I'm currently developping a client / server application, with client &
server running on the same PC for the moment.
the goal is to ultimately run them over a WAN, and in order to improve
performances & bandwidth usage, I'd like to develop a tool that

Does a file have to be closed to use setLastModified() to change its
modification date?
I have a RandomAccessFile that I am writing to, but the modified time
doesn't change when it is written to. I would like use

Is there a way to validate a XSD schema?
I perform a validation of a XML file according to this schema with
<code>
SchemaFactory schemaFactory =

Folks,
Can anyone tell me how to set matters up so that an ObjectInputStream
(connected to a socket) can be made to time out if nothing is available
to be read within a specified timeout period?

can anyone give me an example of screen scraping a website and return
the result e.g. html as a string
or lead me to some tutorials / examples
many thanks

How can I use the StreamInput and the StreamOutput classes in order to
save images from an URL to the user directory?
suppose I have:
URL imageURL = getURL(image);

The Struts Validator floatRange seems to have roundoff error.
For the validation.xml configuration snippet below, user input of
90.00001 fails validation, as expected, but 90.000001 does not.
<field property="baseLocalities.latitude" depends="float,floatRange">

I would like to know what is the current directory of my class,
I have tried System.getProperty("user.dir");
but it just gives me the current directory of the application, and I
want to know the current location of a class inside a package:

Is it possible to put a swing component on top of another and
make at least the one on the top transparent so that the
contents of both are visible?
My specific problem is that I am using a package (JUNG) that

I tried to use JLayeredPane as follows and nothing in it shows up.
What is the problem?
thanks,
alex

I want to retrieve the browser's window handle using a java application
running on W2k. I've read that i might have to use JNI but I'm not sure
where to start. Any Advice would be appreciated.

JET is an AOT (Ahead Of Time) optimising compiler. I use it for nearly
everything I run on my own machines. Excelsior came out with Jet
Version 4 today.
This marks some big changes precipitated with a new legal agreement

I basically have a set of strings :
String[] strs = {"First", "Next", "Third", "Fourth", "Fifth"};
as an array.
I would like to see if an element is contained in this set of strings.

    I noticed recently something that could qualify as an anti
    pattern (it's an instance of "designing for the future"). Please
    comment.
    I have a class which is not constrained by any interface. It has

I was trying out variants on the property file reading inside a
servlet. I m facing a problem.
The code given below in which InputStream is a private memeber variable
shows the value of key only once, later invocation of the same servlet