is it possible to retrieve the server name or ip
from a Connection or a Statement
from the package java.sql.
thank you in advance

I'm trying to write a plugin-like system for Tomcat. The plugin is a
class with some default method. All plugins must extend this base
class.
Here is my architecure :

All,
Currently I am using Java Preferences to store preferences to the
default location (on windows the registry).
The issue is that some users will move from machine to machine and in

That's certainly a very basic question but I don't know how to add
javadoc comments relative to a package? (I'm under Eclipse).
Thanks.
-o--

Have somebody done this and would me willing to share info?
I have a webserver running IIS6. I have installed Tomcat 5.5.12. My
servlets and applets communicate fine throw port 8080. I would like to
change the port to 80 for tomcat. I have tried many configuration

what's the differences between collocated architecture
and distributed architecture??
My understanding is that collocated architecture has
everything in a single machine? i.e. There is only

I am able to call some C code from Java via JNI.
Is it possible to compile Java with gcj and call the same
C code directly ? What needs to be done ?
DG

Please set your reader to fixed width for readabilities sake...
I'm aware of the plethora of XML formatters (e.g. though with Xerces,
JDOM, DOM4J), but I have a few special wants.
- To be able to drop attributes down to the next line if there are more

I built a JApplet and saw its running in Applet Viewer.
However, when I tried to view it in Web Browsers,
it doesn't show anything. (NullPointerException)
I tested in IE 6.0 SP2 with JRE 1.5, and Firefox 1.0.7 with JRE 1.5

hello friends;
             Lately i've come across this javax.media.*; package can
anyone tell me what it is and  where i can find and download it....
thanks

I have the following codes to parse xml using xerces and I think when I
have line #2
and line #3 I got ExceptionInInitializerError as shown bellow. The
error message

I have recently started coding with Hashtables in java, and I am having
an issue when I try to access the data from another class.
In its own class, I am able to access the data from a db, but when I
try to access it from another class, I can not see any data.

Lets say I have a class MyClass, that is final, and has a private
constructor. So I can't instantiate it.
Now, if I want to call a static method myMethod("hello"), I simply do
MyClass.myMethod("hello"). This is all basic stuff.

Just skim through and if its an old, already-discarded idea, dont
bother, just reply "old, discarded"
Speeding up java:
I feel that quite a large part of the java community is busy comparing

Looking for people that will be responsible for designing and coding
changes to support the building of eLearning training courses. These
changes will be made to an existing architecture that the contractor
will be trainined on. One contractor must have the following skills: