I want to sign up for Java web blog, any good suggestions?
thanks

How can I obtain current path of the main class (or JAR file) ? Perhaps
by using args from the 'main' function or there is some ENVIRONMENT set
by jvm ?
thx

Hello all, i am trying to compare two exact strings and seem to be
failing at it, and just wondering what i am doing wrong.  basically i
have a postgresql table:
foo(t1, t2);  both t1 and t2 are of type char(20).

Viewing the source code for JComboBox I see multiple documentation of
the such :
 /**
  * This protected field is implementation specific. Do not access

A basic thread question that i can't seem to find an answer to in the
faqs:
The question is how to run a METHOD as a thread... situation is below:
I've written a MonteCarlo simulation program in Java (with minimal use

I can't seem to set the background colour of a JFrame. When the Frame is
loaded then I see the correct colour for a split second but then it's
gone. Here is the very simple sample code, any help much appreciated:
import javax.swing.*;

  My office computer is in a sub-net, and my home computer have a real
IP. I want to write a java programmer to detect which port is
blocked/un-block within the sub-net.
  How can i open a socket that specify the port? not the destination

I don't know him, I don't have any connection with him, I only found
out about it on searching sourceforge for the term "spreadsheet", but
it looks intriguing like hell.
http://matrex.sourceforge.net/

I'm using the class NTEventLogAppender in log4j distribution.
My code is simple:
 NTEventLogAppender eventLogAppender = new NTEventLogAppender();
 eventLogAppender.setSource("ASDF"); // <-- I CHANGE THE SOURCE

Or is there something better for someone who is a beginner to Java?
Is one of these two books better for learning Swing? Overall which is better for all the
important topics?
I've been using the downloaded version of Thinking in Java as a reference while reading

Hei!
I´m makin a Invaders game to my homepage and
i hav drouble with updatin the screen...
What kind a technique is the best for my game and

Thanks,
I'm using a JTextArea to store data read from a file and I need to implement a
search->find
feature that highlights the text found in the JTextArea.

I want to use a tree ADT (preferably a red black tree) would rather not
have to "roll my own" - but I don't want to import the SWING stuff, I'm
writing a session bean and I don't need the GUI stuff - any ideas?
Thanks

I have some piece of code which I want to convert to Java using the
BCEL. Methodcalls etc work fine but now I am stuck with the "if then
else" structure.
Can someone please post an example for something simple like:

I'm looking for a way to drag and trop text onto a picture and save the
position
it needs to be in a way that i can access the saved positions in asp.
so the best way is if i can get it into a database or txt file.