How to style table borders with CSS

Let's imagine you have a HTML table containing some data, and want to style this table using CSS stylesheet.

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header 1	header 2
footer 1	footer 2
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JavaScript Object's Property Printer

A JavaScript object is a collection of properties. You can think of a property as a pair (key : value).
To inspect an object in JavaScript you use the for in operator.

The following function inspects an object by looping on the properties and calling itself recursively.

var objectInspector = function recursiveObjectInspector(obj) {
    var string = '';
    for (var propName in obj) {
        if(typeof(obj[propName]) !== 'object')
            string += propName+" : "+obj[propName]+",\n";
        else
            string += '\n'+propName+' {\n'+ recursiveObjectInspector(obj[propName])+"}\n";
    }
    return string;
};

See the Pen object property inspector by Massimiliano De Simone (@maxdesimone) on CodePen.

How to JNDI datasource in jetty 6

This tutorial deals with the configuration of the mortbay jetty, that can be downloaded from the codehouse foundation: http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/

There are two ways to create a JNDI datasource in the jetty application server, you can set up a datasource configuring the Jetty ContextDeployer to deploy a specific WebAppContext or you can do it by configuring the Jetty WebAppDeployer.
If you configure the WebAppContext the datasource will be available for a single web application, if you configure the WebAppDeployer the datasource will be available for all the web applications.

The easiest way to create a datasource is configuring the WebAppDeployer and I'm going to show you how to do it.

You have to edit the file jetty-6.x.xx/etc/jetty.xml and add the following elements to the
server configuration:

1. an augmented list of plus configuration which is read by the server at start-up time.
2. a datasource definition as a JNDI resource
3. set a reference into the WebAppDeployer configuration

1 - The plus configuration element you need to add to the jetty.xml file:

<Array id="plusConfig" type="java.lang.String">
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebInfConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.plus.webapp.EnvConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.plus.webapp.Configuration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.JettyWebXmlConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.TagLibConfiguration</Item>
</Array>

2 - Next, the JNDI datasource definition you need to add to the jetty.xml file:

<New id="cf" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
  <Arg>jdbc/jndi_name</Arg>
   <Arg>
    <New class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
     <Set name="driverClassName">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</Set>
     <Set name="url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db_name</Set>
     <Set name="username">db_username</Set>
     <Set name="password">db_password</Set>
    </New>
  </Arg>
</New>

3 - Finally, add a set element referencing the plus configuration list within the element configuring the WebAppDeployer

<Call name="addLifeCycle">
  <Arg>
    <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.deployer.WebAppDeployer">
      <Set name="contexts"><Ref id="Contexts"/></Set>
      <Set name="webAppDir"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/webapps</Set>
      <Set name="parentLoaderPriority">false</Set>
      <Set name="extract">true</Set>
      <Set name="allowDuplicates">false</Set>
      <Set name="defaultsDescriptor">
        <SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/etc/webdefault.xml
      </Set>
      <Set name="configurationClasses"><Ref id="plusConfig"/></Set>
    </New>
  </Arg>
</Call>

This is how it looks like the jetty.xml file, finally:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Mort Bay Consulting//DTD Configure//EN" "http://jetty.mortbay.org/configure.dtd">

<!-- =============================================================== -->
<!-- Configure the Jetty Server                                      -->
<!--                                                                 -->
<!-- Documentation of this file format can be found at:              -->
<!-- http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/jetty.xml                -->
<!--                                                                 -->
<!-- =============================================================== -->


<Configure id="Server" class="org.mortbay.jetty.Server">

 <!-- PLUS Configuration -->
 <Array id="plusConfig" type="java.lang.String">
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebInfConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.plus.webapp.EnvConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.plus.webapp.Configuration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.JettyWebXmlConfiguration</Item>
  <Item>org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.TagLibConfiguration</Item>
 </Array>
 <!-- END PLUS Configuration --> 

 <!-- JNDI DataSource Definition -->
 <New id="cf" class="org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Resource">
   <Arg>jdbc/jndi_name</Arg>
   <Arg>
  <New class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
   <Set name="driverClassName">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</Set>
   <Set name="url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db_name</Set>
   <Set name="username">db_username</Set>
   <Set name="password">db_password</Set>
  </New>
   </Arg>
 </New>
 <!-- END DataSource Definition -->
 
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Server Thread Pool                                          -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Set name="ThreadPool">

      <New class="org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool">
        <Set name="minThreads">10</Set>
        <Set name="maxThreads">200</Set>
        <Set name="lowThreads">20</Set>
        <Set name="SpawnOrShrinkAt">2</Set>
      </New>

      <!-- Optional Java 5 bounded threadpool with job queue 
      <New class="org.mortbay.thread.concurrent.ThreadPool">
        <Set name="corePoolSize">50</Set>
        <Set name="maximumPoolSize">50</Set>
      </New>
      -->
    </Set>



    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Set connectors                                              -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- One of each type!                                           -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->

    <!-- Use this connector for many frequently idle connections
         and for threadless continuations.
    -->    
    <Call name="addConnector">
      <Arg>
          <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
            <Set name="host"><SystemProperty name="jetty.host" /></Set>
            <Set name="port"><SystemProperty name="jetty.port" default="8080"/></Set>
            <Set name="maxIdleTime">30000</Set>
            <Set name="Acceptors">2</Set>
            <Set name="statsOn">false</Set>
            <Set name="confidentialPort">8443</Set>
         <Set name="lowResourcesConnections">5000</Set>
         <Set name="lowResourcesMaxIdleTime">5000</Set>
          </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>

    <!-- Use this connector if NIO is not available. 
    <Call name="addConnector">
      <Arg>
          <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector">
            <Set name="port">8081</Set>
            <Set name="maxIdleTime">50000</Set>
            <Set name="lowResourceMaxIdleTime">1500</Set>
          </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>
    -->

    <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
    <!-- To add a HTTPS SSL listener                                     -->
    <!-- see jetty-ssl.xml to add an ssl connector. use                  -->
    <!-- java -jar start.jar etc/jetty.xml etc/jetty-ssl.xml             -->
    <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->

    <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
    <!-- To allow Jetty to be started from xinetd                        -->
    <!-- mixin jetty-xinetd.xml:                                         -->
    <!--   java -jar start.jar etc/jetty.xml etc/jetty-xinetd.xml        -->
    <!--                                                                 -->
    <!-- See jetty-xinetd.xml for further instructions.                  -->
    <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
    
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Set up global session ID manager                            -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!--
    <Set name="sessionIdManager">
      <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.HashSessionIdManager">
        <Set name="workerName">node1</Set>
      </New>
    </Set>
    -->

    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Set handler Collection Structure                            --> 
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Set name="handler">
      <New id="Handlers" class="org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection">
        <Set name="handlers">
         <Array type="org.mortbay.jetty.Handler">
           <Item>
             <New id="Contexts" class="org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection"/>
           </Item>
           <Item>
             <New id="DefaultHandler" class="org.mortbay.jetty.handler.DefaultHandler"/>
           </Item>
           <Item>
             <New id="RequestLog" class="org.mortbay.jetty.handler.RequestLogHandler"/>
           </Item>
         </Array>
        </Set>
      </New>
    </Set>
    
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Configure the context deployer                              -->
    <!-- A context deployer will deploy contexts described in        -->
    <!-- configuration files discovered in a directory.              -->
    <!-- The configuration directory can be scanned for hot          -->
    <!-- deployments at the configured scanInterval.                 -->
    <!--                                                             -->
    <!-- This deployer is configured to deploy contexts configured   -->
    <!-- in the $JETTY_HOME/contexts directory                       -->
    <!--                                                             -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Call name="addLifeCycle">
      <Arg>
        <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.deployer.ContextDeployer">
          <Set name="contexts"><Ref id="Contexts"/></Set>
          <Set name="configurationDir"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/contexts</Set>
          <Set name="scanInterval">5</Set>
        </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>

