Testing

I have question regarding best practices.
Let's say I am writing a method that takes a String parameter and
returns a formatted String.
For this discussion we'll use the following.

I am having some issues when using Javamail and an IMAP folder. I am
trying to check for an IMAP folder for specific messages (this part is
working great). When I notice a message I am interested in I begin to
process the message and hopefully save the contents to disk. What I am

I am developing an application that supports loading plugins. It is
using the JPF framwork. The problem that I am having is that I want to
start each of the plugins within the application in different java
versions (start a JVM within another JVM). Currently, the plugins are

I have problems invoking a Web Service with AXIS.
When I call a web service which is on localhost, the process freezes
when invoke() is called.
SOAPEnvelope response = createCall(serverURI).invoke(request);

What is the best data structure in Java for the next example:
I want to store different properties with their values in a structure that
is fast for inserts and even faster for retrival. It should also provide
the ability to search for only a fraction of the property.

I need to convert "20050930" to "9/30/2005 12:00:00.000 AM" using Java
Strings and (perhaps?) regular expressions.
The idea is to match 2005 as the year, and put it under the [yyyy] part
of mm/dd/yyyy, then match the next 2 digits of mm, then the next 2

I need some help on setting up SSL to use with JNDI and accessing an
LDAP server. Do I need a CA cert, client cert, server cert, a
combination of those or none of them?   Java docs on sun.com aren't
clear on exactly what is needed. What stores do I put them in and what

I am using Netbeans V5.0 and using a properties file for an application.
How can I specify where the file is stored WITHOUT using the full path of
the properties
file.

I'm trying to write a program that simulate traffic. I've got a class
"Scheduler" that simulate the movement of streets, cars ...
I've created an applet which calls a thread; in his method "run" I simply
call the method run of the Scheduler (which modifies cars position ...)

Please consider:
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public class ClassA {
   public void someMethod(ClassB objB) {

Why does the BigInteger class have a few pre-defined static constants,
as in ZERO, ONE, and TEN?
Seems very arbitrary.  What is the reasoning behind this in the first
place?

can we import a .net file to java if yes tell me y???

Sorry to post here. I couldn't find a suitable newsgroup. Besides I
don't have access to eclipse.org at this time.
Can someone please tell me why eclipse is deleting the source files in
the repository (the ultimate physical location) upon building? Someone

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