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Simple Groovy project using Gradle

Hello fellow Groovyists :)

I have been kicking the tires on using Gradle for my Groovy projects. I had a few stumbles along the way and wanted to share what I came up with for getting a very simple example working.

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'groovy'
version = "1.0-${new Date().format('yyyyMMdd')}"

manifest.mainAttributes("Main-Class" : "com.javazquez.HelloThere")

repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenRepo urls: "http://groovypp.artifactoryonline.com/groovypp/libs-releases-local"
}
dependencies {
groovy group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy-all', version: '1.8.4'
groovy group: 'org.mongodb', name: 'mongo-java-driver', version: '2.6.5'
groovy group: 'com.gmongo', name: 'gmongo', version: '0.9.1'
testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:0.5-groovy-1.8"
}

jar {
from { configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
}

below is the the HelloThere.groovy file located src/main/groovy/com/javazquez/HelloThere

package com.javazquez
public class HelloThere {

public static void main(String []args) {
println "Hello coders!"

}

}

after running gradle build, I can navigate to the build/libs directory and run java -jar HelloThere-1.0-20111115.jar and get the following ouptut

Hello coders!

Gradle is a fantastic tool and I hope this article helps show the ease of getting a project set up.

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POP3 Gmail access with Clojure and JavaMail

I recently had the need to access gmail using Clojure. I used JavaMail to accomplish this via pop3. Below is some code that I wrote to help me get emails. Hope you find it useful Enjoy :)


(use '[clojure.contrib.duck-streams])
(def props (System/getProperties))
; Get the default Session object.
(def session (javax.mail.Session/getDefaultInstance props))

; Get a Store object that implements the specified protocol.
(def store (.getStore session "pop3s"))

;Connect to the current host using the specified username and password.
(.connect store "pop.gmail.com" "username@gmail.com" "password")

;Create a Folder object corresponding to the given name.
(def folder (. store getFolder "inbox"))

; Open the Folder.
(.open folder (javax.mail.Folder/READ_ONLY ))
; Get the messages from the server
(def messages (.getMessages folder))

(defn getFrom [message](javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress/toString (.getFrom message)))
(defn getReplyTo [message] (javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress/toString (.getReplyTo message)) )
(defn getSubject [message] (.getSubject message))

;print out the body of the message
(for [m messages] (read-lines(.getInputStream m)) )

;;;;;code for sending an email

(def props (System/getProperties))
(. props put "mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com")
(. props put "mail.smtp.port", "465")
(. props put "mail.smtp.auth", "true")
(. props put "mail.transport.protocol", "smtps")

(def session (javax.mail.Session/getDefaultInstance props nil))
(def msg (javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage. session))
(. msg setFrom (javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress. "sender@gmail.com"))
(. msg addRecipients javax.mail.Message$RecipientType/TO
"receiver@gmail.com")

(. msg setSubject "i am the subject")
(. msg setText "I am the body!!!")

(. msg setHeader "X-Mailer", "msgsend")
(. msg setSentDate (java.util.Date.))

; send the email
(def transport (. session getTransport))
(. transport connect "smtp.gmail.com" 465 "sender@gmail.com" "password")
(. transport sendMessage msg (. msg getRecipients javax.mail.Message$RecipientType/TO))
(. transport close)

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Writing a PayPal SOAP client with Java 6

I have always been mystified on the inner workings of SOAP. That was until I learned about the “wsimport” utility that comes with Java 6. It makes the entire process very easy. Below is an example of writing a SOAP client for PayPal’s Sandbox. This code will execute the SetExpressCheckout API call.

Just enter the following on your command line to generate the com.javazquez package

wsimport -keep -XadditionalHeaders -Xnocompile -p com.javazquez http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/PayPalSvc.wsdl

open your favorite java editor(I used eclipse) and add the package(“com.javazquez”..created in the above command) to your new project

next, write some code to test out the APIs

package com.javazquez;

import javax.xml.ws.Holder;
public class TestEC {

public static void main(String[] args) {
SetExpressCheckoutReq req = new SetExpressCheckoutReq();
SetExpressCheckoutRequestType reqType = new SetExpressCheckoutRequestType();
SetExpressCheckoutRequestDetailsType details = new SetExpressCheckoutRequestDetailsType();
AddressType addr = new AddressType();
addr.cityName = "omaha";
addr.street1 = "123 main";
addr.country = CountryCodeType.US;
addr.name = "joe tester";

details.address = addr;
details.orderTotal = new BasicAmountType();
details.orderTotal.currencyID = CurrencyCodeType.USD;
details.orderTotal.value = "1.00";
details.cancelURL = "http://javazquez.com/cancel";
details.returnURL = "http://javazquez.com/return";

reqType.setVersion("2.10");

reqType.setExpressCheckoutRequestDetails = details;
req.setSetExpressCheckoutRequest(reqType);

UserIdPasswordType user = new UserIdPasswordType();
user.username = "XXX";
user.password = "XXXX";
user.signature = "XXXX";

PayPalAPIInterfaceService pp = new PayPalAPIInterfaceService();
PayPalAPIAAInterface pinterface = pp.getPayPalAPIAA();
Holder security = new Holder(new CustomSecurityHeaderType());
security.value.setCredentials(user);
try{
SetExpressCheckoutResponseType resp = pinterface.setExpressCheckout(req, security);
System.out.println(resp.token);
System.out.println(resp.correlationID);
for(ErrorType msg: resp.errors){
System.out.println(msg.longMessage);
}
}
catch(Exception ex){
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());

}
}

}

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(def Bonjour-Clojure “Welcome to functional programming”)

After the briefest of introductions to functional programming in college(a la Lisp) and dabbling with Scala, I took the functional plunge and started using Clojure recently. At this point, I have only written a couple of small programs and haven’t formed much of an opinion on where it stacks against my current favorite language at the moment(Groovy). This post will follow my usual getting started with a language snippets. I plan to write more entries as I get more familiar with the language. On to the code!


;binding
user=> (def Bonjour-Clojure “Welcome to functional programming”)
#’user/Bonjour-Clojure
user=> Bonjour-Clojure
“Welcome to functional programming”

;items in a list can be seperated via a comma or white space..
user=> (= [ 1 2 3] [1,2,3])
true

;count the number of consonants in a string
(defn count-consonants [string] (count ( re-seq #”[^aeiouAEIOU\s]” string )))
user=> (count-consonants “writing code is fun”)
10

;count the number of vowels in a string
(defn count-vowels [string] (count ( re-seq #”[aeiouAEIOU\s]” string )))
user=> (count-vowels “lukaskiewicz”)
5

;read a file into a list.. any suggestions on other ways are welcome :)
;usage (file-lines “string_path_to_file”) or to read a webpage ((file-lines “http://javazquez.com”)
(defn file-lines [file] (with-open [rdr (clojure.java.io/reader file)] ( set ( line-seq rdr))))

;view objects class
user=>(class “Im a string”)
java.lang.String

;length of string
user=>(count “I am 18 chars long”)
18

user=>(range 1 9)
(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 )

;repeat a digit
user=>(repeat 4 3)
(3 3 3 3)

;list comprehension
user=>(for [fruit ["apple" "orange" "grape"] ] (str fruit))
(“apple” “orange” “grape”)

;use map to create a new list… #() is a shortcut for an anonymous
user=>(map #(* 2 %1) [1 2 3 4])
(2 4 6 8 )

; also an anonymous function
user=> (map (fn [item](* 2 item)) [1 2 3 4])
(2 4 6 8 )

;simple fiter example on a list using odd?
user=> (filter odd? [1, 2,3,4,5])
(1 3 5)

;factorial using reduce
user=> (reduce * [1 2 3])
6

;if statement
user=> (if true (str “i am true”)(str “i am false”))
“i am true”

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Login with Basic Authentication using Groovy

Hey there fellow Groovyists! I was recently in need of performing Basic Authentication on Apache using Groovy for a proof of concept. Below is what I was able to quickly put together.

