Foo Infusion

A periodic infusion of foo from the world of a junior developer

Saturday, October 17, 2009

I started using a dom4j implementation of an interface provided by a client's framework libraries (ie something they built themselves).

Little did I know I would need the jaxen and saxpath jars as well. Hopefully this saves someone the time it spent me...

foo: jargon /foo/ (jargon file)

interj. Term of disgust.
[very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files).
First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples. See also bar, baz, qux, quux, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud.

infusion: n. (in-'fyÃ¼-zh&n) (wikipedia)

An infusion is a beverage made by steeping a flavoring substance in hot or boiling water. Infusions include coffee, tea and tisanes. Infusions can also be made in another substance, such as alcohol or vinegar, instead of water.
In medicine an infusion is a treatment in which a patient is attached to a device (a drip) that constantly delivers a liquid into the bloodstream. See route of administration for some further details.
In other contexts, an infusion can mean the introduction of a modifying quality or element. Thus it could be used to describe the addition of new subject matter into a curriculum, or the addition of talented individuals into an organization.