Programs & Examples On #Typeloadexception

In C#, this is the exception that is thrown when type-loading failures occur.

TypeLoadException says 'no implementation', but it is implemented

FWIW, I got this when there was a config file that redirected to a non-existent version of a referenced assembly. Fusion logs for the win!

Invalid length for a Base-64 char array

The encrypted string had two special characters, + and =.

'+' sign was giving the error, so below solution worked well:

//replace + sign

encryted_string = encryted_string.Replace("+", "%2b");

//`%2b` is HTTP encoded string for **+** sign

OR

//encode special charactes 

encryted_string = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(encryted_string);

//then pass it to the decryption process
...

What does "if (rs.next())" mean?

The next() method (offcial doc here) simply move the pointer of the result rows set to the next row (if it can). Anyway you can read this from the offcial doc as well:

Moves the cursor down one row from its current position.

This method return true if there's another row or false otherwise.

Python: list of lists

First, I strongly recommend that you rename your variable list to something else. list is the name of the built-in list constructor, and you're hiding its normal function. I will rename list to a in the following.

Python names are references that are bound to objects. That means that unless you create more than one list, whenever you use a it's referring to the same actual list object as last time. So when you call

listoflists.append((a, a[0]))

you can later change a and it changes what the first element of that tuple points to. This does not happen with a[0] because the object (which is an integer) pointed to by a[0] doesn't change (although a[0] points to different objects over the run of your code).

You can create a copy of the whole list a using the list constructor:

listoflists.append((list(a), a[0]))

Or, you can use the slice notation to make a copy:

listoflists.append((a[:], a[0]))

Why Does OAuth v2 Have Both Access and Refresh Tokens?

Let's consider a system where each user is linked to one or more roles and each role is linked to one or more access privileges. This information can be cached for better API performance. But then, there may be changes in the user and role configurations (for e.g. new access may be granted or current access may be revoked) and these should be reflected in the cache.

We can use access and refresh tokens for such purpose. When an API is invoked with access token, the resource server checks the cache for access rights. IF there is any new access grants, it is not reflected immediately. Once the access token expires (say in 30 minutes) and the client uses the refresh token to generate a new access token, the cache can be updated with the updated user access right information from the DB.

In other words, we can move the expensive operations from every API call using access tokens to the event of access token generation using refresh token.

How to bind 'touchstart' and 'click' events but not respond to both?

In my case this worked perfectly:

jQuery(document).on('mouseup keydown touchend', function (event) {
var eventType = event.type;
if (eventType == 'touchend') {
    jQuery(this).off('mouseup');
}
});

The main problem was when instead mouseup I tried with click, on touch devices triggered click and touchend at the same time, if i use the click off, some functionality didn't worked at all on mobile devices. The problem with click is that is a global event that fire the rest of the event including touchend.

How to prevent "The play() request was interrupted by a call to pause()" error?

Maybe a better solution for this as I figured out. Spec says as cited from @JohnnyCoder :

media.pause()

Sets the paused attribute to true, loading the media resource if necessary.

--> loading it

if (videoEl.readyState !== 4) {
    videoEl.load();
}
videoEl.play();

indicates the readiness state of the media HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA = 4

Basically only load the video if it is not already loaded. Mentioned error occurred for me, because video was not loaded. Maybe better than using a timeout.

Uninitialized Constant MessagesController

Your model is @Messages, change it to @message.

To change it like you should use migration:

def change   rename_table :old_table_name, :new_table_name end 

Of course do not create that file by hand but use rails generator:

rails g migration ChangeMessagesToMessage 

That will generate new file with proper timestamp in name in 'db dir. Then run:

rake db:migrate 

And your app should be fine since then.

Is there a W3C valid way to disable autocomplete in a HTML form?

if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
    var inputElements = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
    for (i=0; inputElements[i]; i++) {
        if (inputElements[i].className && (inputElements[i].className.indexOf("disableAutoComplete") != -1)) {
            inputElements[i].setAttribute("autocomplete","off");
        }
    }
}

Should __init__() call the parent class's __init__()?

In Anon's answer:
"If you need something from super's __init__ to be done in addition to what is being done in the current class's __init__ , you must call it yourself, since that will not happen automatically"

It's incredible: he is wording exactly the contrary of the principle of inheritance.


It is not that "something from super's __init__ (...) will not happen automatically" , it is that it WOULD happen automatically, but it doesn't happen because the base-class' __init__ is overriden by the definition of the derived-clas __init__

So then, WHY defining a derived_class' __init__ , since it overrides what is aimed at when someone resorts to inheritance ??

It's because one needs to define something that is NOT done in the base-class' __init__ , and the only possibility to obtain that is to put its execution in a derived-class' __init__ function.
In other words, one needs something in base-class' __init__ in addition to what would be automatically done in the base-classe' __init__ if this latter wasn't overriden.
NOT the contrary.


Then, the problem is that the desired instructions present in the base-class' __init__ are no more activated at the moment of instantiation. In order to offset this inactivation, something special is required: calling explicitly the base-class' __init__ , in order to KEEP , NOT TO ADD, the initialization performed by the base-class' __init__ . That's exactly what is said in the official doc:

An overriding method in a derived class may in fact want to extend rather than simply replace the base class method of the same name. There is a simple way to call the base class method directly: just call BaseClassName.methodname(self, arguments).
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#inheritance

That's all the story:

  • when the aim is to KEEP the initialization performed by the base-class, that is pure inheritance, nothing special is needed, one must just avoid to define an __init__ function in the derived class

  • when the aim is to REPLACE the initialization performed by the base-class, __init__ must be defined in the derived-class

  • when the aim is to ADD processes to the initialization performed by the base-class, a derived-class' __init__ must be defined , comprising an explicit call to the base-class __init__


What I feel astonishing in the post of Anon is not only that he expresses the contrary of the inheritance theory, but that there have been 5 guys passing by that upvoted without turning a hair, and moreover there have been nobody to react in 2 years in a thread whose interesting subject must be read relatively often.

Can you install and run apps built on the .NET framework on a Mac?

.NetCore is a fine release from Microsoft and Visual Studio's latest version is also available for mac but there is still some limitation. Like for creating GUI based application on .net core you have to write code manually for everything. Like in older version of VS we just drag and drop the things and magic happens. But in VS latest version for mac every code has to be written manually. However you can make web application and console application easily on VS for mac.

Custom method names in ASP.NET Web API

Web Api by default expects URL in the form of api/{controller}/{id}, to override this default routing. you can set routing with any of below two ways.

First option:

Add below route registration in WebApiConfig.cs

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "CustomApi",
    routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);

Decorate your action method with HttpGet and parameters as below

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage ReadMyData(string param1,
                        string param2, string param3)

 {

// your code here

}

for calling above method url will be like below

http://localhost:[yourport]/api/MyData/ReadMyData?param1=value1&param2=value2&param3=value3

Second option Add route prefix to Controller class and Decorate your action method with HttpGet as below. In this case no need change any WebApiConfig.cs. It can have default routing.

[RoutePrefix("api/{controller}/{action}")]
public class MyDataController : ApiController
{

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage ReadMyData(string param1,
                        string param2, string param3)

{

// your code here

}

}

for calling above method url will be like below

http://localhost:[yourport]/api/MyData/ReadMyData?param1=value1&param2=value2&param3=value3

How do you make div elements display inline?

Try writing it like this:

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div { border: 1px solid #CCC; }
_x000D_
    <div style="display: inline">a</div>_x000D_
    <div style="display: inline">b</div>_x000D_
    <div style="display: inline">c</div>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

What is the difference between background, backgroundTint, backgroundTintMode attributes in android layout xml?

android:backgroundTintMode

Blending mode used to apply the background tint.

android:backgroundTint

Tint to apply to the background. Must be a color value, in the form of #rgb, #argb, #rrggbb, or #aarrggbb.

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

How to Execute stored procedure from SQL Plus?

You have two options, a PL/SQL block or SQL*Plus bind variables:

var z number

execute  my_stored_proc (-1,2,0.01,:z)

print z

Accessing a resource via codebehind in WPF

You should use System.Windows.Controls.UserControl's FindResource() or TryFindResource() methods.

Also, a good practice is to create a string constant which maps the name of your key in the resource dictionary (so that you can change it at only one place).

The definitive guide to form-based website authentication

Definitive Article

Sending credentials

The only practical way to send credentials 100% securely is by using SSL. Using JavaScript to hash the password is not safe. Common pitfalls for client-side password hashing:

  • If the connection between the client and server is unencrypted, everything you do is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. An attacker could replace the incoming javascript to break the hashing or send all credentials to their server, they could listen to client responses and impersonate the users perfectly, etc. etc. SSL with trusted Certificate Authorities is designed to prevent MitM attacks.
  • The hashed password received by the server is less secure if you don't do additional, redundant work on the server.

There's another secure method called SRP, but it's patented (although it is freely licensed) and there are few good implementations available.

Storing passwords

Don't ever store passwords as plaintext in the database. Not even if you don't care about the security of your own site. Assume that some of your users will reuse the password of their online bank account. So, store the hashed password, and throw away the original. And make sure the password doesn't show up in access logs or application logs. OWASP recommends the use of Argon2 as your first choice for new applications. If this is not available, PBKDF2 or scrypt should be used instead. And finally if none of the above are available, use bcrypt.

Hashes by themselves are also insecure. For instance, identical passwords mean identical hashes--this makes hash lookup tables an effective way of cracking lots of passwords at once. Instead, store the salted hash. A salt is a string appended to the password prior to hashing - use a different (random) salt per user. The salt is a public value, so you can store them with the hash in the database. See here for more on this.

This means that you can't send the user their forgotten passwords (because you only have the hash). Don't reset the user's password unless you have authenticated the user (users must prove that they are able to read emails sent to the stored (and validated) email address.)

Security questions

Security questions are insecure - avoid using them. Why? Anything a security question does, a password does better. Read PART III: Using Secret Questions in @Jens Roland answer here in this wiki.

Session cookies

After the user logs in, the server sends the user a session cookie. The server can retrieve the username or id from the cookie, but nobody else can generate such a cookie (TODO explain mechanisms).

Cookies can be hijacked: they are only as secure as the rest of the client's machine and other communications. They can be read from disk, sniffed in network traffic, lifted by a cross-site scripting attack, phished from a poisoned DNS so the client sends their cookies to the wrong servers. Don't send persistent cookies. Cookies should expire at the end of the client session (browser close or leaving your domain).

If you want to autologin your users, you can set a persistent cookie, but it should be distinct from a full-session cookie. You can set an additional flag that the user has auto-logged in, and needs to log in for real for sensitive operations. This is popular with shopping sites that want to provide you with a seamless, personalized shopping experience but still protect your financial details. For example, when you return to visit Amazon, they show you a page that looks like you're logged in, but when you go to place an order (or change your shipping address, credit card etc.), they ask you to confirm your password.

Financial websites such as banks and credit cards, on the other hand, only have sensitive data and should not allow auto-login or a low-security mode.

List of external resources

How can I get file extensions with JavaScript?

The following solution is fast and short enough to use in bulk operations and save extra bytes:

 return fname.slice((fname.lastIndexOf(".") - 1 >>> 0) + 2);

Here is another one-line non-regexp universal solution:

 return fname.slice((Math.max(0, fname.lastIndexOf(".")) || Infinity) + 1);

Both work correctly with names having no extension (e.g. myfile) or starting with . dot (e.g. .htaccess):

 ""                            -->   ""
 "name"                        -->   ""
 "name.txt"                    -->   "txt"
 ".htpasswd"                   -->   ""
 "name.with.many.dots.myext"   -->   "myext"

If you care about the speed you may run the benchmark and check that the provided solutions are the fastest, while the short one is tremendously fast:

Speed comparison

How the short one works:

  1. String.lastIndexOf method returns the last position of the substring (i.e. ".") in the given string (i.e. fname). If the substring is not found method returns -1.
  2. The "unacceptable" positions of dot in the filename are -1 and 0, which respectively refer to names with no extension (e.g. "name") and to names that start with dot (e.g. ".htaccess").
  3. Zero-fill right shift operator (>>>) if used with zero affects negative numbers transforming -1 to 4294967295 and -2 to 4294967294, which is useful for remaining the filename unchanged in the edge cases (sort of a trick here).
  4. String.prototype.slice extracts the part of the filename from the position that was calculated as described. If the position number is more than the length of the string method returns "".

If you want more clear solution which will work in the same way (plus with extra support of full path), check the following extended version. This solution will be slower than previous one-liners but is much easier to understand.

function getExtension(path) {
    var basename = path.split(/[\\/]/).pop(),  // extract file name from full path ...
                                               // (supports `\\` and `/` separators)
        pos = basename.lastIndexOf(".");       // get last position of `.`

    if (basename === "" || pos < 1)            // if file name is empty or ...
        return "";                             //  `.` not found (-1) or comes first (0)

    return basename.slice(pos + 1);            // extract extension ignoring `.`
}

console.log( getExtension("/path/to/file.ext") );
// >> "ext"

All three variants should work in any web browser on the client side and can be used in the server side NodeJS code as well.

How to workaround 'FB is not defined'?

I guess you missed to put semi-colon ; at the closing curly brace } of window.fbAsyncInit = function() { ... };

Error: free(): invalid next size (fast):

If you are trying to allocate space for an array of pointers, such as

char** my_array_of_strings;  // or some array of pointers such as int** or even void**

then you will need to consider word size (8 bytes in a 64-bit system, 4 bytes in a 32-bit system) when allocating space for n pointers. The size of a pointer is the same of your word size.

So while you may wish to allocate space for n pointers, you are actually going to need n times 8 or 4 (for 64-bit or 32-bit systems, respectively)

To avoid overflowing your allocated memory for n elements of 8 bytes:

my_array_of_strings = (char**) malloc( n * 8 );  // for 64-bit systems
my_array_of_strings = (char**) malloc( n * 4 );  // for 32-bit systems

This will return a block of n pointers, each consisting of 8 bytes (or 4 bytes if you're using a 32-bit system)

I have noticed that Linux will allow you to use all n pointers when you haven't compensated for word size, but when you try to free that memory it realizes its mistake and it gives out that rather nasty error. And it is a bad one, when you overflow allocated memory, many security issues lie in wait.

Twitter Bootstrap - add top space between rows

Bootstrap 4 alpha, for margin-top: shorthand CSS class names mt-1, mt-2 ( mt-lg-5, mt-sm-2) same for the bottom, right, left, and you have also auto class ml-auto

    <div class="mt-lg-1" ...>

Units are from 1 to 5 : in the variables.scss which means if you set mt-1 it gives .25rem of margin top.

$spacers: (
  0: (
    x: 0,
    y: 0
  ),
  1: (
    x: ($spacer-x * .25),
    y: ($spacer-y * .25)
  ),
  2: (
    x: ($spacer-x * .5),
    y: ($spacer-y * .5)
  ),
  3: (
    x: $spacer-x,
    y: $spacer-y
  ),
  4: (
    x: ($spacer-x * 1.5),
    y: ($spacer-y * 1.5)
  ),
  5: (
    x: ($spacer-x * 3),
    y: ($spacer-y * 3)
  )
) !default;

read-more here

https://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/utilities/spacing/#horizontal-centering

How do I interpret precision and scale of a number in a database?

Precision, Scale, and Length in the SQL Server 2000 documentation reads:

Precision is the number of digits in a number. Scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in a number. For example, the number 123.45 has a precision of 5 and a scale of 2.

android : Error converting byte to dex

For some reasons, @ChintanSoni's answer didn't worked. I tried deleting the build folder manually but couldn't delete some files since they were being used by some process. Cleaning and re-building the project didn't help so I opened task manager, selected JAVA(TM) Platform SE binary and pressed on 'End task`.

Then I tried to run the project once again and it started compiling fine.

Fixing npm path in Windows 8 and 10

If, like me, you have MSYS_NO_PATHCONV = 1 configured as a user variable for Git Bash, this issue will be triggered. To workaround, you can either remove this variable or use a different shell (PowerShell) for npm.

How do I rename a Git repository?

Have you try changing your project name in package.json and execute command git init to reinitialize the existing Git, instead?

Your existing Git history will still exist.

