How do you format your changelog comments to track versions and
changes?  How do you format them so Eclipse does not mess them up?

Does anyone have an idea why the interface
java.util.Comparator explicitly mentions the
equals() method which is anyway defined for
each Object?

I use JCreator IDE. I can start a new project or simply start a new
.java file.
I am wondering what is the difference between a project and a simply a
single file ?

I'm thinking of programming a wrapper for an Enumeration or Iterator,
FilteredEnumeration or FilteredIterator respectively, which filters the
objects passing through it. Each would be a sub-class of the
corresponding API class. Each wrapper class would of course override

Im trying to reference a file on my own PC, not a remote serer... So my
question is it still possible to use URL?  Or would that be considered
bad form even if I get it to work?  or do you have another item that I
should be using in mind?

I'm creating an add-on to windows that will let me create files and run
basic functions such a image editing, both built in and on the hard
drive of a ftp server.  If anyone could help me it would be wonderful.
I am planning to use the Eclispe SDK woth the AspectJ plugin.  I have

Is it possible to use a filter to change a JSP's HTML code?
As an example, suppose I wanted a way to ensure that ALL input elements
had the attribute "autocomplete='false'" in them.  Could I create a
filter that runs after the servlet, that could grab the outgoing HTML

I'm trying to call a shell script from Java and read the script output.
Right now I get different text when I run the script from the command
line vs. when I run it from Java using the Process class.  Does anyone
know why?  Thanks.

Here is my problem, hopefully you can help me. I have a javascript
function on a web site that I need to call from Java. The script is
located in http://www.some.bogus.site.com/product/script.js and the
function is called encrypt(). It takes as an input a string and returns a

I would have thought there would be a way to get the JVM to load ant,
then process a great slew of build.xml scripts.  Yet I don't see how
you do that.
What is the trick?

When I encode the name of an image file to place into a URL, I
use this code:
URLEncoder.encode(imageName,"UTF-8")
This gives me image names with spaces replaced by + signs which

Can anybody please suggest me any useful idea about how to perform
n-gram based comparisons and edit-distance based comparisons between
words.(Words are strings and they are in Vectors).
Thanx in anticipation :)

I am looking for a free library that supports ftp over ssl.  I have
used several ftp over ssh libraries(sftp), but unfortunately I require
ssl.  The only ones i have seen that support ssl such as jscape or
jmethods require licensing fees.  Anyone know of one?

I have an old jsp like this:
<%
 MyObject myobject = new MyObject();
 String id = request.getParameter("id");

I know there is no "call by reference" in Java. But please help me
convince two of my colleagues. We started learning Java about one
month ago, and they just don't believe me when i try to explain that
there is a confusion when passing reference types as an argumetn to a