Jetspeed preferences or the Portal api preferences are getting on my nerves. I am specifying preferences in the psml file. When I debug I get calls to two separate FragmentImpl.getPreferences methods.

The first is a call to the FragmentImpl in package,
org.apache.jetspeed.om.page.psml
Which is related to the portlet itself.

The second is a call to the FragmentImpl in package,
org.apache.jetspeed.om.page.impl
Which is related to layouts.

The fist call populates a o.a.j.om.preference.impl.FragmentPortletPreferenceSet from o.a.j.om.page.ContentFragmentImpl. Then pluto eats the preference and I never see it in my portlet.

I just participated in Jim's web seminar on LAMP. I picked up a few tips about linux.

/etc/security/limit.conf

fs.file.limit
max.user.processes
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range

Apache
KeepAlives
Min/Max SpareServerThreads
MaxRequestsPerChild

Contact info:
jimj@covalent.net
seminars@covalent.net

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'x'

Hmm, this is the second time I got this exception using Andromda. It is caused by an invalid character in my @andromda.presentation.view.field.format tagged value. Dates can not use the 'maxlength 10' value 'strict dd/MM/yyyy' is better validation rule.