I can't find mention of the equals contract in the Java Languge Spec.
Does anyone know where it is and does anyone know of a searchable
version of this document. (I suppose we shoud all know it so well that
this is pointless!).

I posted this to the visio group but can't get a response so I thought
I would give it a try here since I don't believe there is a work around
for this in visio 2k3.
Hello,

I'm using JTable component inside JFrame.Frame has BorederLayout and
table component is situated in center..
My problem is little complicated , i'm adding row's through
addRow(Vector v) of defaultTableModel.Object row consists of String and

I use a arraylist to store parameters for a perticular method, which is
going to be invoked via reflection. The method maybe defined in any
number of parameters, or be defined in varargs, which I cannot ensure
at design time. How can I use my parameter arraylist to invoke the

i have dowloaded and installed java virtual machine, latest version.
Now, i have to install java access bridge, which i have downloaded but
when i try to install access bridge installation stops and says No java
vm found which support java access bridge. Since i need this

A little history:
I have created a jar file, MyJar.jar
I've set the correct Manifest file so that it can run just by
double-clicking it in Windows Explorer. And it runs; no problem here.

Is there an api out there which can help me generate xpath for a node?
I mean I am navigating an xml using sax. On satisfaction of a
particular condition on a node I want to generate the xpath for that
node.

If I extend an exception (which can be serialized) do I need to
explicitly implement serializable?
public class MyException extends Exception {
    static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

I have a very basic swing app with a button that when clicked adds some
text to a JTextArea.
It all works fine until I try to use
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()) to

I'm doing a project in school in Java, and I've come a cross several
ways of programming, when dealing with classes. E.g. I have an Inventory
class, that obviously holds a lot of data about what is in the inventory.
When I deal with my main program i find that I can deal with it ...

How can you make 2 different submit buttons request different Servlets in
the same form tag in a html file? For i.e if it looks something like this:
<form method="post" action="/Servlet1">
<input name="button1" type="submit" value="openServlet1">

I have a method which maps resultsets to objects - one row only in this
method.
I have several different SQL, with different columns selected - each
using the same method.

Once again, I'm having trouble with some code (this group has already
gotten me out of a few jams). I'm writing a seemingly simple
temperature conversion program, and it works great. I have gotten it to
compile and everything. The problem; I can't get it to loop (yes this

Doesn't Object.wait() imply that the JVM will yield the thread? I was
assuming that and was disappointed when I found that this not
necessarily the case?

this is my first post in this newsgroup, I hope the question is appropriate.
I am working with java.lang.instrument and I'd like to discuss some
aspects, is there anybody that works with this api?
Francesco