Send PHP variable to javascript function

Just write:

<script>
    var my_variable_name = "<?php echo $php_string; ?>";
</script>

Now it's available as a JavaScript variable by the name of my_variable_name at any point below the above code.

Direct casting vs 'as' operator?

It really depends on whether you know if o is a string and what you want to do with it. If your comment means that o really really is a string, I'd prefer the straight (string)o cast - it's unlikely to fail.

The biggest advantage of using the straight cast is that when it fails, you get an InvalidCastException, which tells you pretty much what went wrong.

With the as operator, if o isn't a string, s is set to null, which is handy if you're unsure and want to test s:

string s = o as string;
if ( s == null )
{
    // well that's not good!
    gotoPlanB();
}

However, if you don't perform that test, you'll use s later and have a NullReferenceException thrown. These tend to be more common and a lot harder to track down once they happens out in the wild, as nearly every line dereferences a variable and may throw one. On the other hand, if you're trying to cast to a value type (any primitive, or structs such as DateTime), you have to use the straight cast - the as won't work.

In the special case of converting to a string, every object has a ToString, so your third method may be okay if o isn't null and you think the ToString method might do what you want.

Using DISTINCT and COUNT together in a MySQL Query

FYI, this is probably faster,

SELECT count(1) FROM (SELECT distinct productId WHERE keyword = '$keyword') temp

than this,

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT productId) WHERE keyword='$keyword'

How to avoid "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration" error?

Python 3 does not allow deletion while iterating (using for loop above) dictionary. There are various alternatives to do; one simple way is the to change following line

for i in x.keys():

With

for i in list(x)

CSS3 selector :first-of-type with class name?

This is an old thread, but I'm responding because it still appears high in the list of search results. Now that the future has arrived, you can use the :nth-child pseudo-selector.

p:nth-child(1) { color: blue; }
p.myclass1:nth-child(1) { color: red; }
p.myclass2:nth-child(1) { color: green; }

The :nth-child pseudo-selector is powerful - the parentheses accept formulas as well as numbers.

More here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-child

Angular 2 - Setting selected value on dropdown list

Setting car.colour to the value you want to have initially selected usually works.

When car.colour is set, you can remove [selected]="car.color.id == x.id".

If the value is not a string [ngValue]="..." must be used. [value]="..." only supports strings.

Can't include C++ headers like vector in Android NDK

If you are using Android studio and you are still seeing the message "error: vector: No such file or directory" (or other stl related errors) when you're compiling using ndk, then this might help you.

In your project, open the module's build.gradle file (not your project's build.grade, but the one that is for your module) and add 'stl "stlport_shared"' within the ndk element in defaultConfig.

For eg:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.domain.app"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        ndk {
            moduleName "myModuleName"
            stl "stlport_shared"
        }
    }
}

Send a base64 image in HTML email

An alternative approach may be to embed images in the email using the cid method. (Basically including the image as an attachment, and then embedding it). In my experience, this approach seems to be well supported these days.

enter image description here

Source: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/how-to/2008/08/embedding-images-revisited/

How to run jenkins as a different user

you can integrate to LDAP or AD as well. It works well.

PRINT statement in T-SQL

I recently ran into this, and it ended up being because I had a convert statement on a null variable. Since that was causing errors, the entire print statement was rendering as null, and not printing at all.

Example - This will fail:

declare @myID int=null
print 'First Statement: ' + convert(varchar(4), @myID)

Example - This will print:

declare @myID int=null
print 'Second Statement: ' +  coalesce(Convert(varchar(4), @myID),'@myID is null')

How to deploy a war file in Tomcat 7

If you installed tomcat7 using apt-get in linux then, deploy your app to /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/

eg.

sudo service tomcat7 stop

mvn clean package
sudo cp target/DestroyTheWorldWithPeace.war /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/
#you might also want to make sure war file has permission (`777` not just `+x`)
sudo service tomcat7 start

Also, keep tailing the tomcat log so that you can verify that your app is actually making peace with tomcat.

tail -f /var/lib/tomcat7/logs/catalina.out

The deployed application should appear in http://172.16.35.155:8080/manager/html

How to Convert datetime value to yyyymmddhhmmss in SQL server?

Another option I have googled, but contains several replace ...

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(19), CONVERT(DATETIME, getdate(), 112), 126), '-', ''), 'T', ''), ':', '') 

Convert string to Color in C#

The following can generate a color from name, hex, or known name.

Color beige = StringToColor("Beige");
Color purple = StringToColor("#800080");
Color window = StringToColor("Window");

public static Color StringToColor(string colorStr)
{
    TypeConverter cc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Color));
    var result = (Color)cc.ConvertFromString(colorStr);
    return result;
}

The snippet was taken from Jo Albahari's C# in a Nutshell.

Using .htaccess to make all .html pages to run as .php files?

For anyone out there still having trouble,

try this (my hosting was from Godaddy and this is the only thing that worked for me among all the answers out there.

AddHandler x-httpd-php5-cgi .html

Is it possible to get a history of queries made in postgres

If you want to identify slow queries, than the method is to use log_min_duration_statement setting (in postgresql.conf or set per-database with ALTER DATABASE SET).

When you logged the data, you can then use grep or some specialized tools - like pgFouine or my own analyzer - which lacks proper docs, but despite this - runs quite well.

Expand div to max width when float:left is set

This might work:

    div{
    display:inline-block;
    width:100%;
    float:left;
    }

Why when a constructor is annotated with @JsonCreator, its arguments must be annotated with @JsonProperty?

It is possible to avoid constructor annotations with jdk8 where optionally the compiler will introduce metadata with the names of the constructor parameters. Then with jackson-module-parameter-names module Jackson can use this constructor. You can see an example at post Jackson without annotations

Laravel check if collection is empty

You can always count the collection. For example $mentor->intern->count() will return how many intern does a mentor have.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/collections#method-count

In your code you can do something like this

foreach($mentors as $mentor)
    @if($mentor->intern->count() > 0)
    @foreach($mentor->intern as $intern)
        <tr class="table-row-link" data-href="/werknemer/{!! $intern->employee->EmployeeId !!}">
            <td>{{ $intern->employee->FirstName }}</td>
            <td>{{  $intern->employee->LastName }}</td>
        </tr>
    @endforeach
    @else
        Mentor don't have any intern
    @endif
@endforeach

Display UIViewController as Popup in iPhone

You can do this to add any other subview to the view controller. First set the status bar to None for the ViewController which you want to add as subview so that you can resize to whatever you want. Then create a button in Present View controller and a method for button click. In the method:

- (IBAction)btnLogin:(id)sender {
    SubView *sub = [[SubView alloc] initWithNibName:@"SubView" bundle:nil];
    sub.view.frame = CGRectMake(20, 100, sub.view.frame.size.width, sub.view.frame.size.height);
    [self.view addSubview:sub.view];
}

Hope this helps, feel free to ask if any queries...

How to POST JSON Data With PHP cURL?

Try this example.

<?php 
 $url = 'http://localhost/test/page2.php';
    $data = array("first_name" => "First name","last_name" => "last name","email"=>"[email protected]","addresses" => array ("address1" => "some address" ,"city" => "city","country" => "CA", "first_name" =>  "Mother","last_name" =>  "Lastnameson","phone" => "555-1212", "province" => "ON", "zip" => "123 ABC" ) );
    $ch=curl_init($url);
    $data_string = urlencode(json_encode($data));
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array("customer"=>$data_string));


    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    echo $result;
?>

Your page2.php code

<?php
$datastring = $_POST['customer'];
$data = json_decode( urldecode( $datastring));

?>

How can I use/create dynamic template to compile dynamic Component with Angular 2.0?

I have a simple example to show how to do angular 2 rc6 dynamic component.

Say, you have a dynamic html template = template1 and want to dynamic load, firstly wrap into component

@Component({template: template1})
class DynamicComponent {}

here template1 as html, may be contains ng2 component

From rc6, have to have @NgModule wrap this component. @NgModule, just like module in anglarJS 1, it decouple different part of ng2 application, so:

@Component({
  template: template1,

})
class DynamicComponent {

}
@NgModule({
  imports: [BrowserModule,RouterModule],
  declarations: [DynamicComponent]
})
class DynamicModule { }

(Here import RouterModule as in my example there is some route components in my html as you can see later on)

Now you can compile DynamicModule as: this.compiler.compileModuleAndAllComponentsAsync(DynamicModule).then( factory => factory.componentFactories.find(x => x.componentType === DynamicComponent))

And we need put above in app.moudule.ts to load it, please see my app.moudle.ts. For more and full details check: https://github.com/Longfld/DynamicalRouter/blob/master/app/MyRouterLink.ts and app.moudle.ts

and see demo: http://plnkr.co/edit/1fdAYP5PAbiHdJfTKgWo?p=preview

Eclipse and Windows newlines

To recursively remove the carriage returns (\r) from the CVS/* files in all child directories, run the following in a unix shell:

find ./ -wholename "\*CVS/[RE]\*" -exec dos2unix -q -o {} \;

cpp / c++ get pointer value or depointerize pointer

To get the value of a pointer, just de-reference the pointer.

int *ptr;
int value;
*ptr = 9;

value = *ptr;

value is now 9.

I suggest you read more about pointers, this is their base functionality.

How do you split a list into evenly sized chunks?

Here's a generator that yields the chunks you want:

def chunks(lst, n):
    """Yield successive n-sized chunks from lst."""
    for i in range(0, len(lst), n):
        yield lst[i:i + n]

import pprint
pprint.pprint(list(chunks(range(10, 75), 10)))
[[10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19],
 [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29],
 [30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
 [40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49],
 [50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59],
 [60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69],
 [70, 71, 72, 73, 74]]

If you're using Python 2, you should use xrange() instead of range():

def chunks(lst, n):
    """Yield successive n-sized chunks from lst."""
    for i in xrange(0, len(lst), n):
        yield lst[i:i + n]

Also you can simply use list comprehension instead of writing a function, though it's a good idea to encapsulate operations like this in named functions so that your code is easier to understand. Python 3:

[lst[i:i + n] for i in range(0, len(lst), n)]

Python 2 version:

[lst[i:i + n] for i in xrange(0, len(lst), n)]

Import Excel Spreadsheet Data to an EXISTING sql table?

You can use import data with wizard and there you can choose destination table.

Run the wizard. In selecting source tables and views window you see two parts. Source and Destination.

Click on the field under Destination part to open the drop down and select you destination table and edit its mappings if needed.

EDIT

Merely typing the name of the table does not work. It appears that the name of the table must include the schema (dbo) and possibly brackets. Note the dropdown on the right hand side of the text field.

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Create Local SQL Server database

Your best bet over here to install XAMPP..Follow the link download it , it has an instruction file as well. You can setup your own MY SQL database and then connect to on your local machine.

https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Format XML string to print friendly XML string

Check the following link: How to pretty-print XML (Unfortunately, the link now returns 404 :()

The method in the link takes an XML string as an argument and returns a well-formed (indented) XML string.

I just copied the sample code from the link to make this answer more comprehensive and convenient.

public static String PrettyPrint(String XML)
{
    String Result = "";

    MemoryStream MS = new MemoryStream();
    XmlTextWriter W = new XmlTextWriter(MS, Encoding.Unicode);
    XmlDocument D   = new XmlDocument();

    try
    {
        // Load the XmlDocument with the XML.
        D.LoadXml(XML);

        W.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

        // Write the XML into a formatting XmlTextWriter
        D.WriteContentTo(W);
        W.Flush();
        MS.Flush();

        // Have to rewind the MemoryStream in order to read
        // its contents.
        MS.Position = 0;

        // Read MemoryStream contents into a StreamReader.
        StreamReader SR = new StreamReader(MS);

        // Extract the text from the StreamReader.
        String FormattedXML = SR.ReadToEnd();

        Result = FormattedXML;
    }
    catch (XmlException)
    {
    }

    MS.Close();
    W.Close();

    return Result;
}

Splitting strings using a delimiter in python

So, your input is 'dan|warrior|54' and you want "warrior". You do this like so:

>>> dan = 'dan|warrior|54'
>>> dan.split('|')[1]
"warrior"

Postgresql -bash: psql: command not found

It can be due to psql not being in PATH

$ locate psql
/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/psql

Then create a link in /usr/bin

ln -s /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/psql /usr/bin/psql

Then try to execute psql it should work.

How do you post data with a link

I would just use a value in the querystring to pass the required information to the next page.

What is the difference between VFAT and FAT32 file systems?

FAT32 along with FAT16 and FAT12 are File System Types, but vfat along with umsdos and msdos are drivers, used to mount the FAT file systems in Linux. The choosing of the driver determines how some of the features are applied to the file system, for example, systems mounted with msdos driver don't have long filenames (they are 8.3 format). vfat is the most common driver for mounting FAT32 file systems nowadays.

Source: this wikipedia article

Output of commands like df and lsblk indeed show vfat as the File System Type. But sudo file -sL /dev/<partition> shows FAT (32 bit) if a File System is FAT32.

You can confirm vfat is a module and not a File System Type by running modinfo vfat.

Bootstrap 3 Carousel fading to new slide instead of sliding to new slide

The update from 3.2.x to 3.3.x broke some of the solutions explained here and on other threads because of the change: "Added transforms to improve carousel performance in modern browsers."

If you are using Bootstrap 3.3.x there's a solution here:
http://codepen.io/transportedman/pen/NPWRGq

Basically you need to add the "carousel-fade" class to your carousel so that you have:
<div class="carousel slide carousel-fade">

And then include the following CSS:

/*
  Bootstrap Carousel Fade Transition (for Bootstrap 3.3.x)
  CSS from:       http://codepen.io/transportedman/pen/NPWRGq
  and:            http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18548731/bootstrap-3-carousel-fading-to-new-slide-instead-of-sliding-to-new-slide
  Inspired from:  http://codepen.io/Rowno/pen/Afykb 
*/
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .item {
  opacity: 0;
  transition-property: opacity;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active {
  opacity: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .active.right {
  left: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  z-index: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .next.left,
.carousel-fade .carousel-inner .prev.right {
  opacity: 1;
}

.carousel-fade .carousel-control {
  z-index: 2;
}

/*
  WHAT IS NEW IN 3.3: "Added transforms to improve carousel performance in modern browsers."
  Need to override the 3.3 new styles for modern browsers & apply opacity
*/
@media all and (transform-3d), (-webkit-transform-3d) {
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.right {
      opacity: 0;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active.left {
      opacity: 0;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.next.left,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.prev.right,
    .carousel-fade .carousel-inner > .item.active {
      opacity: 1;
      -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
              transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
}

How can I draw circle through XML Drawable - Android?

no need for the padding or the corners.

here's a sample:

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="oval" >
    <gradient android:startColor="#FFFF0000" android:endColor="#80FF00FF"
        android:angle="270"/>
</shape>

based on :

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10104037/878126

How to use cURL to get jSON data and decode the data?

Use this function: http://br.php.net/json_decode This will automatically create PHP arrays.

How do you right-justify text in an HTML textbox?

Did you try setting the style:

input {
    text-align:right;
}

Just tested, this works fine (in FF3 at least):

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Blah</title>
        <style type="text/css">
        input { text-align:right; }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <input type="text" value="2">
    </body>
</html>

You'll probably want to throw a class on these inputs, and use that class as the selector. I would shy away from "rightAligned" or something like that. In a class name, you want to describe what the element's function is, not how it should be rendered. "numeric" might be good, or perhaps the business function of the text boxes.

Adding ID's to google map markers

I have a simple Location class that I use to handle all of my marker-related things. I'll paste my code below for you to take a gander at.

The last line(s) is what actually creates the marker objects. It loops through some JSON of my locations, which look something like this:

{"locationID":"98","name":"Bergqvist Järn","note":null,"type":"retail","address":"Smidesvägen 3","zipcode":"69633","city":"Askersund","country":"Sverige","phone":"0583-120 35","fax":null,"email":null,"url":"www.bergqvist-jb.com","lat":"58.891079","lng":"14.917371","contact":null,"rating":"0","distance":"45.666885421019"}

Here is the code:

If you look at the target() method in my Location class, you'll see that I keep references to the infowindow's and can simply open() and close() them because of a reference.

See a live demo: http://ww1.arbesko.com/en/locator/ (type in a Swedish city, like stockholm, and hit enter)

var Location = function() {
    var self = this,
        args = arguments;

    self.init.apply(self, args);
};

Location.prototype = {
    init: function(location, map) {
        var self = this;

        for (f in location) { self[f] = location[f]; }

        self.map = map;
        self.id = self.locationID;

        var ratings = ['bronze', 'silver', 'gold'],
            random = Math.floor(3*Math.random());

        self.rating_class = 'blue';

        // this is the marker point
        self.point = new google.maps.LatLng(parseFloat(self.lat), parseFloat(self.lng));
        locator.bounds.extend(self.point);

        // Create the marker for placement on the map
        self.marker = new google.maps.Marker({
            position: self.point,
            title: self.name,
            icon: new google.maps.MarkerImage('/wp-content/themes/arbesko/img/locator/'+self.rating_class+'SmallMarker.png'),
            shadow: new google.maps.MarkerImage(
                                        '/wp-content/themes/arbesko/img/locator/smallMarkerShadow.png',
                                        new google.maps.Size(52, 18),
                                        new google.maps.Point(0, 0),
                                        new google.maps.Point(19, 14)
                                    )
        });

        google.maps.event.addListener(self.marker, 'click', function() {
            self.target('map');
        });

        google.maps.event.addListener(self.marker, 'mouseover', function() {
            self.sidebarItem().mouseover();
        });

        google.maps.event.addListener(self.marker, 'mouseout', function() {
            self.sidebarItem().mouseout();
        });

        var infocontent = Array(
            '<div class="locationInfo">',
                '<span class="locName br">'+self.name+'</span>',
                '<span class="locAddress br">',
                    self.address+'<br/>'+self.zipcode+' '+self.city+' '+self.country,
                '</span>',
                '<span class="locContact br">'
        );

        if (self.phone) {
            infocontent.push('<span class="item br locPhone">'+self.phone+'</span>');
        }

        if (self.url) {
            infocontent.push('<span class="item br locURL"><a href="http://'+self.url+'">'+self.url+'</a></span>');
        }

        if (self.email) {
            infocontent.push('<span class="item br locEmail"><a href="mailto:'+self.email+'">Email</a></span>');
        }

        // Add in the lat/long
        infocontent.push('</span>');

        infocontent.push('<span class="item br locPosition"><strong>Lat:</strong> '+self.lat+'<br/><strong>Lng:</strong> '+self.lng+'</span>');

        // Create the infowindow for placement on the map, when a marker is clicked
        self.infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
            content: infocontent.join(""),
            position: self.point,
            pixelOffset: new google.maps.Size(0, -15) // Offset the infowindow by 15px to the top
        });

    },

    // Append the marker to the map
    addToMap: function() {
        var self = this;

        self.marker.setMap(self.map);
    },

    // Creates a sidebar module for the item, connected to the marker, etc..
    sidebarItem: function() {
        var self = this;

        if (self.sidebar) {
            return self.sidebar;
        }

        var li = $('<li/>').attr({ 'class': 'location', 'id': 'location-'+self.id }),
            name = $('<span/>').attr('class', 'locationName').html(self.name).appendTo(li),
            address = $('<span/>').attr('class', 'locationAddress').html(self.address+' <br/> '+self.zipcode+' '+self.city+' '+self.country).appendTo(li);

        li.addClass(self.rating_class);

        li.bind('click', function(event) {
            self.target();
        });

        self.sidebar = li;

        return li;
    },

    // This will "target" the store. Center the map and zoom on it, as well as 
    target: function(type) {
        var self = this;

        if (locator.targeted) {
            locator.targeted.infowindow.close();
        }

        locator.targeted = this;

        if (type != 'map') {
            self.map.panTo(self.point);
            self.map.setZoom(14);
        };

        // Open the infowinfow
        self.infowindow.open(self.map);
    }
};

for (var i=0; i < locations.length; i++) {
    var location = new Location(locations[i], self.map);
    self.locations.push(location);

    // Add the sidebar item
    self.location_ul.append(location.sidebarItem());

    // Add the map!
    location.addToMap();
};

Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource : Invocation of init method failed

In our case, we had some extra lines in the .properties file which was not needed with the new image.

spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache=true

Obviously with didn't had that Entity what it tried to load.

CSS: How to change colour of active navigation page menu

The CSS :active state means the active state of the clicked link - the moment when you clicked on it, but not released the mouse button yet, for example. It doesn't know which page you're on and can't apply any styles to the menu items.

To fix your problem you have to create a class and add it manually to the current page's menu:

a.active { color: #f00 }

<ul>
    <li><a href="index.php" class="active">HOME</a></li>
    <li><a href="two.php">PORTFOLIO</a></li>
    <li><a href="three.php">ABOUT</a></li>
    <li><a href="four.php">CONTACT</a></li>
    <li><a href="five.php">SHOP</a></li>
</ul>

How to create an empty DataFrame with a specified schema?

Java version to create empty DataSet:

public Dataset<Row> emptyDataSet(){

    SparkSession spark = SparkSession.builder().appName("Simple Application")
                .config("spark.master", "local").getOrCreate();

    Dataset<Row> emptyDataSet = spark.createDataFrame(new ArrayList<>(), getSchema());

    return emptyDataSet;
}

public StructType getSchema() {

    String schemaString = "column1 column2 column3 column4 column5";

    List<StructField> fields = new ArrayList<>();

    StructField indexField = DataTypes.createStructField("column0", DataTypes.LongType, true);
    fields.add(indexField);

    for (String fieldName : schemaString.split(" ")) {
        StructField field = DataTypes.createStructField(fieldName, DataTypes.StringType, true);
        fields.add(field);
    }

    StructType schema = DataTypes.createStructType(fields);

    return schema;
}

PDO with INSERT INTO through prepared statements

Thanks to Novocaine88's answer to use a try catch loop I have successfully received an error message when I caused one.

    <?php
    $dbhost = "localhost";
    $dbname = "pdo";
    $dbusername = "root";
    $dbpassword = "845625";

    $link = new PDO("mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname", $dbusername, $dbpassword);
    $link->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

    try {
        $statement = $link->prepare("INERT INTO testtable(name, lastname, age)
            VALUES(?,?,?)");

        $statement->execute(array("Bob","Desaunois",18));
    } catch(PDOException $e) {
        echo $e->getMessage();
    }
    ?>

In the following code instead of INSERT INTO it says INERT.

this is the error I got.

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'INERT INTO testtable(name, lastname, age) VALUES('Bob','Desaunoi' at line 1

When I "fix" the issue, it works as it should. Thanks alot everyone!

How to customize the background/border colors of a grouped table view cell?

Much thanks to all who posted their code. This is very useful.

I derived a similar solution to change the highlight color for grouped table view cells. Basically the UITableViewCell's selectedBackgroundView (not the backgroundView). Which even on iPhone OS 3.0 still needs this PITA solution, as far as I can tell...

The code below has the changes for rendering the highlight with a gradient instead of one solid color. Also the border rendering is removed. Enjoy.

//
//  CSCustomCellBackgroundView.h
//

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

typedef enum  
{
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionTop, 
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionMiddle, 
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionBottom,
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionSingle,
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionPlain
} CustomCellBackgroundViewPosition;

@interface CSCustomCellBackgroundView : UIView 
{
    CustomCellBackgroundViewPosition position;
 CGGradientRef gradient;
}

@property(nonatomic) CustomCellBackgroundViewPosition position;

@end



//
//  CSCustomCellBackgroundView.m
//

#import "CSCustomCellBackgroundView.h"



#define ROUND_SIZE 10


static void addRoundedRectToPath(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect,
         float ovalWidth,float ovalHeight);


@implementation CSCustomCellBackgroundView


@synthesize position;

- (BOOL) isOpaque 
{
    return NO;
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame 
{
    if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) 
 {
        // Initialization code
  const float* topCol = CGColorGetComponents([[UIColor redColor] CGColor]);
  const float* bottomCol = CGColorGetComponents([[UIColor blueColor] CGColor]);

  CGColorSpaceRef rgb = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
  /*
  CGFloat colors[] =
  {
   5.0 / 255.0, 140.0 / 255.0, 245.0 / 255.0, 1.00,
   1.0 / 255.0,  93.0 / 255.0, 230.0 / 255.0, 1.00,
  };*/
  CGFloat colors[]=
  {
   topCol[0], topCol[1], topCol[2], topCol[3],
   bottomCol[0], bottomCol[1], bottomCol[2], bottomCol[3]
  };
  gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(rgb, colors, NULL, sizeof(colors)/(sizeof(colors[0])*4));
  CGColorSpaceRelease(rgb);
    }
    return self;
}


-(void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect 
{
    // Drawing code

    CGContextRef c = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    if (position == CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionTop) 
 {

        CGFloat minx = CGRectGetMinX(rect) , midx = CGRectGetMidX(rect), maxx = CGRectGetMaxX(rect) ;
        CGFloat miny = CGRectGetMinY(rect) , maxy = CGRectGetMaxY(rect) ;
        minx = minx + 1;
        miny = miny + 1;

        maxx = maxx - 1;
        maxy = maxy ;

        CGContextMoveToPoint(c, minx, maxy);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, minx, miny, midx, miny, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, maxx, miny, maxx, maxy, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(c, maxx, maxy);

        // Close the path
        CGContextClosePath(c);

  CGContextSaveGState(c);
  CGContextClip(c);
  CGContextDrawLinearGradient(c, gradient, CGPointMake(minx,miny), CGPointMake(minx,maxy), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
  CGContextRestoreGState(c);

        return;
    } 
 else if (position == CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionBottom) 
 {

        CGFloat minx = CGRectGetMinX(rect) , midx = CGRectGetMidX(rect), maxx = CGRectGetMaxX(rect) ;
        CGFloat miny = CGRectGetMinY(rect) , maxy = CGRectGetMaxY(rect) ;
        minx = minx + 1;
        miny = miny + 1;

        maxx = maxx - 1;
        maxy = maxy - 1;

        CGContextMoveToPoint(c, minx, miny);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, minx, maxy, midx, maxy, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, maxx, maxy, maxx, miny, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(c, maxx, miny);
        // Close the path
        CGContextClosePath(c);

  CGContextSaveGState(c);
  CGContextClip(c);
  CGContextDrawLinearGradient(c, gradient, CGPointMake(minx,miny), CGPointMake(minx,maxy), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
  CGContextRestoreGState(c);

        return;
    } 
 else if (position == CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionMiddle) 
 {
        CGFloat minx = CGRectGetMinX(rect) , maxx = CGRectGetMaxX(rect) ;
        CGFloat miny = CGRectGetMinY(rect) , maxy = CGRectGetMaxY(rect) ;
        minx = minx + 1;
        miny = miny + 1;

        maxx = maxx - 1;
        maxy = maxy ;

        CGContextMoveToPoint(c, minx, miny);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(c, maxx, miny);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(c, maxx, maxy);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(c, minx, maxy);
  // Close the path
        CGContextClosePath(c);

  CGContextSaveGState(c);
  CGContextClip(c);
  CGContextDrawLinearGradient(c, gradient, CGPointMake(minx,miny), CGPointMake(minx,maxy), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
  CGContextRestoreGState(c);

        return;
    }
 else if (position == CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionSingle)
 {
        CGFloat minx = CGRectGetMinX(rect) , midx = CGRectGetMidX(rect), maxx = CGRectGetMaxX(rect) ;
        CGFloat miny = CGRectGetMinY(rect) , midy = CGRectGetMidY(rect) , maxy = CGRectGetMaxY(rect) ;
        minx = minx + 1;
        miny = miny + 1;

        maxx = maxx - 1;
        maxy = maxy - 1;

        CGContextMoveToPoint(c, minx, midy);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, minx, miny, midx, miny, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, maxx, miny, maxx, midy, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, maxx, maxy, midx, maxy, ROUND_SIZE);
        CGContextAddArcToPoint(c, minx, maxy, minx, midy, ROUND_SIZE);
        // Close the path
        CGContextClosePath(c);              

  CGContextSaveGState(c);
  CGContextClip(c);
  CGContextDrawLinearGradient(c, gradient, CGPointMake(minx,miny), CGPointMake(minx,maxy), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
  CGContextRestoreGState(c);

        return;         
 } 
 else if (position == CustomCellBackgroundViewPositionPlain) {
    CGFloat minx = CGRectGetMinX(rect);
    CGFloat miny = CGRectGetMinY(rect), maxy = CGRectGetMaxY(rect) ;
    CGContextDrawLinearGradient(c, gradient, CGPointMake(minx,miny), CGPointMake(minx,maxy), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation | kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
    return;
}

}

- (void)dealloc 
{
    CGGradientRelease(gradient);
    [super dealloc];
}


- (void) setPosition:(CustomCellBackgroundViewPosition)inPosition
{
 if(position != inPosition)
 {
  position = inPosition;
  [self setNeedsDisplay];
 }
}

@end


static void addRoundedRectToPath(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect,
         float ovalWidth,float ovalHeight)

{
    float fw, fh;

    if (ovalWidth == 0 || ovalHeight == 0) {// 1
        CGContextAddRect(context, rect);
        return;
    }

    CGContextSaveGState(context);// 2

    CGContextTranslateCTM (context, CGRectGetMinX(rect),// 3
         CGRectGetMinY(rect));
    CGContextScaleCTM (context, ovalWidth, ovalHeight);// 4
    fw = CGRectGetWidth (rect) / ovalWidth;// 5
    fh = CGRectGetHeight (rect) / ovalHeight;// 6

    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, fw, fh/2); // 7
    CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, fh, fw/2, fh, 1);// 8
    CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, fh, 0, fh/2, 1);// 9
    CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, 0, fw/2, 0, 1);// 10
    CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, 0, fw, fh/2, 1); // 11
    CGContextClosePath(context);// 12

    CGContextRestoreGState(context);// 13
}

SELECT INTO USING UNION QUERY

You can also try:

create table new_table as
select * from table1
union
select * from table2

Stop form from submitting , Using Jquery

Again, AJAX is async. So the showMsg function will be called only after success response from the server.. and the form submit event will not wait until AJAX success.

Move the e.preventDefault(); as first line in the click handler.

$("form").submit(function (e) {
      e.preventDefault(); // this will prevent from submitting the form.
      ...

See below code,

I want it to be allowed HasJobInProgress == False

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("form").submit(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault(); //prevent default form submit
        $.ajax({
            url: '@Url.Action("HasJobInProgress", "ClientChoices")/',
            data: { id: '@Model.ClientId' },
            success: function (data) {
                showMsg(data);
            },
            cache: false
        });
    });
});
$("#cancelButton").click(function () {
    window.location = '@Url.Action("list", "default", new { clientId = Model.ClientId })';
});
$("[type=text]").focus(function () {
    $(this).select();
});
function showMsg(hasCurrentJob) {
    if (hasCurrentJob == "True") {
        alert("The current clients has a job in progress. No changes can be saved until current job completes");
        return false;
    } else {
       $("form").unbind('submit').submit();
    }
}

JPA: unidirectional many-to-one and cascading delete

You don't need to use bi-directional association instead of your code, you have just to add CascaType.Remove as a property to ManyToOne annotation, then use @OnDelete(action = OnDeleteAction.CASCADE), it's works fine for me.

mkdir -p functionality in Python

In Python >=3.2, that's

os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)

In earlier versions, use @tzot's answer.

Enabling refreshing for specific html elements only

Try this in your script:

$("#YourElement").html(htmlData);

I do this in my table refreshment.

Converting Chart.js canvas chart to image using .toDataUrl() results in blank image

First convert your Chart.js canvas to base64 string.

var url_base64 = document.getElementById('myChart').toDataURL('image/png');

Set it as a href attribute for anchor tag.

link.href = url_base64;

<a id='link' download='filename.png'>Save as Image</a>

How to add images in select list?

For a two color image, you can use Fontello, and import any custom glyph you want to use. Just make your image in Illustrator, save to SVG, and drop it onto the Fontello site, then download your custom font ready to import. No JavaScript!

resize font to fit in a div (on one line)

Today I created a jQuery plugin called jQuery Responsive Headlines that does exactly what you want: it adjusts the font size of a headline to fit inside its containing element (a div, the body or whatever). There are some nice options that you can set to customize the behavior of the plugin and I have also taken the precaution to add support for Ben Altmans Throttle/Debounce functionality to increase performance and ease the load on the browser/computer when the user resizes the window. In it's most simple use case the code would look like this:

$('h1').responsiveHeadlines();

...which would turn all h1 on the page elements into responsive one-line headlines that adjust their sizes to the parent/container element.