    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Configure the webapp deployer.                              -->
    <!-- A webapp  deployer will deploy standard webapps discovered  -->
    <!-- in a directory at startup, without the need for additional  -->
    <!-- configuration files.    It does not support hot deploy or   -->
    <!-- non standard contexts (see ContextDeployer above).          -->
    <!--                                                             -->
    <!-- This deployer is configured to deploy webapps from the      -->
    <!-- $JETTY_HOME/webapps directory                               -->
    <!--                                                             -->
    <!-- Normally only one type of deployer need be used.            -->
    <!--                                                             -->
    <!-- =========================================================== --> 
    <Call name="addLifeCycle">
      <Arg>
        <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.deployer.WebAppDeployer">
          <Set name="contexts"><Ref id="Contexts"/></Set>
          <Set name="webAppDir"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/webapps</Set>
          <Set name="parentLoaderPriority">false</Set>
          <Set name="extract">true</Set>
          <Set name="allowDuplicates">false</Set>
          <Set name="defaultsDescriptor"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/etc/webdefault.xml</Set>
          <Set name="configurationClasses"><Ref id="plusConfig"/></Set>
        </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call> 

    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Configure Authentication Realms                             -->
    <!-- Realms may be configured for the entire server here, or     -->
    <!-- they can be configured for a specific web app in a context  -->
    <!-- configuration (see $(jetty.home)/contexts/test.xml for an   -->
    <!-- example).                                                   -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Set name="UserRealms">
      <Array type="org.mortbay.jetty.security.UserRealm">
        <Item>
          <New class="org.mortbay.jetty.security.HashUserRealm">
            <Set name="name">Test Realm</Set>
            <Set name="config"><SystemProperty name="jetty.home" default="."/>/etc/realm.properties</Set>
            <Set name="refreshInterval">0</Set>
          </New>
        </Item>
      </Array>
    </Set>

    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- Configure Request Log                                       -->
    <!-- Request logs  may be configured for the entire server here, -->
    <!-- or they can be configured for a specific web app in a       -->
    <!-- contexts configuration (see $(jetty.home)/contexts/test.xml -->
    <!-- for an example).                                            -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Ref id="RequestLog">
      <Set name="requestLog">
        <New id="RequestLogImpl" class="org.mortbay.jetty.NCSARequestLog">
          <Set name="filename"><SystemProperty name="jetty.logs" default="./logs"/>/yyyy_mm_dd.request.log</Set>
          <Set name="filenameDateFormat">yyyy_MM_dd</Set>
          <Set name="retainDays">90</Set>
          <Set name="append">true</Set>
          <Set name="extended">false</Set>
          <Set name="logCookies">false</Set>
          <Set name="LogTimeZone">GMT</Set>
        </New>
      </Set>
    </Ref>

    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <!-- extra options                                               -->
    <!-- =========================================================== -->
    <Set name="stopAtShutdown">true</Set>
    <Set name="sendServerVersion">true</Set>
    <Set name="sendDateHeader">true</Set>
    <Set name="gracefulShutdown">1000</Set>

</Configure>

How to jetty on Debian

This tutorial is about how to install the jetty servlet engine on Debian.
To install jetty, type on the shell:

sudo apt-get install jetty libjetty-java libjetty-extra libjetty-extra-java

after installation, edit the file:

/etc/default/jetty

modify the line:

NO_START=1

to be:

NO_START=0

To listen to connections from localhost uncomment the line:

JETTY_HOST=$(uname -n)

The jetty home directory is in the sharable folder of the user binaries:

/usr/share/jetty

To stop jetty, type on the shell:

/etc/init.d/jetty stop

To start jetty, type on the shell:

/etc/init.d/jetty start

To deploy a web app, copy the WAR file to the folder

/var/lib/jetty/webapps

To configure the jetty server, edit the file:

/etc/jetty/jetty.xml

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