I'm trying to get Java to create a file in a new directory (which
already exists).  Using FileOutputStream, I've been able to create a
new file, but it always puts it into the same directory (as far as I
can tell, there is only one argument for file name... nothing for

I am a very beginner with programming java.
I am trying to use java.beans.XMLEncoder for creating a String
containing the XML serialization of my object.
I am using the following code (probably clumsy code)

I have a quetsion in java for byte datatype does '0' correspond to
true and '1' to false or vice versa
thanks

I have a project where I want to transmit requests in the form of xml
documents from a Java client which will then accept xml documents in
response from a server over a tcp/ip socket connection. I've been told
that the content of this information also needs to be transmitted ...

my ISP provides support for Resin. If I write an app that uses
hibernate, will I be able to use this it under this Resin install??
Thanks David

I'm a java newbie and I have a question about RMI on Windows.
In COM on Windows, you can create an out of process server that exists
in it's own process and you can call methods on it. Does RMI work this
way? Can I instantiate remote objects of the same class and have each

What are the best practises for differentiating a web server by
production, uat, and development environment?
I want to deploy the exact same war or ear file to production and test
and have the servlets aware of which environment they are deployed to.

What are your opinions of this:
http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/
A kick in the face for JSF etc or a complimentary tool?

I am trying to setup a custom appender that will log thread specific
messages to seperate log file (customer-requirement).
Is something like this possible?  Any ideas would be helpful.

Can anybody advice me any open-source webservice solutions for Axis2(or
Axis1 if nothing avaliable for  Axis2).
Thanks!

Whats the difference between Design and Architecture? In my opinion, design
is the superset of architecture, because architecture needs design or design
should precede architecture. For example, in a three tier architecture, I
design first tier as the presentation, second tier as ...

When is it better to use Hibernate versus EJB or JDBC?  Are there times
we would use JDBC or EJB, and not Hibernate?
I know Hibernate models the architecture of EJB 3.0.  What I have
discovered so far is

I'm right into Java (for biz) and (C++ for games) but I keep getting
asked C# questions, small problem I don't know C#, I'd like to point my
friends to a forum as good as this one, is there any such thing?
Cheers

I'm trying to create the w3c object model for the w3c schema. I want to
have a Java object named Schema and all of the other classes. I've
tried to use castor to create the model, but it choked on types with
the W3C standard schema that are not part of the w3c schema (huh?).

I need to have a program that produce a call graph which display the
calling of a method to other classes, and vice versa. It is expected
that it will produce something like:
  class A