//Here is a quick groovy 1.7.4 Basic Auth Example
@Grab(group=’org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder’, module=’http-builder’, version=’0.5.0′ )

def authSite = new groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder( ‘http://10.110.201.115/~juanvazquez/basicAuth/’ )
authSite.auth.basic ‘user’, ‘pwd’
println authSite.get( path:’testAuth.html’ )

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Fun with Python

Hey there fellow developers :D
I have been working with Python lately(specifically Python3) and wanted to share some things I thought were pretty cool from an outsider’s(learning the language) perspective. I hope the following helps with getting to know this great language.. Enjoy


#construct a tuple using()
t=(1,2,3)

#contruct a list using []
 lst= [1,2,4]

#iterate a string and print each character
for i in "This is a String":
	print(i)

#getting the length of a string
print ("length is",len("12345"))	

#test x is in a range
x=6
if(3< x <10 ):
	print( "I am true")
else:
	print( "I am false")

#test membership

if "2" in "1234":
	print("I am in the string")
if int("2") in [1,2,3,4]:
	print( "I am in the list")

#replication
print( "hithreetimes, "*3)

#using math class
import math
print(math.sqrt(4))

#print all methods
print(dir(math))

#named Tuples
import collections
Movie = collections.namedtuple("Movie","title rating")
collection =[Movie("Jaws", 4.0)]
collection.append(Movie("Toy Story", 5.0))
for movie in collection:
	print("I watched {0} and gave it {1} stars".format(movie.title,movie.rating))

#sequence unpacking
head, *rest = [1,2,3,4,5]
print("head is {0} and rest is {1}".format(head,rest))

#passing and unpacking parameters
def fullname(f,m,l):
	print("First Name ="+f)
	print("Middle Name ="+m)
        print("Last Name  ="l)

fakenamelist =["Homer","J","Simpson"]
fullname(*fakenamelist)		

#list comprehensions (print all odd numbers from 0 to 99)
print( [item for item in range(0,100) if item % 2])

#named parameters
def count_animals(number,*,	animal="ducks"):
	return "{0} {1}".format(number,animal)
print( count_animals(3,animal="cows"))
print( count_animals(3))

print(sorted([-1,2,-3],key=abs)) #same order

line = input("enter something.. ")
print("your line was " ,line)


I have been using python for web requests and recommend using the httplib2 library. It has a lot of really nice features.

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Ruby’s variable variables

Hello everyone,

This is a quick post that should help developers new to Ruby. It may also help out those that have been away from the language for a while. Its just a quick reference to Ruby’s variables and their respective scopes. I know I had a chart to keep it all straight when I first encountered the language.

  1. @ An instance variable
  2. [a-z] or _ A local variable
  3. [A-Z] A constant
  4. @@ A class variable
  5. $ A global variable

This information is easily found on the net if you know what you are looking for. I just posted it to help make it even easier to find for those that are new to Ruby, or new to code writing :) .

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Windows GUI File Parser using Groovy

I find myself doing a lot of file parsing on my Windows XP machine lately. I decide to write a quick utility that would allow me to drag and drop files and search for the key words that I have identified. The utility doesn’t have the logic for searching using regex’s yet, but it should be really easy to add this functionality.

I hacked some Groovy Code with some Java Code and came up with the following script. Hope it is useful.

DISCLAIMER:

As the title suggests, I have only been able to get this to work on my Windows XP machine, OS X didn’t like the javax.swing.TransferHandler and it appears some other operating systems have a hard time with this also.


import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.List;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.TransferHandler.*;

class FileDropHandler extends TransferHandler {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

def wordsToFind =[]
JTextArea output
private JLabel errorMsg;
private String fileText = "";
private boolean test = false;
private boolean same = true;

public boolean canImport(TransferSupport supp) {
/* for the demo, we'll only support drops (not clipboard paste) */
if (!supp.isDrop()) {
return false;
}

/* return false if the drop doesn't contain a list of files */
if (!supp.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor)) {
return false;
}

boolean copySupported = (COPY & supp.getSourceDropActions()) == COPY;

if (copySupported) {
supp.setDropAction(COPY);
return true;
}

return false;
}

public boolean importData(TransferSupport supp) {
if (!canImport(supp)) {
return false;
}

/* get the Transferable */
Transferable t = supp.getTransferable();

try {

Object data = t.getTransferData(DataFlavor.javaFileListFlavor);

