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Web 8 DXA 1.5 Java web site failing with "Unable to get response from OData service"

It turns out this is all to do with encoding. In each microservice bin/start.sh script replace the JVM_OPTIONS with this: JVM_OPTIONS="-Xrs -Xms256m -Xmx512m -Dorg.apache.tomcat.util.buf.UDecoder....
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DXA & DD4T: Activate json compression

You can turn it back on in your Spring dispatcher servlet XML: <!-- DD4T Provider beans --> <bean id="binaryProvider" class="org.dd4t.providers.impl.BrokerBinaryProvider"> <...
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Custom Link and Richtext processing in DXA Java 1.7

Some time ago, we also worked on a DXA implementation where we customized the link resolver (I think we were using DXA 1.5 or 1.6, but the approach should be similar). The Spring framework should ...
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DXA 1.2 doesn't support PAGE LINKING in the Page meta data schema OOB?

Indeed, DXA model mapping doesn't support Page Links just like CM itself doesn't support that. What you are suggesting (putting a Page TCM URI in a text field) is a bad idea in general; it is not a ...
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DXA Java Model mapping issue

I think the problem here is that the implicit semantic mapping "de-pluralizes" the name of a list-type property. So, a property called "items" implicitly maps to a CM field called "item". However, as ...
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DXA with Java | Cannot detect ViewModel for ViewData MvcDataImpl

The first issue clearly states that the custom models and views have not been registered with DXA. You'd have to create a class that extends AbstractModuleInitializer and register all views and custom ...
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DXA Java 1.5 on Web 8.1.1 | Localization not found error when browsing homepage

You are requesting http://10.9.5.175:8080 You have your BaseUrls set as http://localhost:8080 Add a Base URL of http://10.9.5.175:8080 You can add a BaseURL with the Powershell command (assuming ...
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Can we upgrade spring version in dxa from current 3.2.8 version

If you are using Tridion 2013 SP1, that implies that the CD libraries are used in-process and hence the version of Spring is dictated by CD (or at least: the version of Spring you use should be 100% ...
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DXA: Disable DD4T EHCache

That EHCache uses a lot of memory makes sense, since when caching is turned on, it will use the configured amount of memory to store items. If you disable cache, be prepared to take a big ...
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How to redirect to a static (present in file system) 404 error page in DXA 1.5 Java instead of error-404.html

In case of 404 exception DXA indeed resolves a page error-404 and shows it. Such a case is handled by @ExceptionHandler(NotFoundException.class) annotation in PageController. I don't see any way how ...
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DXA 1.7 dependencies not in Maven Central / not needed

You don't need easylicense, that's right. There were some known (and fixed in some later versions) bugs in CIL when some artifacts were still dependent on CIS stuff. Simply exclude easylicense from ...
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Target Groups Not Excluding Component Presentations

Bart, your comment was correct. It seemed that the target groups were published, but the extension dao (<Bundle src="storage_extension_dao_bundle.xml" />) wasn't properly set up, and the ...
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DXA JAVA Custom controller for PageModel

The solution is surprisingly simple. @Controller public class MyPageController { @Autowired private PageController pageController; @RequestMapping(value = "/articles") public String ...
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Is DXA-2.1 available with Java?

DXA 2.1 is avaliable for .NET only, see here The Java version is planned for release soon after 2.1 in the subsequent 2.2 release Also, here (in the comment):
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The very first time Page loading takes too much time

There are various reasons to your page loading for the first time call will get slow. The first request to a publication requires downloading & parsing of a lot of binary files with publication ...
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How to get static page content from DXA in spring controller?

I am assuming you have understanding of basic flow of DD4T based content model where Component Template is directly connected with component view and Page Template is directly connected with Page view ...
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DXA 1.2 Modules for Java?

Starting from version 1.2, the SDL Digital Experience Accelerator (DXA) provides support for Java, which unfortunately because of time contrainst did not come with Java modules yet (so indeed the ...
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How can I just use the portion of DXA or DD4T which enables deserialization of TRIDION-published XML files?

DXA uses the DD4T serialization/deserialization because we wanted to adopt it as a future standard, so from that point of view I would say you are on the right approach of wanting to reuse it indeed. ...
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'<>' operator is not allowed for source level below 1.7

Add those lines to JSP servlet settings in Apache's Tomcat 7.0\conf\web.xml. <init-param> <param-name>compilerSourceVM</param-name> <...
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Universe must not be null or empty Error SmartTarget

The error indicates that something went wrong when loading your configuration file (e.g. it is invalid). To resolve it, make sure your smarttarget_conf.xml file has a value for the DefaultUniverse ...
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DXA 1.7 dependencies not in Maven Central / not needed

For future reference: We had to put the artifacts from #3 in the local repository, after that the build worked. We did not need to exclude #1 and #2. (I must post this as an anwser since I am not ...
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DXA 1.7: Custom Configuration / Resource Schema

Whether you use a key value pair or a specific Schema doesn't matter, the configuration is serialized the exact same way. You can for example take a look at the Google Analytics module, it has a ...
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How to remove the HTML content from a Page when Region is used in DXA 1.5 Java?

As Bart says, DXA in general is designed to generate HTML, but in your case particularly the use of the dxa:region tag causes issues. You could let the Page View output the content from the "Code ...
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Content Broker database - Using non relational database with DXA

SDL doesn't currently support any non-relational database for the broker, so the answer is "it depends". If you want to you can use a different storage layer altogether by extending the deployer to ...
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SDL DXA Model Service cache not getting invalidated

The default configuration of all caches in the DXA source code is set on production/live values, to ensure the performance is optimal in case no changes are being made. However, when you want to ...
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How DXA is different than having a Dynamic Component Template which serves the response in JSON?

DXA is so much more than just outputting content to JSONs. There is a lot of material about DXA and its features, but some of the most interesting/valuable are : it's SDL supported the framework has ...
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Optimal way to expose Tridion content to external systems?

Whether creating a REST API over OData is a good option for you, nobody can answer but you I would say. Simply using a REST service is commonly accepted as one of the easier ways for external systems ...
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Page Model is null after model pipeline

Have you enabled the core-module maven profile? Otherwise check this and all the steps in Nunos excellent step by step guide for DXA Java: http://www.tridiondeveloper.com/using-and-debugging-dxa-java-...
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DXA 1.8 Java Application Error

Let me explain how to interpret such a Stack Trace: The exception is a NullPointerException, meaning that the code tried to dereference a pointer which is null. This generally means the code is not ...
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How to add the same http://localhost:9080 as a 'BaseUrls' in "preview and live" target in topology manger

This is expected behaviour as you shouldn’t be able to use the same url for two sites (within Topology Manager). You’re going to have to either: Specify a different port Use a different hosts name (...
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