does anybody know any lib for using OpenOffice documents from Java?
Thanks in advance

if ( str != null && str.trim().length() > 0 )
   ...
Wouldn't it be neat if JDK will just say
if ( !str.isEmpty() )

I am taking the exam for the Sun Microsystems Java Certified Programmer for
Java 1.4.2 on Monday
Can anybody speak about his/her experiences?
I am not asking for exam and question details.

A simple chatting system i am dealing with is as follows:
The Client accepts text in a TextField and sends it to a server.
Server sends it to all the connected clients.
The message received by Client is appended to a JTextPane.

When try to run my simple build.xml, I get these errors:
[javac] D:\Sunit\JavaFiles\workspace\Ch2\src\org\sj\Ch2_01Test.java:9:
package junit.framework does not exist
[javac] import junit.framework.TestCase;

. . . since having started using Validator, I'm getting an error when
I install my webapp. Does anyone know why this could be? I'm sure I've
done everything I need to in order to set up Validator.
Here's my error:

Is it any way to check the filesystem type on a computer i'm working on
using Java ???
Przemek

I'm reading about design pattern adaptor in the GOF book and
there is something that sounds strange.
When you use the adaptor design pattern you have these participants.
*Target

Hello, We are using Java 1.4 on Solaris.  Does anyone know of a
function, or can create one, that will take a string and return a
version where  accented vowels are replaced with normal vowels.  For
example, you may have a string

i'm trying to build a wsdl file by hand that uses document/literal
style.  Please can aanyone lead me to a good example or some skelton
code to get me started?
Because i need to return xml from one of my methods i've written a xsd

Hello Experts!
I'm reading about design patter in the GAMMA book and there is something
that I don't understand.
That's why I ask you.

Hey Everyone.. I am new to java and trying to experiment with the graphics side of java.
I currently have a 3D cube which I can spin around.. what I am trying ot do now is to map a photo to the sides of the cube..
am totally lost! Can anyone give me a pointer on how to start??
Help ...

Here is my code:
public class VowelCount{
 public static void main(String[] args)  {
   String[] firstNames =

I want to display an image in an About box.
As the image was not displayed, What's wrong with this code?
Is there any other method to display image? The file WetWild.jpg is in
current directory.

I have a JNI call, which should return an int array.
have created an intarray of size 3
jintArray cod  = (*env)->NewIntArray(env,3);\
now i want to set the elements of the array. i have the function