You'll find the source code and a longer description of the plugin on this GitHub page.

Good luck!

How to check if div element is empty

You can use the is function

if( $('#cartContent').is(':empty') ) { }

or use the length

if( $('#cartContent:empty').length ) { }

When use ResponseEntity<T> and @RestController for Spring RESTful applications

A proper REST API should have below components in response

  1. Status Code
  2. Response Body
  3. Location to the resource which was altered(for example, if a resource was created, client would be interested to know the url of that location)

The main purpose of ResponseEntity was to provide the option 3, rest options could be achieved without ResponseEntity.

So if you want to provide the location of resource then using ResponseEntity would be better else it can be avoided.

Consider an example where a API is modified to provide all the options mentioned

// Step 1 - Without any options provided
@RequestMapping(value="/{id}", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public @ResponseBody Spittle spittleById(@PathVariable long id) {
  return spittleRepository.findOne(id);
}

// Step 2- We need to handle exception scenarios, as step 1 only caters happy path.
@ExceptionHandler(SpittleNotFoundException.class)
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND)
public Error spittleNotFound(SpittleNotFoundException e) {
  long spittleId = e.getSpittleId();
  return new Error(4, "Spittle [" + spittleId + "] not found");
}

// Step 3 - Now we will alter the service method, **if you want to provide location**
@RequestMapping(
    method=RequestMethod.POST
    consumes="application/json")
public ResponseEntity<Spittle> saveSpittle(
    @RequestBody Spittle spittle,
    UriComponentsBuilder ucb) {

  Spittle spittle = spittleRepository.save(spittle);
  HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
  URI locationUri =
  ucb.path("/spittles/")
      .path(String.valueOf(spittle.getId()))
      .build()
      .toUri();
  headers.setLocation(locationUri);
  ResponseEntity<Spittle> responseEntity =
      new ResponseEntity<Spittle>(
          spittle, headers, HttpStatus.CREATED)
  return responseEntity;
}

// Step4 - If you are not interested to provide the url location, you can omit ResponseEntity and go with
@RequestMapping(
    method=RequestMethod.POST
    consumes="application/json")
@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.CREATED)
public Spittle saveSpittle(@RequestBody Spittle spittle) {
  return spittleRepository.save(spittle);
}

Get height of div with no height set in css

Also make sure the div is currently appended to the DOM and visible.

How is the default max Java heap size determined?

Ernesto is right. According to the link he posted [1]:

Updated Client JVM heap configuration

In the Client JVM...

  • The default maximum heap size is half of the physical memory up to a physical memory size of 192 megabytes and otherwise one fourth of the physical memory up to a physical memory size of 1 gigabyte.

    For example, if your machine has 128 megabytes of physical memory, then the maximum heap size is 64 megabytes, and greater than or equal to 1 gigabyte of physical memory results in a maximum heap size of 256 megabytes.

  • The maximum heap size is not actually used by the JVM unless your program creates enough objects to require it. A much smaller amount, termed the initial heap size, is allocated during JVM initialization. ...

  • ...
  • Server JVM heap configuration ergonomics are now the same as the Client, except that the default maximum heap size for 32-bit JVMs is 1 gigabyte, corresponding to a physical memory size of 4 gigabytes, and for 64-bit JVMs is 32 gigabytes, corresponding to a physical memory size of 128 gigabytes.

[1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u18-142093.html

Python: Making a beep noise

The cross-platform way to do this is to print('\a'). This will send the ASCII Bell character to stdout, and will hopefully generate a beep (a for 'alert'). Note that many modern terminal emulators provide the option to ignore bell characters.

Since you're on Windows, you'll be happy to hear that Windows has its own (brace yourself) Beep API, which allows you to send beeps of arbitrary length and pitch. Note that this is a Windows-only solution, so you should probably prefer print('\a') unless you really care about Hertz and milliseconds.

The Beep API is accessed through the winsound module: http://docs.python.org/library/winsound.html

Oracle - Insert New Row with Auto Incremental ID

the complete know how, i have included a example of the triggers and sequence

create table temasforo(
idtemasforo NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
autor       VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,
fecha       DATE DEFAULT (sysdate),
asunto      LONG  );

create sequence temasforo_seq
  start with 1
  increment by 1
  nomaxvalue;

create or replace
trigger temasforo_trigger
  before insert on temasforo
  referencing OLD as old NEW as new
  for each row
  begin
      :new.idtemasforo:=temasforo_seq.nextval;
    end;

reference: http://thenullpointerexceptionx.blogspot.mx/2013/06/llaves-primarias-auto-incrementales-en.html

Excel VBA, error 438 "object doesn't support this property or method

The Error is here

lastrow = wsPOR.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

wsPOR is a workbook and not a worksheet. If you are working with "Sheet1" of that workbook then try this

lastrow = wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A" & _
          wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1

Similarly

wsPOR.Range("A2:G" & lastrow).Select

should be

wsPOR.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:G" & lastrow).Select

How can I make robocopy silent in the command line except for progress?

I added the following 2 parameters: /np /nfl

So together with the 5 parameters from AndyGeek's answer, which are /njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns you get the following and it's silent:

ROBOCOPY [source] [target] /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS /nc /ns /np

/NFL : No File List - don't log file names.
/NDL : No Directory List - don't log directory names.
/NJH : No Job Header.
/NJS : No Job Summary.
/NP  : No Progress - don't display percentage copied.
/NS  : No Size - don't log file sizes.
/NC  : No Class - don't log file classes.

What's the point of 'meta viewport user-scalable=no' in the Google Maps API

Disabling user-scalable (namely, the ability to double tap to zoom) allows the browser to reduce the click delay. In touch-enable browsers, when the user expects the double tap to zoom, the browser generally waits 300ms before firing the click event, waiting to see if the user will double tap. Disabling user-scalable allows for the Chrome browser to fire the click event immediately, allowing for a better user experience.

From Google IO 2013 session https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DujfpXOKUp8#t=1435s

Update: its not true anymore, <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> is enough to remove 300ms delay

Best practice to look up Java Enum

The error message in IllegalArgumentException is already descriptive enough.

Your method makes a generic exception out of a specific one with the same message simply reworded. A developer would prefer the specific exception type and can handle the case appropriately instead of trying to handle RuntimeException.

If the intent is to make the message more user friendly, then references to values of enums is irrelevant to them anyway. Let the UI code determine what should be displayed to the user, and the UI developer would be better off with the IllegalArgumentException.

How can I exclude directories from grep -R?

Recent versions of GNU Grep (>= 2.5.2) provide:

--exclude-dir=dir

which excludes directories matching the pattern dir from recursive directory searches.

So you can do:

grep -R --exclude-dir=node_modules 'some pattern' /path/to/search

For a bit more information regarding syntax and usage see

For older GNU Greps and POSIX Grep, use find as suggested in other answers.

Or just use ack (Edit: or The Silver Searcher) and be done with it!

Is there a portable way to get the current username in Python?

For UNIX, at least, this works...

import commands
username = commands.getoutput("echo $(whoami)")
print username

edit: I just looked it up and this works on Windows and UNIX:

import commands
username = commands.getoutput("whoami")

On UNIX it returns your username, but on Windows, it returns your user's group, slash, your username.

--

I.E.

UNIX returns: "username"

Windows returns: "domain/username"

--

It's interesting, but probably not ideal unless you are doing something in the terminal anyway... in which case you would probably be using os.system to begin with. For example, a while ago I needed to add my user to a group, so I did (this is in Linux, mind you)

import os
os.system("sudo usermod -aG \"group_name\" $(whoami)")
print "You have been added to \"group_name\"! Please log out for this to take effect"

I feel like that is easier to read and you don't have to import pwd or getpass.

I also feel like having "domain/user" could be helpful in certain applications in Windows.

Deep copy vs Shallow Copy

Deep copy literally performs a deep copy. It means, that if your class has some fields that are references, their values will be copied, not references themselves. If, for example you have two instances of a class, A & B with fields of reference type, and perform a deep copy, changing a value of that field in A won't affect a value in B. And vise-versa. Things are different with shallow copy, because only references are copied, therefore, changing this field in a copied object would affect the original object.

What type of a copy does a copy constructor does?

It is implementation - dependent. This means that there are no strict rules about that, you can implement it like a deep copy or shallow copy, however as far as i know it is a common practice to implement a deep copy in a copy constructor. A default copy constructor performs a shallow copy though.

npx command not found

if you are using Linux system, use sudo command

sudo npm i -g npx

How can I create basic timestamps or dates? (Python 3.4)

>>> import time
>>> print(time.strftime('%a %H:%M:%S'))
Mon 06:23:14

How to run Node.js as a background process and never die?

I have this function in my shell rc file, based on @Yoichi's answer:

nohup-template () {
    [[ "$1" = "" ]] && echo "Example usage:\nnohup-template urxvtd" && return 0
    nohup "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
}

You can use it this way:

nohup-template "command you would execute here"

Fragment pressing back button

Easiest way ever:

onResume():

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    getView().setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    getView().requestFocus();
    getView().setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
                // handle back button's click listener
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Back press", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

}

Edit 1: If fragment having EditText.

private EditText editText;

onCreateView():

editText = (EditText) rootView.findViewById(R.id.editText);

onResume():

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    editText.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
                editText.clearFocus();
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

    getView().setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    getView().requestFocus();
    getView().setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
            if (event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
                // handle back button's click listener
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Back press", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

}

Note: It will work if you have EditText in fragment.

Done

Serial Port (RS -232) Connection in C++

Please take a look here:

1) You can use this with Windows (incl. MinGW) as well as Linux. Alternative you can only use the code as an example.

2) Step-by-step tutorial how to use serial ports on windows

3) You can use this literally on MinGW

Here's some very, very simple code (without any error handling or settings):

#include <windows.h>

/* ... */


// Open serial port
HANDLE serialHandle;

serialHandle = CreateFile("\\\\.\\COM1", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);

// Do some basic settings
DCB serialParams = { 0 };
serialParams.DCBlength = sizeof(serialParams);

GetCommState(serialHandle, &serialParams);
serialParams.BaudRate = baudrate;
serialParams.ByteSize = byteSize;
serialParams.StopBits = stopBits;
serialParams.Parity = parity;
SetCommState(serialHandle, &serialParams);

// Set timeouts
COMMTIMEOUTS timeout = { 0 };
timeout.ReadIntervalTimeout = 50;
timeout.ReadTotalTimeoutConstant = 50;
timeout.ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 50;
timeout.WriteTotalTimeoutConstant = 50;
timeout.WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 10;

SetCommTimeouts(serialHandle, &timeout);

Now you can use WriteFile() / ReadFile() to write / read bytes. Don't forget to close your connection:

CloseHandle(serialHandle);

C subscripted value is neither array nor pointer nor vector when assigning an array element value

You are not passing your 2D array correctly. This should work for you

int rotateArr(int *arr[])

or

int rotateArr(int **arr) 

or

int rotateArr(int arr[][N]) 

Rather than returning the array pass the target array as argument. See John Bode's answer.

create a text file using javascript

From a web page this cannot work since IE restricts the use of that object.

mysqldump data only

mysqldump --no-create-info ...

Also you may use:

  • --skip-triggers: if you are using triggers
  • --no-create-db: if you are using --databases ... option
  • --compact: if you want to get rid of extra comments

Changing one character in a string

Fastest method?

There are three ways. For the speed seekers I recommend 'Method 2'

Method 1

Given by this answer

text = 'abcdefg'
new = list(text)
new[6] = 'W'
''.join(new)

Which is pretty slow compared to 'Method 2'

timeit.timeit("text = 'abcdefg'; s = list(text); s[6] = 'W'; ''.join(s)", number=1000000)
1.0411581993103027

Method 2 (FAST METHOD)

Given by this answer

text = 'abcdefg'
text = text[:1] + 'Z' + text[2:]

Which is much faster:

timeit.timeit("text = 'abcdefg'; text = text[:1] + 'Z' + text[2:]", number=1000000)
0.34651994705200195

Method 3:

Byte array:

timeit.timeit("text = 'abcdefg'; s = bytearray(text); s[1] = 'Z'; str(s)", number=1000000)
1.0387420654296875

Print time in a batch file (milliseconds)

If you're doing something like

for /l %%i in (1,1,500) do @echo %time%

or

if foo (
    echo %time%
    do_something
    echo %time%
)

then you could simply put a setlocal enabledelayedexpansion at the beginning of your batch file and use !time! instead of %time% which gets evaluated on execution, not on parsing the line (which includes complete blocks enclosed in parentheses).

How to post JSON to PHP with curl

You need to set a few extra flags so that curl sends the data as JSON.

command

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -X POST \
       -d '{"JSON": "HERE"}' \
       http://localhost:3000/api/url

flags

  • -H: custom header, next argument is expected to be header
  • -X: custom HTTP verb, next argument is expected to be verb
  • -d: sends the next argument as data in an HTTP POST request

resources

What's the main difference between Java SE and Java EE?

Java SE (formerly J2SE) is the basic Java environment. In Java SE, you make all the "standards" programs with Java, using the API described here. You only need a JVM to use Java SE.

Java EE (formerly J2EE) is the enterprise edition of Java. With it, you make websites, Java Beans, and more powerful server applications. Besides the JVM, you need an application server Java EE-compatible, like Glassfish, JBoss, and others.

Could not resolve placeholder in string value

This Issue occurs if the application is unable to access the some_file_name.properties file.Make sure that the properties file is placed under resources folder in spring.

Trouble shooting Steps

1: Add the properties file under the resource folder.

2: If you don't have a resource folder. Create one by navigating new by Right click on the project new > Source Folder, name it as resource and place your properties file under it.

For annotation based Implementation

Add @PropertySource(ignoreResourceNotFound = true, value = "classpath:some_file_name.properties")//Add it before using the place holder

Example:

Assignment1Controller.Java

@PropertySource(ignoreResourceNotFound = true, value = "classpath:assignment1.properties")
@RestController  
public class Assignment1Controller {

//  @Autowired
//  Assignment1Services assignment1Services;
    @Value("${app.title}")
    private String appTitle;
     @RequestMapping(value = "/hello")  
        public String getValues() {

          return appTitle;

        }  

}

assignment1.properties

app.title=Learning Spring

Array of an unknown length in C#

If you really need to use an array instead of a list, then you can create an array whose size is calculated at run time like so...

e.g i want a two dimensional array of size n by n. n will be gotten at run time from the user

int n = 0;
bool isInteger = int.TryPase(Console.ReadLine(), out n);
var x = new int[n,n];

HTML <select> selected option background-color CSS style

We Can override the blue color in to our custom color It works for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome:

By using this below following CSS:

option: checked, option: hover {
    Color: #ffffff;
    background: #614767 repeat url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlh8ACgAPAAAGFGZQAAACH5BAAAAAAALAAAAADwAKAAAAL+hI+py+0Po5y02ouz3rz7D4biSJbmiabqyrbuC8fyTNf2jef6zvf+DwwKh8Si8YhMKpfMpvMJjUqn1Kr1is1qt9yu9wsOi8fksvmMTqvX7Lb7DY/L5/S6/Y7P6/f8vv8PGCg4SFhoeIiYqLjI2Oj4CBkpOUlZaXmJmam5ydnp+QkaKjpKWmp6ipqqusra6voKGys7S1tre4ubq7vL2+v7CxwsPExcbHyMnKy8zNzs/AwdLT1NXW19jZ2tvc3d7f0NHi4+Tl5ufo6err7O3u7+Dh8vP09fb3+Pn6+/z9/v/w8woMCBBAsaPIgwocKFDBs6fAgxosSJFCtavIhRVgEAOw");
}

Java says FileNotFoundException but file exists

I recently found interesting case that produces FileNotFoundExeption when file is obviously exists on the disk. In my program I read file path from another text file and create File object:

//String path was read from file
System.out.println(path); //file with exactly same visible path exists on disk
File file = new File(path); 
System.out.println(file.exists());  //false
System.out.println(file.canRead());  //false
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);  // FileNotFoundExeption 

The cause of the problem was that the path contained invisible \r\n characters at the end.

