Hi all..
I'll be on my way to the book store tomorrow, looking for a beginner's
guide to java..
Is there any one in particular that people commonly recommend?

I have 3 applets in my application, on three different jsp pages.
On Mac os X,they work very well when java console is displayed. But,
when the console is hidden, the first applet is correctly executed but
the second can't be loaded and I have to kill Firefox.

I'm trying to get some sort of "screenshot" from a´Graphics object to an
Image object. In detail I want to copy a tiny area from Graphics to an
Image, so that can draw this part of the Graphics representation back to
Graphics after something else was drawn there. (I have to ...

I have a java program which can pass values (d_name,item) to any file
that I desire. I chose html and after linking this html file with the
java program, when I open the html file the address bar is something
like this:

     i am involved in a telnet application.the user enters input
through the jsp and the output is displayed on a jsp.the problem i am
facing is that the classes i am using works fine when input is given
through keyboard.if it is given through jsp,then there are missing

I'm trying to understand the concept of packaging which seems relatively
simple and clean, following the directory concept. To test this I've written
two files: 1 which defines a class and puts it inside a package and 1 which
tries to import the class defined in the package.

I've seen the samples for JavaMail that illustrate how to send an
attachment using FileDataSource. However, the constructors for
FileDataSource require either a java.io.File, or a String which is
resolved as the pathname to a file.

Hello, I have a window based java application. I like to add a new
feature, base on a plug-in concept. The ability to add new
functionality as a plugin to the existing core application is the goal.
Anybody know of any general best practice? I'm open for any

I am trying to write a short application which will take a
video...convert it to a series of images, and then compare the images
to detect motion. Now I know motion detection is not a trivial task,
but I am attempting the crude approach first.

When I am done clipping the java.awt.Graphics object, is it ok to call
Graphics.setClip(null) to remove all previous clipping areas and restore the
Graphics object to its original state?

I downloaded GCJ and found a plugin for Eclipse, but after
configuration, it seems not as working as expected, anyone knows why?
Thx!
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/

I've posted this here and in the comp.lang.java.programmer group
because I'm not really sure if it's a Java problem or an XML problem!
Basically I have written a Java application which loads an XML file and
validates it (it is going to do other stuff with it as well once I get

I'm curious as to how I can access the name of a file owner through
Java.  It's clearly not a part of the "file" object type in java, but
from what I understand there are some API's I can use to get all the
attributes of a file that are in the Windows XP security settings

I know there are at least three java IDE/Platforms which claim to be
very extensible: Eclipse, Netbeans and jEdit.  I am thinking of writing
a little IDE for a small, non-mainstream language.  Which one of the
existing IDEs is likely to be the easiest to extend?  Provide most

Could someone please explain the JDK 1.5 warning below?  It appears every
readObject( ) for a list.  I've tried several things, but cannot correct the
code to eliminate the warning.
Sample code: