Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

Ansible: overriding boolean values using extra-vars at runtime

July 28, 2021
Categories: Automation

If you are using “–extra-vars” at runtime to override a boolean variable, then you should use the JSON syle (instead of key-value pairs) to avoid type conversion issues. For example, if there is a boolean variable named “myflag” that is default to true in your playbook and you attempt to override it like below, it … Ansible: overriding boolean values using extra-vars at runtime

Java: Using XMLAdapter to process custom datatypes using JAXB

February 2, 2018
Categories: Java

JAXB provides a framework for two-way binding between XML and Java structures, making it easy for developers to serialize and deserialize their XML into Java objects. Decorating a class with @XmlElement and @XmlAttribute annotations is all it usually takes to build a rich domain model from XML, but sometimes you get into a situation where … Java: Using XMLAdapter to process custom datatypes using JAXB