The fix in my case was:

File file = new File(path.trim()); 

To generalize a bit, the invisible / non-printing characters could have include space or tab characters, and possibly others, and they could have appeared at the beginning of the path, at the end, or embedded in the path. Trim will work in some cases but not all. There are a couple of things that you can help to spot this kind of problem:

  1. Output the pathname with quote characters around it; e.g.

      System.out.println("Check me! '" + path + "'");
    

    and carefully check the output for spaces and line breaks where they shouldn't be.

  2. Use a Java debugger to carefully examine the pathname string, character by character, looking for characters that shouldn't be there. (Also check for homoglyph characters!)

Why is python setup.py saying invalid command 'bdist_wheel' on Travis CI?

In your setup.py, if you have:

from distutils.core import setup

Then, change it to

from setuptools import setup

Then re-create your virtualenv and re-run the command, and it should work.

Gradient of n colors ranging from color 1 and color 2

Try the following:

color.gradient <- function(x, colors=c("red","yellow","green"), colsteps=100) {
  return( colorRampPalette(colors) (colsteps) [ findInterval(x, seq(min(x),max(x), length.out=colsteps)) ] )
}
x <- c((1:100)^2, (100:1)^2)
plot(x,col=color.gradient(x), pch=19,cex=2)

enter image description here

Fit cell width to content

There are many ways to do this!

correct me if I'm wrong but the question is looking for this kind of result.

<table style="white-space:nowrap;width:100%;">
<tr>
<td class="block" style="width:50%">this should stretch</td>
<td class="block" style="width:50%">this should stretch</td>
<td class="block" style="width:auto">this should be the content width</td>
</tr>
</table>

The first 2 fields will "share" the remaining page (NOTE: if you add more text to either 50% fields it will take more space), and the last field will dominate the table constantly.

If you are happy to let text wrap you can move white-space:nowrap; to the style of the 3rd field
will be the only way to start a new line in that field.

alternatively, you can set a length on the last field ie. width:150px, and leave percentage's on the first 2 fields.

Hope this helps!

Internal and external fragmentation

I am an operating system that only allocates you memory in 10mb partitions.

Internal Fragmentation

  • You ask for 17mb of memory
  • I give you 20mb of memory

Fulfilling this request has just led to 3mb of internal fragmentation.

External Fragmentation

  • You ask for 20mb of memory
  • I give you 20mb of memory
  • The 20mb of memory that I give you is not immediately contiguous next to another existing piece of allocated memory. In so handing you this memory, I have "split" a single unallocated space into two spaces.

Fulfilling this request has just led to external fragmentation

error: RPC failed; curl transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining

This problem is solved 100%. I was facing this problem , my project manager change the repo name but i was using old repo name.

Engineer@-Engi64 /g/xampp/htdocs/hospitality
$ git clone https://git-codecommit.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/v1/repo/cms
Cloning into 'cms'...
remote: Counting objects: 10647, done.
error: RPC failed; curl 56 OpenSSL SSL_read: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL, errno 10054
fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
fatal: early EOF
fatal: index-pack failed

How i solved this problem. Repo link was not valid so that's why i am facing this issue. Please check your repo link before cloning.

MYSQL Truncated incorrect DOUBLE value

What it basically is

It's incorrect syntax that causes MySQL to think you're trying to do something with a column or parameter that has the incorrect type "DOUBLE".

Learn from my mistake

In my case I updated the varchar column in a table setting NULL where the value 0 stood. My update query was like this:

UPDATE myTable SET myValue = NULL WHERE myValue = 0;

Now, since the actual type of myValue is VARCHAR(255) this gives the warning:

+---------+------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Level   | Code | Message                                       |
+---------+------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1292 | Truncated incorrect DOUBLE value: 'value xyz' |
+---------+------+-----------------------------------------------+

And now myTable is practically empty, because myValue is now NULL for EVERY ROW in the table! How did this happen?
*internal screaming*

Over 30k rows now have missing data.
*internal screaming intensifies*

Thank goodness for backups. I was able to recover all the data.
*internal screaming intensity lowers*

The corrected query is as follows:

UPDATE myTable SET myValue = NULL WHERE myValue = '0';
                                                  ^^^
                                                  Quotation here!

I wish this was more than just a warning so it's less dangerous to forget those quotes.

*End internal screaming*

Launch Pycharm from command line (terminal)

Use Tools -> Create Command-line Launcher which will install a python script where you can just launch the current working folder using charm .

Very important!

Anytime you upgrade your pyCharm you have to re-create that command line tool since its just a python script that points to a pyCharm configuration which might be outdated and will cause it to fail when you attempt to run charm .

How to make Sonar ignore some classes for codeCoverage metric?

Accordingly to this document for SonarQube 7.1

sonar.exclusions - Comma-delimited list of file path patterns to be excluded from analysis sonar.coverage.exclusions - Comma-delimited list of file path patterns to be excluded from coverage calculations

This document gives some examples on how to create path patterns

# Exclude all classes ending by "Bean"
# Matches org/sonar.api/MyBean.java, org/sonar/util/MyOtherBean.java, org/sonar/util/MyDTO.java, etc.
sonar.exclusions=**/*Bean.java,**/*DTO.java

# Exclude all classes in the "src/main/java/org/sonar" directory
# Matches src/main/java/org/sonar/MyClass.java, src/main/java/org/sonar/MyOtherClass.java
# But does not match src/main/java/org/sonar/util/MyClassUtil.java
sonar.exclusions=src/main/java/org/sonar/*

# Exclude all COBOL programs in the "bank" directory and its sub-directories
# Matches bank/ZTR00021.cbl, bank/data/CBR00354.cbl, bank/data/REM012345.cob
sonar.exclusions=bank/**/*

# Exclude all COBOL programs in the "bank" directory and its sub-directories whose extension is .cbl
# Matches bank/ZTR00021.cbl, bank/data/CBR00354.cbl
sonar.exclusions=bank/**/*.cbl

If you are using Maven for your project, Maven command line parameters can be passed like this for example -Dsonar.coverage.exclusions=**/config/*,**/model/*

I was having problem with excluding single class explicitly. Below my observations:

**/*GlobalExceptionhandler.java - not working for some reason, I was expecting such syntax should work
com/some/package/name/GlobalExceptionhandler.java - not working
src/main/java/com/some/package/name/GlobalExceptionhandler.java - good, class excluded explicitly without using wildcards

Removing multiple files from a Git repo that have already been deleted from disk

git ls-files --deleted | xargs git rm 

is the best option to add only deleted files.

Here is some other options.

git add .  => Add all (tracked and modified)/new files in the working tree.

git add -u => Add all modified/removed files which are tracked.

git add -A => Add all (tracked and modified)/(tracked and removed)/new files in the working tree.

git commit -a -m "commit message" - Add and commit modified/removed files which are tracked.

What is a C++ delegate?

An option for delegates in C++ that is not otherwise mentioned here is to do it C style using a function ptr and a context argument. This is probably the same pattern that many asking this question are trying to avoid. But, the pattern is portable, efficient, and is usable in embedded and kernel code.

class SomeClass
{
    in someMember;
    int SomeFunc( int);

    static void EventFunc( void* this__, int a, int b, int c)
    {
        SomeClass* this_ = static_cast< SomeClass*>( this__);

        this_->SomeFunc( a );
        this_->someMember = b + c;
    }
};

void ScheduleEvent( void (*delegateFunc)( void*, int, int, int), void* delegateContext);

    ...
    SomeClass* someObject = new SomeObject();
    ...
    ScheduleEvent( SomeClass::EventFunc, someObject);
    ...

How to handle Pop-up in Selenium WebDriver using Java

Do not make the situation complex. Use ID if they are available.

driver.get("http://www.rediff.com");
WebElement sign = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Sign in"));
sign.click();
WebElement email_id= driver.findElement(By.id("c_uname"));
email_id.sendKeys("hi");

How do you uninstall all dependencies listed in package.json (NPM)?

First, remove all packages from dependencies and devDependencies in package.json

Second, run npm install

That simple.

Importing PNG files into Numpy?

I like the build-in pathlib libary because of quick options like directory= Path.cwd() Together with opencv it's quite easy to read pngs to numpy arrays. In this example you can even check the prefix of the image.

from pathlib import Path
import cv2
prefix = "p00"
suffix = ".png"
directory= Path.cwd()
file_names= [subp.name for subp in directory.rglob('*') if  (prefix in subp.name) & (suffix == subp.suffix)]
file_names.sort()
print(file_names)

all_frames= []
for file_name in file_names:
    file_path = str(directory / file_name)
    frame=cv2.imread(file_path)
    all_frames.append(frame)
print(type(all_frames[0]))
print(all_frames[0] [1][1])

Output:

['p000.png', 'p001.png', 'p002.png', 'p003.png', 'p004.png', 'p005.png', 'p006.png', 'p007.png', 'p008.png', 'p009.png']
<class 'numpy.ndarray'>
[255 255 255]

How to vertically align a html radio button to it's label?

Try this:

input[type="radio"] {
  margin-top: -1px;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

How to create a dump with Oracle PL/SQL Developer?

Just as an update this can be done by using Toad 9 also.Goto Database>Export>Data Pump Export wizard.At the desitination directory window if you dont find any directory in the dropdown,then you probably have to create a directory object.

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY data_pmp_dir_test AS '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/pmp_dir_test'; 

See this for an example.

How to convert a date String to a Date or Calendar object?

tl;dr

LocalDate.parse( "2015-01-02" )

java.time

Java 8 and later has a new java.time framework that makes these other answers outmoded. This framework is inspired by Joda-Time, defined by JSR 310, and extended by the ThreeTen-Extra project. See the Tutorial.

The old bundled classes, java.util.Date/.Calendar, are notoriously troublesome and confusing. Avoid them.

LocalDate

Like Joda-Time, java.time has a class LocalDate to represent a date-only value without time-of-day and without time zone.

ISO 8601

If your input string is in the standard ISO 8601 format of yyyy-MM-dd, you can ask that class to directly parse the string with no need to specify a formatter.

The ISO 8601 formats are used by default in java.time, for both parsing and generating string representations of date-time values.

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse( "2015-01-02" );

Formatter

If you have a different format, specify a formatter from the java.time.format package. You can either specify your own formatting pattern or let java.time automatically localize as appropriate to a Locale specifying a human language for translation and cultural norms for deciding issues such as period versus comma.

Formatting pattern

Read the DateTimeFormatter class doc for details on the codes used in the format pattern. They vary a bit from the old outmoded java.text.SimpleDateFormat class patterns.

Note how the second argument to the parse method is a method reference, syntax added to Java 8 and later.

String input = "January 2, 2015";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern ( "MMMM d, yyyy" , Locale.US );
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse ( input , formatter );

Dump to console.

System.out.println ( "localDate: " + localDate );

localDate: 2015-01-02

Localize automatically

Or rather than specify a formatting pattern, let java.time localize for you. Call DateTimeFormatter.ofLocalizedDate, and be sure to specify the desired/expected Locale rather than rely on the JVM’s current default which can change at any moment during runtime(!).

String input = "January 2, 2015";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofLocalizedDate ( FormatStyle.LONG );
formatter = formatter.withLocale ( Locale.US );
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse ( input , formatter );

Dump to console.

System.out.println ( "input: " + input + " | localDate: " + localDate );

input: January 2, 2015 | localDate: 2015-01-02

How can I check if a command exists in a shell script?

Try using type:

type foobar

For example:

$ type ls
ls is aliased to `ls --color=auto'

$ type foobar
-bash: type: foobar: not found

This is preferable to which for a few reasons:

  1. The default which implementations only support the -a option that shows all options, so you have to find an alternative version to support aliases

  2. type will tell you exactly what you are looking at (be it a Bash function or an alias or a proper binary).

  3. type doesn't require a subprocess

  4. type cannot be masked by a binary (for example, on a Linux box, if you create a program called which which appears in path before the real which, things hit the fan. type, on the other hand, is a shell built-in (yes, a subordinate inadvertently did this once).

Are PHP short tags acceptable to use?

Short tags are coming back thanks to Zend Framework pushing the "PHP as a template language" in their default MVC configuration. I don't see what the debate is about, most of the software you will produce during your lifetime will operate on a server you or your company will control. As long as you keep yourself consistent, there shouldn't be any problems.

UPDATE

After doing quite a bit of work with Magento, which uses long form. As a result, I've switched to the long form of:

<?php and <?php echo

over

<? and <?=

Seems like a small amount of work to assure interoperability.

Is __init__.py not required for packages in Python 3.3+

Based on my experience, even with python 3.3+, an empty __init__.py is still needed sometimes. One situation is when you want to refer a subfolder as a package. For example, when I ran python -m test.foo, it didn't work until I created an empty __init__.py under the test folder. And I'm talking about 3.6.6 version here which is pretty recent.

Apart from that, even for reasons of compatibility with existing source code or project guidelines, its nice to have an empty __init__.py in your package folder.

How to check existence of user-define table type in SQL Server 2008?

You can look in sys.types or use TYPE_ID:

IF TYPE_ID(N'MyType') IS NULL ...

Just a precaution: using type_id won't verify that the type is a table type--just that a type by that name exists. Otherwise gbn's query is probably better.

Populating spinner directly in the layout xml

I'm not sure about this, but give it a shot.

In your strings.xml define:

<string-array name="array_name">
<item>Array Item One</item>
<item>Array Item Two</item>
<item>Array Item Three</item>
</string-array>

In your layout:

<Spinner 
        android:id="@+id/spinner"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
        android:entries="@array/array_name"
    />

I've heard this doesn't always work on the designer, but it compiles fine.

Errors: "INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested." and "Cannot use the ROLLBACK statement within an INSERT-EXEC statement." How to solve this?

what about just store the output to the static table ? Like

-- SubProcedure: subProcedureName
---------------------------------
-- Save the value
DELETE lastValue_subProcedureName
INSERT INTO lastValue_subProcedureName (Value)
SELECT @Value
-- Return the value
SELECT @Value

-- Procedure
--------------------------------------------
-- get last value of subProcedureName
SELECT Value FROM lastValue_subProcedureName

its not ideal, but its so simple and you don't need to rewrite everything.

UPDATE: the previous solution does not work well with parallel queries (async and multiuser accessing) therefore now Iam using temp tables

-- A local temporary table created in a stored procedure is dropped automatically when the stored procedure is finished. 
-- The table can be referenced by any nested stored procedures executed by the stored procedure that created the table. 
-- The table cannot be referenced by the process that called the stored procedure that created the table.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#lastValue_spGetData') IS NULL
CREATE TABLE #lastValue_spGetData (Value INT)

-- trigger stored procedure with special silent parameter
EXEC dbo.spGetData 1 --silent mode parameter

nested spGetData stored procedure content

-- Save the output if temporary table exists.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#lastValue_spGetData') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
    DELETE #lastValue_spGetData
    INSERT INTO #lastValue_spGetData(Value)
    SELECT Col1 FROM dbo.Table1
END

 -- stored procedure return
 IF @silentMode = 0
 SELECT Col1 FROM dbo.Table1

keypress, ctrl+c (or some combo like that)

Another approach (no plugin needed) is to just use .ctrlKey property of the event object that gets passed in. It indicates if Ctrl was pressed at the time of the event, like this:

$(document).keypress("c",function(e) {
  if(e.ctrlKey)
    alert("Ctrl+C was pressed!!");
});

Is there any JSON Web Token (JWT) example in C#?

