Are there any "rules of thumb" that would help me decide whether to
extend an existing class or use the decorator pattern when adding
functionality to a base class?
Regards

crackers, anybody tell me how to design a discussion forum using java.
jsp servlets.
is there any template available. if u got the coding forward it to me.
its urgently required.mine is srinirsr@gmail.com, srinirsr@yahoo.com,

I've found that there is no doubleclick method in MouseAdapter in
JPanel
How can I process DoubleClick event?

I'm trying to use Java's generics to implement a concept that is
straightforward with C++'s templates.  The underlying idea is known as
the Curiously Recurring Template Idiom, first described, as far as I
know, by James Coplien.  I've used it in C++ to encapsulate generic

I am trying to make a change (add a jdbc resource) to the server.xml
file within the "workspace/Servers/Tomcat v5.5 Server @
localhost-config" directory (running on Win XP Home).
Unfortunately, if the server.xml file *appears* to have been updated --

There is something about being more specific and general?
what are those?

I have created a jtextfield that uses a defaultModel of a
PlainDocument.
I do this so that I can limit the input in the textfield to 3 digits.
The problem that seems to have arisen is that when I call

I am looking for a set of "User Interface Guidelines" for blackberry
similar to the following document:
http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/docs/ui/UIGuide_Front.html
Anyone aquainted with such a document is more than welcome

I am given the URL of a video file [Real/Windows media]. Is there
anyway to find the length of the video and size of that file
programatically [Java/Linux]?
-- Mahesh

Hi all, just two quickies
Firstly, is there any way of making a Java method to shutdown a computer? I
need to be able to shitdown the server from a remote location, I can do the
sockets and all that bit but the only way I can think of at the moment is

I'm trying to use the xjc command line utility with no luck.
For some bizare reason I'm constantly getting an error even though I
think I'm using it according to the instructions.
The xjc I'm using is the one that comes with sun's jWSDP 1.6.

Any solution for No touch deployment in java?

Hello everybody, I want to do the following:
I have an application that continuously receives and decodes images from
a stream. Since image decoding is an expensive task, I decided to
create a new thread that listens for incoming fragments and decodes them.

Consider a program where you read a file into RAM in one great String,
process it, create a new version, then if it is different, write it
back on one fell swoop. Repeat for thousands of files.
From GC's point of view, you are creating whacking two huge byte

Hi guys I am trying to do a multiclient server using Socket and
ServerSocket, the funny thing is, when i try to send a lot of data
(infinite loop) in the connection, the exception is not being thrown,
but this only happens when i try to send data singularly (not in loop).