List fileList = (List) data;

for (int j = 0; j < fileList.size(); j++) {

File file = (File) fileList.get(j);
//file.getAbsolutePath()
def tmpfh = new File("FileParser.txt")
println wordsToFind.inspect()
new File(file.getAbsolutePath()).eachLine{line->
wordsToFind.each{ if(line =~ "${it}" ){
println "${line}"
tmpfh.append(line)
tmpfh.append("\n\n")
this.output.setText(this.output.getText()+line+"\n")
}
}
}//end for

tmpfh.close()

}
} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException e) {
return false;
} catch (IOException e) {
return false;
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

return true;
}

public void setOutput(JTextArea jta) {
this.output = jta;
}

public void setOutput(JLabel jta) {
errorMsg = jta;
}

public String getText() {
return fileText;
}

public void clearAll() {
fileText = "";
test = false;
same = true;

}
}

class AL implements ActionListener{
public JTextField jtf
public FileDropHandler dh
public AL(JTextField jtf,FileDropHandler dh){
this.jtf = jtf
this.dh =dh
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent){
println "${this.jtf.getText()}"
dh.wordsToFind= this.jtf.getText().split(' ')
}
}

JTextArea dTextArea = new JTextArea("Drop on me");
FileDropHandler dh = new FileDropHandler()
dh.setOutput(dTextArea)
JTextField jta = new JTextField("Enter words seperated by spaces")
dh.wordsToFind= jta.getText().split(' ')
JButton jb =new JButton("Update Word List")
jb.addActionListener( new AL(jta ,dh ))

dh.setOutput(dTextArea);
dTextArea.setDragEnabled(true);
dTextArea.setTransferHandler(dh);

JPanel p =new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JFrame f = new JFrame()
p.add(jta, BorderLayout.NORTH)
p.add(dTextArea, BorderLayout.CENTER)
p.add(jb, BorderLayout.SOUTH)

f.getContentPane().add(p)
f.setSize(400,400)
f.setVisible(true)

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A Groovy Flickr API

A long time ago I wanted to write a desktop GUI interface for Flickr. At the time I had just learned Java and thought it would be really cool to write it using swing. Little did I know how not cool working with swing would be :(

About halfway through the project I heard about a cool new dynamic way to write Java code called Groovy. From that day on Groovy has been making my life a whole lot easier. I didn’t need all the functionality in the flickrj library, so I decide to write a few methods for my app using Groovy. The hardest part of the whole thing was figuring out how to post images to Flickr, for that, I used the flickrj code as a reference. If that source code was not available, I don’t think I would have ever figured it out. So a big thanks to all the folks working on that project!

This is not a complete API for Flickr, but should provide enough to get started.
Link to my GitHub Repo

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Adding and Resizing Images with Grails

Here is a quick post on how to upload images within your Grails project to your file system(rather than your database). It seems simple enough, but I ran into a few snags as I was working on one of my projects. Just wanted to provided a working example for those that are entering the Grails territory for the first time. Happy Coding!

I am using the imageTools plugin which you can read more about here

NOTE: The imageTools plugin has been criticized for its low quality of output. ImageMagick may be a better fit for you project(s). My particular project didn’t call for high quality pictures. A quick google search for “imagemagick for grails” should get you started on your way.

I am using version 1.0.3 in the example below

to install, I ran the following command from my grails application’s root directory

grails install-plugin http://www.arquetipos.co.cr/blog/files/grails-image-tools-1.0.3.zip

Domain-Class

class Picture {
byte[] imagefile
//Any other stuff you want to track

}

Controller Code for Saving an image

def save = {

def downloadedfile = request.getFile('imagefile')
def pictureInstance = new Picture(params)
def imageTool = new ImageTool()

if(downloadedfile && pictureInstance.save()){
String imagepath = grailsAttributes.getApplicationContext().getResource("images/").getFile().toString() + File.separatorChar + "${pictureInstance.id}.jpg"
downloadedfile.transferTo(new File(imagepath))

imageTool.load(imagepath)
imageTool.thumbnail(140)

imageTool.writeResult(imagepath, "JPEG")
imageTool.square()
flash.message = "Picture ${pictureInstance.id} created"
redirect(action:show,id:pictureInstance.id)
}
else {
render(view:'create',model:[pictureInstance:pictureInstance])
}
}

Code for displaying the image in both the ‘show’ and ‘list’ views

<td><img src="${createLinkTo(dir:'images', file: pictureInstance.id+'.jpg' )}" /> </td>

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