DateFormat.format doesn't seem to be able to automatically pick up
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I am trying out applet in Tomcat in localhost and I would like to ask how I
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to the local machine like c:/xxxxx/file ???

A panel is filled with components, and I'd like to know if such method
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all the components inside the container (without redundant space). It's not
a big deal to code it myself, but I was just wondering if ...

Just learning arraylists at the moment, and ran into a problem with
the trying to return the result of the contains method.
I have an arraylist called the set, and the following code:
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Hey.. I'm having problems with stopping this timer from outside the
'runTimer()' class.. i have no problems calling 'cancel()' from inside
the run() method but I want to be able to stop the Timer when I press
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I'm going to be setting up a build system for J2EE development with open source
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I really liked CMVC when I was working at IBM, as you ...

I like to freshen up my Java memory on the way of getting certified in
J2. Can someone point me to a tutorial based on Tomcat, MySQL, XML,
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So I've two sites (under different domains). First side has this form-bean:
[CODE]
<form-bean name="logonForm"
type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm">

Hi group!
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Java 1.5(for whatever reason) has added covariant return types ie
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I'm having trouble extracting a DLL file from a JAR file.  The code I
give below used to work, but for some reason its broken now!
I've written an application that uses "plugins" shipped as JAR files.
When my main application instanciates a JAR file, it checks to see if

I would like to know if there is a way that Java would capture
some key combinations (short-cuts) even if program's window
does not have focus.
I am programming a program which would be minimized for the most

I'm Confused, new to java.
I have an html file that has javascript.
The html file starts an applet that uses JSObject to access javascript
variables.

I just had a discussion with a couple of people concerning how to handle
exceptions that occur in the close method of connection and statements.
People usually say: it's an exception in the close method, that means
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Hi, all,
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