <version>1.8.0</version>
                </requireJavaVersion>
</rules>
</configuration>
</plugin>

Note the <requireJavaVersion> tag used for the same. For more information, check the following link as well.

How to configure Jacoco plugin in Maven

Guys, for getting the unit test coverage report in SonarQube for code quality and analysis, let us look into how to use the Jacoco plugin for the same. In this post we'll see how to configure Maven with the Jacoco plugin. FYI Jacoco is a free code coverage tool for Java

In your main parent POM, let us enter the Sonar properties firstly, as follows :

<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<!-- Sonar -->
<sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
<sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${project.basedir}/target/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
<sonar.language>java</sonar.language>
<drools.version>5.5.0.Final</drools.version> 
</properties> 

Now in the <pluginManagement> section, let us enter the configuration for the Jacoco plugin.

<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.2.201409121644</version>
<configuration>
<destFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPath}</destFile>
<append>true</append>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>report</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

Hope it helps guys. Until next time, ciao!

Automate regular backups of SonarQube's DB using bash script

Guys, this post will be useful if you are using SonarQube for code analysis and quality control. In today's post we will look into how to automate taking regular backups of SonarQube's back-end database.

For illustration, we will use MySql DB to store SonarQube's metadata which includes analysis parameters like code smells, bugs, code coverage, unit test coverage etc. In this case we host Sonar on a linux machine, so we write a bash script to take regular backups of the MySql DB. Take a look at a simple sample script below :

#!/bin/bash
# script for taking database dump of sonar

user="root";
hostname="localhost";
db_name="sonar";
dateformat=`date +%d-%m-%y`;

mysqldump --defaults-extra-file="/usr/local/cron_scripts/.my.cnf" -u $user -h $hostname sonar | gzip > /usr/local/mysql_dumps/sonar_dump_$dateformat.sql.gz

chmod 755 /usr/local/mysql_dumps/sonar_dump_$dateformat.sql.gz

As you see, we have used mysqldump to take dump of the database, zip it, append it with the current date and store it at the said location.

Taking dumps of Sonar can be extremely useful for the purpose of importing and exporting of a Sonar instance from one machine to another without losing the analysis history.

Change default javadoc output directory in Maven

When using the Maven javadoc plugin for generating javadoc for your project, we also have the option of changing the default output directory. As you know, by default the javadoc gets created within the project-folder/target/apidocs directory.

So, when updating the location of javadoc's output directory, use the <reportOutputDirectory> tag. Consider the illustration below :

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9.1</version>
<configuration>
<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
<reportOutputDirectory>E:\\Javadoc\${project.name}</reportOutputDirectory>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-javadocs</id>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

As you see in this case we have updated the javadoc output directory to a different drive itself i.e. E:\\Javadoc\${project.name}. Kindly check this link as well for additional reference.

How to skip tests for specific module in a Maven build

In a Maven build of a multi module project, sometimes we may want to skip tests for only a specific module. For illustration, let's consider a multi module project with 10 modules and we want to skip tests only for 1 or 2 modules.

In such a scenario, enter the following in that module's pom whose tests we want to skip. We simply set the skipTests tag to true in the maven surefire plugin configuration.

<build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skipTests>true</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

Until next time, Ciao.

Learn Deutsche - German verbs : Set 6

Hello folks. Presenting another fresh list of random Deutsche verbs from the word bank.

Set 6
bleiben : to stay
glauben : to believe
duschen : to shower
vergessen : to forget
küssen : to kiss
warten : to wait
backen : to bake
kochen : to cook
waschen : to wash
anrufen : to call