This is a hardware question.
I use Eclipse and Netbeans. Eclipse more than Netbeans but if I try to build
a J2EE (EJB) App I may switch over to Netbeans because of the integration
with Sun's App server.

Let us say, I have a static method as follows:
static <T> getData(Class<T> cls, String name)  {
  ...
  return cls.cast(..);

I completed a project for a major client Chicago area in FileNet/HPII
area.
This Project environment includes
       1: HPII on SunOS 5.8.

Could anyone suggest a way to convert a short to a 2 byte array and a
int to a 4 byte array and vice versa? Is there any way to do it using
utility classes provided by java?
I have just begun to code in java :(,

Hi, I'm trying to implement a http1.0 client program that closes each
tcp connection after a file is transfered.  Once I establish an http
connection, how do I close the tcp connection and then reconnect?
Thanks in advance.

I have a strange problem...
The applet i created in order to display a video flow does work on my
LAN and does not work when it is on WAN...
The repaint() method seems to have no effect on the screen.

At runtime I retrieve the name of a function that I need to execute
from a table.  Can anyone show me how to call the function given just
the String that is returned?
Thanks

I have created a sax parser to parse elements from a XML file into a
database. I thought everything worked smooth, but while testing I
found that sometimes element values were incorrectly parsed. Sometimes
just the last part of the value is parsed (e.g. "00" instead of

  I am currently trying to write a servlet on websphere running under
USS on ZOS. I want to read some TSO datasets, to compile reports, I
have no problems reading files which reside within the HFS file
structure but would also like to read TSO datasets. What would be the

At runtime I return the name of a function to execute from a table.
Can someone show me how to actually call that function using the
returned String?
Thanks

i want to use a grid in my front end using java. in this grid i want to
fetch the information from the database. can i make such a grid using
jsp.
if yes, can anybody tell me how?

Is it normal that when starting a jar, the -classpath command line option is ignored?
$ cat A.java
class A {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

regards:                                              
    I write java code to simulate my machine as a HTTP server,
    what is the "MUST REPLY" HTTP response headers?
    In my small survey,I think there are 2 "MUST REPLY" HTTP response

okay, so I have posted a lot about customizing java's look and feel on
java.sun.com but nobody ever really posts back, so does this mean this
is not a well resourced topic or is it that I am asking silly
questions?

 i am using org.apache.commons.httpclinet api to authenticate the
server.
 i am using the following code.
client.getState().setCredentials("FORM","http://localhost:8080/admin",