This is my implementation of (Google) JWT Validation in .NET. It is based on other implementations on Stack Overflow and GitHub gists.

using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace QuapiNet.Service
{
    public class JwtTokenValidation
    {
        public async Task<Dictionary<string, X509Certificate2>> FetchGoogleCertificates()
        {
            using (var http = new HttpClient())
            {
                var response = await http.GetAsync("https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs");

                var dictionary = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync<Dictionary<string, string>>();
                return dictionary.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => new X509Certificate2(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(x.Value)));
            }
        }

        private string CLIENT_ID = "xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com";

        public async Task<ClaimsPrincipal> ValidateToken(string idToken)
        {
            var certificates = await this.FetchGoogleCertificates();

            TokenValidationParameters tvp = new TokenValidationParameters()
            {
                ValidateActor = false, // check the profile ID

                ValidateAudience = true, // check the client ID
                ValidAudience = CLIENT_ID,

                ValidateIssuer = true, // check token came from Google
                ValidIssuers = new List<string> { "accounts.google.com", "https://accounts.google.com" },

                ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                RequireSignedTokens = true,
                IssuerSigningKeys = certificates.Values.Select(x => new X509SecurityKey(x)),
                IssuerSigningKeyResolver = (token, securityToken, kid, validationParameters) =>
                {
                    return certificates
                    .Where(x => x.Key.ToUpper() == kid.ToUpper())
                    .Select(x => new X509SecurityKey(x.Value));
                },
                ValidateLifetime = true,
                RequireExpirationTime = true,
                ClockSkew = TimeSpan.FromHours(13)
            };

            JwtSecurityTokenHandler jsth = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
            SecurityToken validatedToken;
            ClaimsPrincipal cp = jsth.ValidateToken(idToken, tvp, out validatedToken);

            return cp;
        }
    }
}

Note that, in order to use it, you need to add a reference to the NuGet package System.Net.Http.Formatting.Extension. Without this, the compiler will not recognize the ReadAsAsync<> method.

How to force the input date format to dd/mm/yyyy?

DEMO : http://jsfiddle.net/shfj70qp/

//dd/mm/yyyy 

var date = new Date();
var month = date.getMonth();
var day = date.getDate();
var year = date.getFullYear();

console.log(month+"/"+day+"/"+year);

How can I see what has changed in a file before committing to git?

You can also use a git-friendly text editor. They show colors on the lines that have been modified, another color for added lines, another color for deleted lines, etc.

A good text editor that does this is GitHub's Atom 1.0.

How can you make a custom keyboard in Android?

Had the same problem. I used table layout at first but the layout kept changing after a button press. Found this page very useful though. http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-user-interface-design-creating-a-numeric-keypad-with-gridlayout/

jQuery UI Dialog OnBeforeUnload

The correct way to display the alert is to simply return a string. Don't call the alert() method yourself.

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).on('beforeunload', function() {
        if (iWantTo) {
            return 'you are an idiot!';
        }
    }); 
</script>

See also: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload

Stateless vs Stateful

I had the same doubt about stateful v/s stateless class design and did some research. Just completed and my findings has been posted in my blog

  • Entity classes needs to be stateful
  • The helper / worker classes should not be stateful.

SQLPLUS error:ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA

I ran into the exact same problem under identical circumstances. I don't have the tnsnames.ora file, and I wanted to use SQL*Plus with Easy Connection Identifier format in command line. I solved this problem as follows.

The SQL*Plus® User's Guide and Reference gives an example:

sqlplus hr@\"sales-server:1521/sales.us.acme.com\"

Pay attention to two important points:

  1. The connection identifier is quoted. You have two options:
    1. You can use SQL*Plus CONNECT command and simply pass quoted string.
    2. If you want to specify connection parameters on the command line then you must add backslashes as shields before quotes. It instructs the bash to pass quotes into SQL*Plus.
  2. The service name must be specified in FQDN-form as it configured by your DBA.

I found these good questions to detect service name via existing connection: 1, 2. Try this query for example:

SELECT value FROM V$SYSTEM_PARAMETER WHERE UPPER(name) = 'SERVICE_NAMES'

Open an html page in default browser with VBA?

You can even say:

FollowHyperlink "www.google.com"

If you get Automation Error then use http://:

ThisWorkbook.FollowHyperlink("http://www.google.com")

curl error 18 - transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining

I got this error when i was accidentally downloading a file onto itself.
(I had created a symlink in an sshfs mount of the remote directory to make it available for download, forgot to switch the working directory, and used -OJ).

I guess it won’t really »help« you when you read this, since it means your file got trashed.

PHP - Merging two arrays into one array (also Remove Duplicates)

It will merger two array and remove duplicate

<?php
 $first = 'your first array';
 $second = 'your second array';
 $result = array_merge($first,$second);
 print_r($result);
 $result1= array_unique($result);
 print_r($result1);
 ?>

Try this link link1

Convert an array to string

You can join your array using the following:

string.Join(",", Client);

Then you can output anyway you want. You can change the comma to what ever you want, a space, a pipe, or whatever.

How to hide code from cells in ipython notebook visualized with nbviewer?

from IPython.display import HTML

HTML('''<script>
code_show=true; 
function code_toggle() {
 if (code_show){
 $('div.input').hide();
 } else {
 $('div.input').show();
 }
 code_show = !code_show
} 
$( document ).ready(code_toggle);
</script>
<form action="javascript:code_toggle()"><input type="submit" value="Click here to toggle on/off the raw code."></form>''')

How can I wait for 10 second without locking application UI in android

do this on a new thread (seperate it from main thread)

 new Thread(new Runnable() {
     @Override
     public void run() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     }
}).run();

How do you move a file?

Transferring a file using TortoiseSVN:

Step:1 Please Select the files which you want to move, Right-click and drag the files to the folder which you to move them to, A window will popup after follow the below instruction

SVN option

Step 2: After you click the above the commit the file as below mention

SVN Commit

Counting duplicates in Excel

I don't know if it's entirely possible to do your ideal pattern. But I found a way to do your first way: CountIF

+-------+-------------------+
|   A   |         B         |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL15  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A1) |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL15  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A2) |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL15  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A3) |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL16  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A4) |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL17  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A5) |
+-------+-------------------+
| GL17  | =COUNTIF(A:A, A6) |
+-------+-------------------+

How to Correctly handle Weak Self in Swift Blocks with Arguments

[Closure and strong reference cycles]

As you know Swift's closure can capture the instance. It means that you are able to use self inside a closure. Especially escaping closure[About] can create a strong reference cycle[About]. By the way you have to explicitly use self inside escaping closure.

Swift closure has Capture List feature which allows you to avoid such situation and break a reference cycle because do not have a strong reference to captured instance. Capture List element is a pair of weak/unowned and a reference to class or variable.

For example

class A {
    private var completionHandler: (() -> Void)!
    private var completionHandler2: ((String) -> Bool)!
    
    func nonescapingClosure(completionHandler: () -> Void) {
        print("Hello World")
    }
    
    func escapingClosure(completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void) {
        self.completionHandler = completionHandler
    }
    
    func escapingClosureWithPArameter(completionHandler: @escaping (String) -> Bool) {
        self.completionHandler2 = completionHandler
    }
}

class B {
    var variable = "Var"
    
    func foo() {
        let a = A()
        
        //nonescapingClosure
        a.nonescapingClosure {
            variable = "nonescapingClosure"
        }
        
        //escapingClosure
        //strong reference cycle
        a.escapingClosure {
            self.variable = "escapingClosure"
        }
        
        //Capture List - [weak self]
        a.escapingClosure {[weak self] in
            self?.variable = "escapingClosure"
        }
        
        //Capture List - [unowned self]
        a.escapingClosure {[unowned self] in
            self.variable = "escapingClosure"
        }
        
        //escapingClosureWithPArameter
        a.escapingClosureWithPArameter { [weak self] (str) -> Bool in
            self?.variable = "escapingClosureWithPArameter"
            return true
        }
    }
}
  • weak - more preferable, use it when it is possible
  • unowned - use it when you are sure that lifetime of instance owner is bigger than closure

[weak vs unowned]

Sort tuples based on second parameter

And if you are using python 3.X, you may apply the sorted function on the mylist. This is just an addition to the answer that @Sven Marnach has given above.

# using *sort method*
mylist.sort(lambda x: x[1]) 

# using *sorted function*
sorted(mylist, key = lambda x: x[1]) 

Create a HTML table where each TR is a FORM

You can use the form attribute id to span a form over multiple elements each using the form attribute with the name of the form as follows:

<table>
     <tr>
          <td>
               <form method="POST" id="form-1" action="/submit/form-1"></form>
               <input name="a" form="form-1">
          </td>
          <td><input name="b" form="form-1"></td>
          <td><input name="c" form="form-1"></td>
          <td><input type="submit" form="form-1"></td>
     </tr>
</table>

Using any() and all() to check if a list contains one set of values or another

Generally speaking:

all and any are functions that take some iterable and return True, if

  • in the case of all(), no values in the iterable are falsy;
  • in the case of any(), at least one value is truthy.

A value x is falsy iff bool(x) == False. A value x is truthy iff bool(x) == True.

Any non-booleans in the iterable will be fine — bool(x) will coerce any x according to these rules: 0, 0.0, None, [], (), [], set(), and other empty collections will yield False, anything else True. The docstring for bool uses the terms 'true'/'false' for 'truthy'/'falsy', and True/False for the concrete boolean values.


In your specific code samples:

You misunderstood a little bit how these functions work. Hence, the following does something completely not what you thought:

if any(foobars) == big_foobar:

...because any(foobars) would first be evaluated to either True or False, and then that boolean value would be compared to big_foobar, which generally always gives you False (unless big_foobar coincidentally happened to be the same boolean value).

Note: the iterable can be a list, but it can also be a generator/generator expression (˜ lazily evaluated/generated list) or any other iterator.

What you want instead is:

if any(x == big_foobar for x in foobars):

which basically first constructs an iterable that yields a sequence of booleans—for each item in foobars, it compares the item to big_foobar and emits the resulting boolean into the resulting sequence:

tmp = (x == big_foobar for x in foobars)

then any walks over all items in tmp and returns True as soon as it finds the first truthy element. It's as if you did the following:

In [1]: foobars = ['big', 'small', 'medium', 'nice', 'ugly']                                        

In [2]: big_foobar = 'big'                                                                          

In [3]: any(['big' == big_foobar, 'small' == big_foobar, 'medium' == big_foobar, 'nice' == big_foobar, 'ugly' == big_foobar])        
Out[3]: True

Note: As DSM pointed out, any(x == y for x in xs) is equivalent to y in xs but the latter is more readable, quicker to write and runs faster.

Some examples:

In [1]: any(x > 5 for x in range(4))
Out[1]: False

In [2]: all(isinstance(x, int) for x in range(10))
Out[2]: True

In [3]: any(x == 'Erik' for x in ['Erik', 'John', 'Jane', 'Jim'])
Out[3]: True

In [4]: all([True, True, True, False, True])
Out[4]: False

See also: http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#all

how to play video from url

Check this UniversalVideoView library its simple and straight forward with controller as well.

Here is the code to play the video
Add this dependancyy in build.gradle

 implementation 'com.linsea:universalvideoview:1.1.0@aar'

Java Code

        UniversalVideoView mVideoView = findViewById(R.id.videoView);
        Uri uri=Uri.parse("https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/contactform-d9534.appspot.com/o/Vexento%20-%20Masked%20Heroes.mp4?alt=media&token=74c2e448-5b1b-47b7-b761-66409bcfbf56");
        mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
        UniversalMediaController mMediaController = findViewById(R.id.media_controller);
        mVideoView.setMediaController(mMediaController);
        mVideoView.start();   

Xml Code

<FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/video_layout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="200dp"
            android:background="@android:color/black">

            <com.universalvideoview.UniversalVideoView
                android:id="@+id/videoView"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                app:uvv_autoRotation="true"
                app:uvv_fitXY="false" />

            <com.universalvideoview.UniversalMediaController
                android:id="@+id/media_controller"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                app:uvv_scalable="true" />

        </FrameLayout>

JavaScript checking for null vs. undefined and difference between == and ===

undefined

It means the variable is not yet intialized .

Example :

var x;
if(x){ //you can check like this
   //code.
}

equals(==)

It only check value is equals not datatype .

Example :

var x = true;
var y = new Boolean(true);
x == y ; //returns true

Because it checks only value .

Strict Equals(===)

Checks the value and datatype should be same .

Example :

var x = true;
var y = new Boolean(true);
x===y; //returns false.

Because it checks the datatype x is a primitive type and y is a boolean object .

ReactJS map through Object

Map over the keys of the object using Object.keys():

{Object.keys(yourObject).map(function(key) {
  return <div>Key: {key}, Value: {yourObject[key]}</div>;
})}

Flask example with POST

Before actually answering your question:

Parameters in a URL (e.g. key=listOfUsers/user1) are GET parameters and you shouldn't be using them for POST requests. A quick explanation of the difference between GET and POST can be found here.

In your case, to make use of REST principles, you should probably have:

http://ip:5000/users
http://ip:5000/users/<user_id>

Then, on each URL, you can define the behaviour of different HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE). For example, on /users/<user_id>, you want the following:

GET /users/<user_id> - return the information for <user_id>
POST /users/<user_id> - modify/update the information for <user_id> by providing the data
PUT - I will omit this for now as it is similar enough to `POST` at this level of depth
DELETE /users/<user_id> - delete user with ID <user_id> 

So, in your example, you want do a POST to /users/user_1 with the POST data being "John". Then the XPath expression or whatever other way you want to access your data should be hidden from the user and not tightly couple to the URL. This way, if you decide to change the way you store and access data, instead of all your URL's changing, you will simply have to change the code on the server-side.

Now, the answer to your question: Below is a basic semi-pseudocode of how you can achieve what I mentioned above:

from flask import Flask
from flask import request

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/users/<user_id>', methods = ['GET', 'POST', 'DELETE'])
def user(user_id):
    if request.method == 'GET':
        """return the information for <user_id>"""
        .
        .
        .
    if request.method == 'POST':
        """modify/update the information for <user_id>"""
        # you can use <user_id>, which is a str but could
        # changed to be int or whatever you want, along
        # with your lxml knowledge to make the required
        # changes
        data = request.form # a multidict containing POST data
        .
        .
        .
    if request.method == 'DELETE':
        """delete user with ID <user_id>"""
        .
        .
        .
    else:
        # POST Error 405 Method Not Allowed
        .
        .
        .

There are a lot of other things to consider like the POST request content-type but I think what I've said so far should be a reasonable starting point. I know I haven't directly answered the exact question you were asking but I hope this helps you. I will make some edits/additions later as well.

Thanks and I hope this is helpful. Please do let me know if I have gotten something wrong.

Converting NumPy array into Python List structure?

tolist() works fine even if encountered a nested array, say a pandas DataFrame;

my_list = [0,1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1,0]
my_dt = pd.DataFrame(my_list)
new_list = [i[0] for i in my_dt.values.tolist()]

print(type(my_list),type(my_dt),type(new_list))

How to create custom spinner like border around the spinner with down triangle on the right side?

There are two ways to achieve this.

1- As already proposed u can set the background of your spinner as custom 9 patch Image with all the adjustments made into it .

android:background="@drawable/btn_dropdown" 
android:clickable="true"
android:dropDownVerticalOffset="-10dip"
android:dropDownHorizontalOffset="0dip"
android:gravity="center"

If you want your Spinner to show With various different background colors i would recommend making the drop down image transparent, & loading that spinner in a relative layout with your color set in.

btn _dropdown is as:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
    android:state_window_focused="false" android:state_enabled="true"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_default" />
<item
    android:state_window_focused="false" android:state_enabled="false"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_default" />
<item
    android:state_pressed="true"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_pressed" />
<item
    android:state_focused="true" android:state_enabled="true"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_pressed" />
<item
    android:state_enabled="true"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_default" />
<item
    android:state_focused="true"
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_pressed" />
<item
    android:drawable="@drawable/spinner_default" />
</selector>

where the various states of pngwould define your various States of spinner seleti

PHP: Show yes/no confirmation dialog

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure?');"/> you can perform this action on Button too!

Replace text in HTML page with jQuery

Like others mentioned in this thread, replacing the entire body HTML is a bad idea because it reinserts the entire DOM and can potentially break any other javascript that was acting on those elements.

Instead, replace just the text on your page and not the DOM elements themselves using jQuery filter:

  $('body :not(script)').contents().filter(function() {
    return this.nodeType === 3;
  }).replaceWith(function() {
      return this.nodeValue.replace('-9o0-9909','The new string');
  });

this.nodeType is the type of node we are looking to replace the contents of. nodeType 3 is text. See the full list here.

