I've just discovered that it is possible to create package-level Javadoc
comments in Java 1.5.0 by putting them in a file called package-info.java. I
like the idea of documenting my packages but I'm finding the documentation
unclear on where exactly this package-info.java file is ...

My boss wants me to show a drop down menu (select) and based on the
option selected , he wants different search option to show up on the
same page without submitting the page , we are using struts , can
someone give an example of how to possibly use javascript onChange to

I need some help with a regex I'm trying to get working.  I'm trying to
write a regex which will handle a variable number of args in a string.
It will look something like this:
args=['token 1']

A quick search on Google shows that some people have had problems like
this when no valid printers were on line, or when CUPS wasn't properly
set up. So I plugged my USB printer in and turned it on, but still get
the same exception.

Hi group,
I am implementing a fairly simple and  straightforward  text-search (I
display each line that contains required pattern ) that supports
Boolean queries in the following format:

Hi. I would like to be able to create movie files from inside Java. I
would like to draw the movie frame by frame using standard Java
graphics and image classes, then write it out to an external file. I
would then use external tools such as ffmpeg to compress/reformat/add

I have this file.txt
sectionId: 10
overallstatus: 00101100
numberOfEvents: 0

I need to count the number of exceptions in a (set of) Java source
files.
Could anyone give me a lead on this? I have had a look at the
checkstyle plugin (Maven2). Am not too familiar with it yet... and it

I have written an Edge class that takes two Point values as parameters and I
want to make the class implement comparable but I dont know how to do it.
This is what I have got so far:
public class Edge implements Comparable<Edge> {

Is there a way of casting a String to a byte[]?
my objective is to write that string to a file using the method
FileOutputStream.write(byte[] arrayofbytes) and i get an inconvertible
types when i cast from String data to (byte[]) data.

What on earth is Java Web Start doing that takes it so long to find
out if there is a new version? See what I mean try
http://mindprod.com/webstarts/setclock.html
This is a trivial little app.  I don't think the problem is my

I am pretty new to Tomcat.  I am wondering if there are any standard
configurations that need to be added/modified as part of a Production
deployment aside from database URLs and those types of values.
Currently, we have mostly the same configuration for Production as we

Forgive me if this sounds a little stupid and ignorant but I am new to
both Java and programming generally and thought people on here might be
able to give me some good advice!
I am currently learning Java with a view to writing a small application

Is there anyway that I can access Symbian Code from J2ME.  I am working
with Nokia 6630 [It has Symbian OS, CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.0, WMA 2.0].
I need to write a SMS handler for any SMS that comes to the handset.
I have written a Code in J2ME but it can only listen to a specific Port

I kinda like programming (Java is the only language I know) but have not
been able to develop a complete software or get anywhere close to it.
The reason why I like it is because it gives me great satisfaction if I
can complete one.  However, after years of trying, I just could ...