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How to register an eclipse editor by file content

Sometimes you may want to register an eclipse editor by reading file content. As an example if we need to open Maven POM file with specificity packing type with your editor or if you need to use different files without file extension, so we have to write a custom ContentDescriber to handle it.  We can write custom ContentDescriber by extending or implementing following classes/ interfaces. ITextContentDescriber XMLContentDescriber IContentDescriber BinarySignatureDescriber   So let's write a custom ContentDescriber by extending XMLContentDescriber package org.my.editor.describer; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentDescription; import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.XMLContentDescriber; public class MyDescriber extends XMLContentDescriber { public int describe(InputStream input, IContentDescription description) throws IOException { /** Implement logics to validate content by reading input strea

Pictures of Joplin Missouri Tornado - May 2011

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Alabama’s Deadliest Tornado

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deadly tornado spree across Alabama on April 27th Photo of Cordova Tornado from future I-22 on Apr. 27, 2011

NetBeans IDE 7.0 Final available for download!

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    NetBeans™ IDE 7.0 introduces language support for coding to the proposed Java SE 7 specification with the JDK 7 developer preview. Developers can now take advantage of the new language features from Project Coin /JSR 334, with editor support for code completion, hints, and in specific cases converting existing Java SE 6 based code to use the new Java SE 7 based syntax. The release also provides enhanced integration with the Oracle WebLogic server as well as support for Oracle Database and GlassFish 3.1. The Oracle WebLogic server integration enhancements include fast turnaround when redeploying ap

Amazon cloud glitch knocks out popular websites

Computerworld - Popular websites, including like Quora and Reddit, have been hampered or totally knocked out today because of server problems in Amazon.com's data center that handles the company's Web hosting services. Amazon began reporting trouble on its Service Health Dashboard about 5 a.m. Eastern today. At 5:16 a.m., the site reported connectivity issues that were affecting its Relational Database Service, which is used to manage a relational database in the cloud , across multiple zones in the eastern U.S. Amazon also reported problems with its EC2, or Elastic Compute Cloud, a service that provides pay-as-you-go compute capacity in the cloud. The company also reported issues with its EBS, or Elastic Block Storage, which is storage related to the EC2 service. "A networking event early this morning triggered a large amount of re-mirroring of EBS volumes in US-EAST-1," Amazon reported at 11:54 a.m. Eastern today. "This re-mirroring create

Google is Shutting Down Google Video

Source :  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383691,00.asp

Oracle gives up on commercial Open Office

http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/oracle-gives-commercial-open-office-084

Internet Explorer 10: Windows Vista users out of luck

"It might sound impossible, but Microsoft is about to make its Windows Vista operating system even more undesirable. The Redmond company is confirming that Internet Explorer 10, the next version of its web browser, won’t work on the 4-year-old Windows Vista (or earlier Windows versions) in the same way that IE9 left the older Windows XP (and Windows 2000) behind." more information : http://www.geekwire.com/2011/internet-explorer-10-windows-vista

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship, USA

Study Subject: Science & Technology Employer: National Academy of Science Level : Graduate Scholarship Description: The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program within the Policy and Global Affairs Division of the National Academies is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows develop basic skills essential to working or participating in science policy at the federal, state, or local levels. Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and those who have completed graduate studies or postdoctoral research in any social/behavioral science, medical/health discipline, physical or biological science, any field of engineering, law/business/public administration, or any relevant interdisciplinary field within the last five years are eligible to apply. Scholarship Application Deadline: May 1, 2011 Further Scholarship Information and Application

Tornado Cuts A Swath Through West Iowa Town

Source : The Associated Press, April 10, 2011 A large tornado flattened a grain elevator and destroyed homes and buildings on its weekend rampage through the small western Iowa town of Mapleton. Authorities reported no serious injuries. "It was huge, just huge," said Thomas Mohrhauser, an attorney in the town of about 1,200 people. "It just kept getting bigger and bigger." Mohrhauser said the tornado appeared to be about a quarter-mile wide when it cut a northwest path through town Saturday evening. National Weather Service meteorologist Van DeWald confirmed that Mapleton, located about 40 miles southeast of Sioux City, received "quite a bit of damage" from the tornado, which hit about 7:20 p.m. Saturday. Reports indicated the roof was blown off a high school, power lines were downed and several homes and buildings were destroyed. Authorities said three people w

Release schedule for Fedora 15

2011-01-25 Feature Submission Deadline 2011-02-08 Feature Freeze --Planning & Development Ends 2011-02-08 Branch Fedora 15 from Rawhide-- Branch Freeze 2011-02-15 Software String Freeze 2011-02-15 Alpha Change Deadline 2011-03-08 Alpha Release 2011-03-29 Software Translation Deadline 2011-04-05 Beta Change Deadline , Features 100% Complete 2011-04-19 Beta Release 2011-05-09 Final Change Deadline 2011-05-10 Compose 'Final' RC 2011-05-24 Fedora 15 Final Release

Welcome to my new blog!

Welcome to my new blog. The email account linked to my old blog ( http://blog.melan.za.net/ ) has been shut down and I can't remember my password Thanks  Melan Nimesh