Convert.ToDateTime: how to set format

If value is a string in that format and you'd like to convert it into a DateTime object, you can use DateTime.ParseExact static method:

DateTime.ParseExact(value, format, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

Example:

string value = "12/12";
var myDate = DateTime.ParseExact(value, "MM/yy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.None);

Console.WriteLine(myDate.ToShortDateString());

Result:

2012-12-01

How to initialize private static members in C++?

For future viewers of this question, I want to point out that you should avoid what monkey0506 is suggesting.

Header files are for declarations.

Header files get compiled once for every .cpp file that directly or indirectly #includes them, and code outside of any function is run at program initialization, before main().

By putting: foo::i = VALUE; into the header, foo:i will be assigned the value VALUE (whatever that is) for every .cpp file, and these assignments will happen in an indeterminate order (determined by the linker) before main() is run.

What if we #define VALUE to be a different number in one of our .cpp files? It will compile fine and we will have no way of knowing which one wins until we run the program.

Never put executed code into a header for the same reason that you never #include a .cpp file.

include guards (which I agree you should always use) protect you from something different: the same header being indirectly #included multiple times while compiling a single .cpp file

WPF: Setting the Width (and Height) as a Percentage Value

I know it's not XAML, but I did the same thing with SizeChanged event of the textbox:

private void TextBlock_SizeChanged(object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e)
{
   TextBlock textBlock = sender as TextBlock;
   FrameworkElement element = textBlock.Parent as FrameworkElement;
   textBlock.Margin = new Thickness(0, 0, (element.ActualWidth / 100) * 20, 0);
}

The textbox appears to be 80% size of its parent (well right side margin is 20%) and stretches when needed.

How to overlay density plots in R?

ggplot2 is another graphics package that handles things like the range issue Gavin mentions in a pretty slick way. It also handles auto generating appropriate legends and just generally has a more polished feel in my opinion out of the box with less manual manipulation.

library(ggplot2)

#Sample data
dat <- data.frame(dens = c(rnorm(100), rnorm(100, 10, 5))
                   , lines = rep(c("a", "b"), each = 100))
#Plot.
ggplot(dat, aes(x = dens, fill = lines)) + geom_density(alpha = 0.5)

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How to get multiple counts with one SQL query?

Well, if you must have it all in one query, you could do a union:

SELECT distributor_id, COUNT() FROM ... UNION
SELECT COUNT() AS EXEC_COUNT FROM ... WHERE level = 'exec' UNION
SELECT COUNT(*) AS PERSONAL_COUNT FROM ... WHERE level = 'personal';

Or, if you can do after processing:

SELECT distributor_id, COUNT(*) FROM ... GROUP BY level;

You will get the count for each level and need to sum them all up to get the total.

Vertical alignment of text and icon in button

Just wrap the button label in an extra span and add class="align-middle" to both (the icon and the label). This will center your icon with text vertical.

<button id="edit-listing-form-house_Continue" 
    class="btn btn-large btn-primary"
    style=""
    value=""
    name="Continue"
    type="submit">
<span class="align-middle">Continue</span>
<i class="icon-ok align-middle" style="font-size:40px;"></i>

Steps to send a https request to a rest service in Node js

just use the core https module with the https.request function. Example for a POST request (GET would be similar):

var https = require('https');

var options = {
  host: 'www.google.com',
  port: 443,
  path: '/upload',
  method: 'POST'
};

var req = https.request(options, function(res) {
  console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
  console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', function (chunk) {
    console.log('BODY: ' + chunk);
  });
});

req.on('error', function(e) {
  console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
});

// write data to request body
req.write('data\n');
req.write('data\n');
req.end();

Python: subplot within a loop: first panel appears in wrong position

Using your code with some random data, this would work:

fig, axs = plt.subplots(2,5, figsize=(15, 6), facecolor='w', edgecolor='k')
fig.subplots_adjust(hspace = .5, wspace=.001)

axs = axs.ravel()

for i in range(10):

    axs[i].contourf(np.random.rand(10,10),5,cmap=plt.cm.Oranges)
    axs[i].set_title(str(250+i))

The layout is off course a bit messy, but that's because of your current settings (the figsize, wspace etc).

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How to make a boolean variable switch between true and false every time a method is invoked?

Just toggle each time it is called

this.boolValue = !this.boolValue;

How to get the unique ID of an object which overrides hashCode()?

The javadoc for Object specifies that

This is typically implemented by converting the internal address of the object into an integer, but this implementation technique is not required by the JavaTM programming language.

If a class overrides hashCode, it means that it wants to generate a specific id, which will (one can hope) have the right behaviour.

You can use System.identityHashCode to get that id for any class.

C - split string into an array of strings

Since you've already looked into strtok just continue down the same path and split your string using space (' ') as a delimiter, then use something as realloc to increase the size of the array containing the elements to be passed to execvp.

See the below example, but keep in mind that strtok will modify the string passed to it. If you don't want this to happen you are required to make a copy of the original string, using strcpy or similar function.

char    str[]= "ls -l";
char ** res  = NULL;
char *  p    = strtok (str, " ");
int n_spaces = 0, i;


/* split string and append tokens to 'res' */

while (p) {
  res = realloc (res, sizeof (char*) * ++n_spaces);

  if (res == NULL)
    exit (-1); /* memory allocation failed */

  res[n_spaces-1] = p;

  p = strtok (NULL, " ");
}

/* realloc one extra element for the last NULL */

res = realloc (res, sizeof (char*) * (n_spaces+1));
res[n_spaces] = 0;

/* print the result */

for (i = 0; i < (n_spaces+1); ++i)
  printf ("res[%d] = %s\n", i, res[i]);

/* free the memory allocated */

free (res);

res[0] = ls
res[1] = -l
res[2] = (null)

store and retrieve a class object in shared preference

I had the same problem, here's my solution:

I have class MyClass and ArrayList< MyClass > that I want to save to Shared Preferences. At first I've added a method to MyClass that converts it to JSON object:

public JSONObject getJSONObject() {
    JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
    try {
        obj.put("id", this.id);
        obj.put("name", this.name);
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return obj;
}

Then here's the method for saving object "ArrayList< MyClass > items":

SharedPreferences mPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences("some_name", 0);
    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = mPrefs.edit();

    Set<String> set= new HashSet<String>();
    for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) {
        set.add(items.get(i).getJSONObject().toString());
    }

    editor.putStringSet("some_name", set);
    editor.commit();

And here's the method for retrieving the object:

public static ArrayList<MyClass> loadFromStorage() {
    SharedPreferences mPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences("some_name", 0);

    ArrayList<MyClass> items = new ArrayList<MyClass>();

    Set<String> set = mPrefs.getStringSet("some_name", null);
    if (set != null) {
        for (String s : set) {
            try {
                JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(s);
                Long id = jsonObject.getLong("id"));
                String name = jsonObject.getString("name");
                MyClass myclass = new MyClass(id, name);

                items.add(myclass);

            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
         }
    }
    return items;
}

Note that StringSet in Shared Preferences is available since API 11.

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

Please note , you might need to disable adblocks if necessary. Drag and drop off script path in visual studio doesn't work if you are using HTML pages but it does work for mvc ,asp.netwebforms. I figured this after one hour

Getting "TypeError: failed to fetch" when the request hasn't actually failed

I understand this question might have a React-specific cause, but it shows up first in search results for "Typeerror: Failed to fetch" and I wanted to lay out all possible causes here.

The Fetch spec lists times when you throw a TypeError from the Fetch API: https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#fetch-api

Relevant passages as of January 2021 are below. These are excerpts from the text.

4.6 HTTP-network fetch

To perform an HTTP-network fetch using request with an optional credentials flag, run these steps:
...
16. Run these steps in parallel:
...
2. If aborted, then:
...
3. Otherwise, if stream is readable, error stream with a TypeError.

To append a name/value name/value pair to a Headers object (headers), run these steps:

  1. Normalize value.
  2. If name is not a name or value is not a value, then throw a TypeError.
  3. If headers’s guard is "immutable", then throw a TypeError.

Filling Headers object headers with a given object object:

To fill a Headers object headers with a given object object, run these steps:

  1. If object is a sequence, then for each header in object:
    1. If header does not contain exactly two items, then throw a TypeError.

Method steps sometimes throw TypeError:

The delete(name) method steps are:

  1. If name is not a name, then throw a TypeError.
  2. If this’s guard is "immutable", then throw a TypeError.

The get(name) method steps are:

  1. If name is not a name, then throw a TypeError.
  2. Return the result of getting name from this’s header list.

The has(name) method steps are:

  1. If name is not a name, then throw a TypeError.

The set(name, value) method steps are:

  1. Normalize value.
  2. If name is not a name or value is not a value, then throw a TypeError.
  3. If this’s guard is "immutable", then throw a TypeError.

To extract a body and a Content-Type value from object, with an optional boolean keepalive (default false), run these steps:
...
5. Switch on object:
...
ReadableStream
If keepalive is true, then throw a TypeError.
If object is disturbed or locked, then throw a TypeError.

In the section "Body mixin" if you are using FormData there are several ways to throw a TypeError. I haven't listed them here because it would make this answer very long. Relevant passages: https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#body-mixin

In the section "Request Class" the new Request(input, init) constructor is a minefield of potential TypeErrors:

The new Request(input, init) constructor steps are:
...
6. If input is a string, then:
...
2. If parsedURL is a failure, then throw a TypeError.
3. IF parsedURL includes credentials, then throw a TypeError.
...
11. If init["window"] exists and is non-null, then throw a TypeError.
...
15. If init["referrer" exists, then:
...
1. Let referrer be init["referrer"].
2. If referrer is the empty string, then set request’s referrer to "no-referrer".
3. Otherwise:
1. Let parsedReferrer be the result of parsing referrer with baseURL.
2. If parsedReferrer is failure, then throw a TypeError.
...
18. If mode is "navigate", then throw a TypeError.
...
23. If request's cache mode is "only-if-cached" and request's mode is not "same-origin" then throw a TypeError.
...
27. If init["method"] exists, then:
...
2. If method is not a method or method is a forbidden method, then throw a TypeError.
...
32. If this’s request’s mode is "no-cors", then:
1. If this’s request’s method is not a CORS-safelisted method, then throw a TypeError.
...
35. If either init["body"] exists and is non-null or inputBody is non-null, and request’s method is GET or HEAD, then throw a TypeError.
...
38. If body is non-null and body's source is null, then:
1. If this’s request’s mode is neither "same-origin" nor "cors", then throw a TypeError.
...
39. If inputBody is body and input is disturbed or locked, then throw a TypeError.

The clone() method steps are:

  1. If this is disturbed or locked, then throw a TypeError.

In the Response class:

The new Response(body, init) constructor steps are:
...
2. If init["statusText"] does not match the reason-phrase token production, then throw a TypeError.
...
8. If body is non-null, then:
1. If init["status"] is a null body status, then throw a TypeError.
...

The static redirect(url, status) method steps are:
...
2. If parsedURL is failure, then throw a TypeError.

The clone() method steps are:

  1. If this is disturbed or locked, then throw a TypeError.

In section "The Fetch method"

The fetch(input, init) method steps are:
...
9. Run the following in parallel:
To process response for response, run these substeps:
...
3. If response is a network error, then reject p with a TypeError and terminate these substeps.

In addition to these potential problems, there are some browser-specific behaviors which can throw a TypeError. For instance, if you set keepalive to true and have a payload > 64 KB you'll get a TypeError on Chrome, but the same request can work in Firefox. These behaviors aren't documented in the spec, but you can find information about them by Googling for limitations for each option you're setting in fetch.

Docker: Copying files from Docker container to host

You do not need to use docker run.

You can do it with docker create.

From the docs:

The docker create command creates a writeable container layer over the specified image and prepares it for running the specified command. The container ID is then printed to STDOUT. This is similar to docker run -d except the container is never started.

So, you can do:

docker create -ti --name dummy IMAGE_NAME bash
docker cp dummy:/path/to/file /dest/to/file
docker rm -f dummy

Here, you never start the container. That looked beneficial to me.

Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'DOMWindow': The target origin provided does not match the recipient window's origin ('null')

Make sure the target window that you (or Facebook) is posting a message to, has completed loading. Most of the times I've gotten this error were when an iframe I was sending messages to had failed to load.

Installing a pip package from within a Jupyter Notebook not working

This worked for me in Jupyter nOtebook /Mac Platform /Python 3 :

import sys
!{sys.executable} -m pip install -r requirements.txt

getActivity() returns null in Fragment function

The best to get rid of this is to keep activity reference when onAttach is called and use the activity reference wherever needed, for e.g.

@Override
public void onAttach(Context context) {
    super.onAttach(activity);
    mContext = context;
}

@Override
public void onDetach() {
    super.onDetach();
    mContext = null;
}

Celery Received unregistered task of type (run example)

Celery won't import the task if the app was to lack some of its dependencies. For instance, an app.view imports numpy without it being installed. Best way to check for this is to try to run your django server, as you probably know:

python manage.py runserver

You have found the problem if this raises ImportErrors within the app that has houses the respective task. Just pip install everything, or try to remove the dependencies and try again. This isn't the cause of your issue otherwise.

What are the git concepts of HEAD, master, origin?

HEAD is not the latest revision, it's the current revision. Usually, it's the latest revision of the current branch, but it doesn't have to be.

master is a name commonly given to the main branch, but it could be called anything else (or there could be no main branch).

origin is a name commonly given to the main remote. remote is another repository that you can pull from and push to. Usually it's on some server, like github.

How to change fonts in matplotlib (python)?

Say you want Comic Sans for the title and Helvetica for the x label.

csfont = {'fontname':'Comic Sans MS'}
hfont = {'fontname':'Helvetica'}

plt.title('title',**csfont)
plt.xlabel('xlabel', **hfont)
plt.show()

What causes and what are the differences between NoClassDefFoundError and ClassNotFoundException?

ClassNotFoundException and NoClassDefFoundError occur when a particular class is not found at runtime.However, they occur at different scenarios.

ClassNotFoundException is an exception that occurs when you try to load a class at run time using Class.forName() or loadClass() methods and mentioned classes are not found in the classpath.

    public class MainClass
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
            }catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }



    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at pack1.MainClass.main(MainClass.java:17)

NoClassDefFoundError is an error that occurs when a particular class is present at compile time, but was missing at run time.

    class A
    {
      // some code
    }
    public class B
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
            A a = new A();
        }
    }

When you compile the above program, two .class files will be generated. One is A.class and another one is B.class. If you remove the A.class file and run the B.class file, Java Runtime System will throw NoClassDefFoundError like below:

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: A
    at MainClass.main(MainClass.java:10)
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: A
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)

Displaying Image in Java

If you want to load/process/display images I suggest you use an image processing framework. Using Marvin, for instance, you can do that easily with just a few lines of source code.

Source code:

public class Example extends JFrame{

    MarvinImagePlugin prewitt           = MarvinPluginLoader.loadImagePlugin("org.marvinproject.image.edge.prewitt");
    MarvinImagePlugin errorDiffusion    = MarvinPluginLoader.loadImagePlugin("org.marvinproject.image.halftone.errorDiffusion");
    MarvinImagePlugin emboss            = MarvinPluginLoader.loadImagePlugin("org.marvinproject.image.color.emboss");

    public Example(){
        super("Example");

        // Layout
        setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2));

        // Load images
        MarvinImage img1 = MarvinImageIO.loadImage("./res/car.jpg");
        MarvinImage img2 = new MarvinImage(img1.getWidth(), img1.getHeight());
        MarvinImage img3 = new MarvinImage(img1.getWidth(), img1.getHeight());
        MarvinImage img4 = new MarvinImage(img1.getWidth(), img1.getHeight());

        // Image Processing plug-ins
        errorDiffusion.process(img1, img2);
        prewitt.process(img1, img3);
        emboss.process(img1, img4);

        // Set panels
        addPanel(img1);
        addPanel(img2);
        addPanel(img3);
        addPanel(img4);

        setSize(560,380);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    public void addPanel(MarvinImage image){
        MarvinImagePanel imagePanel = new MarvinImagePanel();
        imagePanel.setImage(image);
        add(imagePanel);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Example().setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }
}

Output:

enter image description here

Handle JSON Decode Error when nothing returned

There is a rule in Python programming called "it is Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than for Permission" (in short: EAFP). It means that you should catch exceptions instead of checking values for validity.

Thus, try the following:

try:
    qByUser = byUsrUrlObj.read()
    qUserData = json.loads(qByUser).decode('utf-8')
    questionSubjs = qUserData["all"]["questions"]
except ValueError:  # includes simplejson.decoder.JSONDecodeError
    print 'Decoding JSON has failed'

EDIT: Since simplejson.decoder.JSONDecodeError actually inherits from ValueError (proof here), I simplified the catch statement by just using ValueError.

Bootstrap: Use .pull-right without having to hardcode a negative margin-top

Keep the h2 at the top, then pull-left on the p and pull-right on the login-box

<div class='container'>
  <div class='hero-unit'>

    <h2>Welcome</h2>

    <div class="pull-left">
      <p>Please log in</p>
    </div>

    <div id='login-box' class='pull-right control-group'>
        <div class='clearfix'>
            <input type='text' placeholder='Username' />
        </div>
        <div class='clearfix'>
            <input type='password' placeholder='Password' />
        </div>
        <button type='button' class='btn btn-primary'>Log in</button>
    </div>

    <div class="clearfix"></div>

  </div>
</div>

the default vertical-align on floated boxes is baseline, so the "Please log in" exactly lines up with the "Username" (check by changing the pull-right to pull-left).

JWT (Json Web Token) Audience "aud" versus Client_Id - What's the difference?

The JWT aud (Audience) Claim

According to RFC 7519:

The "aud" (audience) claim identifies the recipients that the JWT is intended for. Each principal intended to process the JWT MUST identify itself with a value in the audience claim. If the principal processing the claim does not identify itself with a value in the "aud" claim when this claim is present, then the JWT MUST be rejected. In the general case, the "aud" value is an array of case- sensitive strings, each containing a StringOrURI value. In the special case when the JWT has one audience, the "aud" value MAY be a single case-sensitive string containing a StringOrURI value. The interpretation of audience values is generally application specific. Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.

The Audience (aud) claim as defined by the spec is generic, and is application specific. The intended use is to identify intended recipients of the token. What a recipient means is application specific. An audience value is either a list of strings, or it can be a single string if there is only one aud claim. The creator of the token does not enforce that aud is validated correctly, the responsibility is the recipient's to determine whether the token should be used.

Whatever the value is, when a recipient is validating the JWT and it wishes to validate that the token was intended to be used for its purposes, it MUST determine what value in aud identifies itself, and the token should only validate if the recipient's declared ID is present in the aud claim. It does not matter if this is a URL or some other application specific string. For example, if my system decides to identify itself in aud with the string: api3.app.com, then it should only accept the JWT if the aud claim contains api3.app.com in its list of audience values.

Of course, recipients may choose to disregard aud, so this is only useful if a recipient would like positive validation that the token was created for it specifically.

My interpretation based on the specification is that the aud claim is useful to create purpose-built JWTs that are only valid for certain purposes. For one system, this may mean you would like a token to be valid for some features but not for others. You could issue tokens that are restricted to only a certain "audience", while still using the same keys and validation algorithm.

Since in the typical case a JWT is generated by a trusted service, and used by other trusted systems (systems which do not want to use invalid tokens), these systems simply need to coordinate the values they will be using.

Of course, aud is completely optional and can be ignored if your use case doesn't warrant it. If you don't want to restrict tokens to being used by specific audiences, or none of your systems actually will validate the aud token, then it is useless.

Example: Access vs. Refresh Tokens

One contrived (yet simple) example I can think of is perhaps we want to use JWTs for access and refresh tokens without having to implement separate encryption keys and algorithms, but simply want to ensure that access tokens will not validate as refresh tokens, or vice-versa.

By using aud, we can specify a claim of refresh for refresh tokens and a claim of access for access tokens upon creating these tokens. When a request is made to get a new access token from a refresh token, we need to validate that the refresh token was a genuine refresh token. The aud validation as described above will tell us whether the token was actually a valid refresh token by looking specifically for a claim of refresh in aud.

OAuth Client ID vs. JWT aud Claim

The OAuth Client ID is completely unrelated, and has no direct correlation to JWT aud claims. From the perspective of OAuth, the tokens are opaque objects.

The application which accepts these tokens is responsible for parsing and validating the meaning of these tokens. I don't see much value in specifying OAuth Client ID within a JWT aud claim.

Java code To convert byte to Hexadecimal

If you like streams, here is a single-expression version of the format-and-concatenate approach:

String hex = IntStream.range(0, bytes.length)
                      .map(i -> bytes[i] & 0xff)
                      .mapToObj(b -> String.format("%02x", b))
                      .collect(Collectors.joining());

It's a shame there isn't a method like Arrays::streamUnsignedBytes for this.

GitHub: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Adding public key is the solution.For generating ssh keys: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys has step by step instructions.

However, the problem can persist if key is not generated in the correct way. I found this to be a useful link too: https://help.github.com/articles/error-permission-denied-publickey

In my case the problem was that I was generating the ssh-key without using sudo but when using git commands I needed to use sudo. This comment in the above link "If you generate SSH keys without sudo, then when you try to use a command like sudo git push, you won't be using the SSH key you generated." helped me.

So, the solution was that I had to use sudo with both key generating commands and git commands. Or for others, when they don't need sudo anywhere, do not use it in any of the two steps. (key generating and git commands).

Jackson JSON: get node name from json-tree

JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(json);
root.at("/some-node").fields().forEachRemaining(e -> {
                              System.out.println(e.getKey()+"---"+ e.getValue());

        });

In one line Jackson 2+

C#/Linq: Apply a mapping function to each element in an IEnumerable?

You're looking for Select which can be used to transform\project the input sequence:

IEnumerable<string> strings = integers.Select(i => i.ToString());

When to use malloc for char pointers

As was indicated by others, you don't need to use malloc just to do:

const char *foo = "bar";

The reason for that is exactly that *foo is a pointer — when you initialize foo you're not creating a copy of the string, just a pointer to where "bar" lives in the data section of your executable. You can copy that pointer as often as you'd like, but remember, they're always pointing back to the same single instance of that string.

So when should you use malloc? Normally you use strdup() to copy a string, which handles the malloc in the background. e.g.

const char *foo = "bar";
char *bar = strdup(foo); /* now contains a new copy of "bar" */
printf("%s\n", bar);     /* prints "bar" */
free(bar);               /* frees memory created by strdup */

Now, we finally get around to a case where you may want to malloc if you're using sprintf() or, more safely snprintf() which creates / formats a new string.

char *foo = malloc(sizeof(char) * 1024);        /* buffer for 1024 chars */
snprintf(foo, 1024, "%s - %s\n", "foo", "bar"); /* puts "foo - bar\n" in foo */
printf(foo);                                    /* prints "foo - bar" */
free(foo);                                      /* frees mem from malloc */

How to add a title to a html select tag

<select name="city">
   <option value ="0">What is your city</option>
   <option value ="1">Sydney</option>
   <option value ="2">Melbourne</option>
   <option value ="3">Cromwell</option>
   <option value ="4">Queenstown</option>
</select>

You can use the unique id for the value instead

What is the difference between Builder Design pattern and Factory Design pattern?

Abstract Factory & Builder pattern are both Creational patterns but with different intent.

Abstract Factory Pattern emphasizes object creation for families of related objects where:

  • Each family is a set of classes derived from a common base class/Interface.
  • Each object is returned immediately as a result of one call.

Builder pattern focuses on constructing a complex object step by step. It decouples the representation from the process of constructing the complex object, so that the same construction process can be used for different representations.

  • Builder object encapsulates configuration of the complex object.
  • Director object knows the protocol of using the Builder, where the protocol defines all logical steps required to build the complex object.

The request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found in springboot

I met this problem because I use request.js which writen base on axios
And I already set a defaults.headers in request.js

import axios from 'axios'
const request = axios.create({
  baseURL: '', 
  timeout: 15000 
})
service.defaults.headers.post['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

here is how I solve this
instead of

request.post('/manage/product/upload.do',
      param,config
    )

I use axios directly send request,and didn't add config

axios.post('/manage/product/upload.do',
      param
    )

hope this can solve your problem

jQuery's .click - pass parameters to user function

If you call it the way you had it...

$('.leadtoscore').click(add_event('shot'));

...you would need to have add_event() return a function, like...

function add_event(param) {
    return function() {
                // your code that does something with param
                alert( param );
           };
}

The function is returned and used as the argument for .click().

Node.js/Express.js App Only Works on Port 3000

In app.js, just add...

process.env.PORT=2999;

This will isolate the PORT variable to the express application.

Google reCAPTCHA: How to get user response and validate in the server side?

Here is complete demo code to understand client side and server side process. you can copy paste it and just replace google site key and google secret key.

<?php 
if(!empty($_REQUEST))
{
      //  echo '<pre>'; print_r($_REQUEST); die('END');
        $post = [
            'secret' => 'Your Secret key',
            'response' => $_REQUEST['g-recaptcha-response'],
        ];
        $ch = curl_init();

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($post));
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

        $server_output = curl_exec($ch);

        curl_close ($ch);
        echo '<pre>'; print_r($server_output); die('ss');
}
?>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>reCAPTCHA demo: Explicit render for multiple widgets</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      var site_key = 'Your Site key';
      var verifyCallback = function(response) {
        alert(response);
      };
      var widgetId1;
      var widgetId2;
      var onloadCallback = function() {
        // Renders the HTML element with id 'example1' as a reCAPTCHA widget.
        // The id of the reCAPTCHA widget is assigned to 'widgetId1'.
        widgetId1 = grecaptcha.render('example1', {
          'sitekey' : site_key,
          'theme' : 'light'
        });
        widgetId2 = grecaptcha.render(document.getElementById('example2'), {
          'sitekey' : site_key
        });
        grecaptcha.render('example3', {
          'sitekey' : site_key,
          'callback' : verifyCallback,
          'theme' : 'dark'
        });
      };
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <!-- The g-recaptcha-response string displays in an alert message upon submit. -->
    <form action="javascript:alert(grecaptcha.getResponse(widgetId1));">
      <div id="example1"></div>
      <br>
      <input type="submit" value="getResponse">
    </form>
    <br>
    <!-- Resets reCAPTCHA widgetId2 upon submit. -->
    <form action="javascript:grecaptcha.reset(widgetId2);">
      <div id="example2"></div>
      <br>
      <input type="submit" value="reset">
    </form>
    <br>
    <!-- POSTs back to the page's URL upon submit with a g-recaptcha-response POST parameter. -->
    <form action="?" method="POST">
      <div id="example3"></div>
      <br>
      <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>
    <script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=onloadCallback&render=explicit"
        async defer>
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Create a SQL query to retrieve most recent records

The derived table would work, but if this is SQL 2005, a CTE and ROW_NUMBER might be cleaner:

WITH UserStatus (User, Date, Status, Notes, Ord)
as
(
SELECT Date, User, Status, Notes, 
     ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY User ORDER BY Date DESC)
FROM [SOMETABLE]
)

SELECT User, Date, Status, Notes from UserStatus where Ord = 1

This would also facilitate the display of the most recent x statuses from each user.

Simple way to unzip a .zip file using zlib

Minizip does have an example programs to demonstrate its usage - the files are called minizip.c and miniunz.c.

Update: I had a few minutes so I whipped up this quick, bare bones example for you. It's very smelly C, and I wouldn't use it without major improvements. Hopefully it's enough to get you going for now.

// uzip.c - Simple example of using the minizip API.
// Do not use this code as is! It is educational only, and probably
// riddled with errors and leaks!
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "unzip.h"

#define dir_delimter '/'
#define MAX_FILENAME 512
#define READ_SIZE 8192

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    if ( argc < 2 )
    {
        printf( "usage:\n%s {file to unzip}\n", argv[ 0 ] );
        return -1;
    }

    // Open the zip file
    unzFile *zipfile = unzOpen( argv[ 1 ] );
    if ( zipfile == NULL )
    {
        printf( "%s: not found\n" );
        return -1;
    }

    // Get info about the zip file
    unz_global_info global_info;
    if ( unzGetGlobalInfo( zipfile, &global_info ) != UNZ_OK )
    {
        printf( "could not read file global info\n" );
        unzClose( zipfile );
        return -1;
    }

    // Buffer to hold data read from the zip file.
    char read_buffer[ READ_SIZE ];

    // Loop to extract all files
    uLong i;
    for ( i = 0; i < global_info.number_entry; ++i )
    {
        // Get info about current file.
        unz_file_info file_info;
        char filename[ MAX_FILENAME ];
        if ( unzGetCurrentFileInfo(
            zipfile,
            &file_info,
            filename,
            MAX_FILENAME,
            NULL, 0, NULL, 0 ) != UNZ_OK )
        {
            printf( "could not read file info\n" );
            unzClose( zipfile );
            return -1;
        }

        // Check if this entry is a directory or file.
        const size_t filename_length = strlen( filename );
        if ( filename[ filename_length-1 ] == dir_delimter )
        {
            // Entry is a directory, so create it.
            printf( "dir:%s\n", filename );
            mkdir( filename );
        }
        else
        {
            // Entry is a file, so extract it.
            printf( "file:%s\n", filename );
            if ( unzOpenCurrentFile( zipfile ) != UNZ_OK )
            {
                printf( "could not open file\n" );
                unzClose( zipfile );
                return -1;
            }

            // Open a file to write out the data.
            FILE *out = fopen( filename, "wb" );
            if ( out == NULL )
            {
                printf( "could not open destination file\n" );
                unzCloseCurrentFile( zipfile );
                unzClose( zipfile );
                return -1;
            }

            int error = UNZ_OK;
            do    
            {
                error = unzReadCurrentFile( zipfile, read_buffer, READ_SIZE );
                if ( error < 0 )
                {
                    printf( "error %d\n", error );
                    unzCloseCurrentFile( zipfile );
                    unzClose( zipfile );
                    return -1;
                }

                // Write data to file.
                if ( error > 0 )
                {
                    fwrite( read_buffer, error, 1, out ); // You should check return of fwrite...
                }
            } while ( error > 0 );

            fclose( out );
        }

        unzCloseCurrentFile( zipfile );

        // Go the the next entry listed in the zip file.
        if ( ( i+1 ) < global_info.number_entry )
        {
            if ( unzGoToNextFile( zipfile ) != UNZ_OK )
            {
                printf( "cound not read next file\n" );
                unzClose( zipfile );
                return -1;
            }
        }
    }

    unzClose( zipfile );

    return 0;
}

I built and tested it with MinGW/MSYS on Windows like this:

contrib/minizip/$ gcc -I../.. -o unzip uzip.c unzip.c ioapi.c ../../libz.a
contrib/minizip/$ ./unzip.exe /j/zlib-125.zip

How do you create a read-only user in PostgreSQL?

By default new users will have permission to create tables. If you are planning to create a read-only user, this is probably not what you want.

To create a true read-only user with PostgreSQL 9.0+, run the following steps:

# This will prevent default users from creating tables
REVOKE CREATE ON SCHEMA public FROM public;

# If you want to grant a write user permission to create tables
# note that superusers will always be able to create tables anyway
GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public to writeuser;

# Now create the read-only user
CREATE ROLE readonlyuser WITH LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'strongpassword';
GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO readonlyuser;

If your read-only user doesn't have permission to list tables (i.e. \d returns no results), it's probably because you don't have USAGE permissions for the schema. USAGE is a permission that allows users to actually use the permissions they have been assigned. What's the point of this? I'm not sure. To fix:

# You can either grant USAGE to everyone
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO public;

# Or grant it just to your read only user
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO readonlyuser;

How to terminate a process in vbscript

Dim shll : Set shll = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set Rt = shll.Exec("Notepad") : wscript.sleep 4000 : Rt.Terminate

Run the process with .Exec.

Then wait for 4 seconds.

After that kill this process.

How to use jQuery to get the current value of a file input field

You need to use val rather than value.

$("#fileinput").val();

python: order a list of numbers without built-in sort, min, max function

Here's a more readable example of an in-place Insertion sort algorithm.

a = [3, 1, 5, 2, 4]

for i in a[1:]:
    j = a.index(i)
    while j > 0 and a[j-1] > a[j]:
        a[j], a[j-1] = a[j-1], a[j]
        j = j - 1