Occasionally I think that the design of 'ArrayList' is not good.
Because ...
The access modifier of 'E[] elementData' in 'ArrayList'
is 'private'.  That is, Java do not allow a programmer

I'm a long time Netbeans user but for the current project I need to
switch to Eclipse. I was wondering if someone could point me in the
direction of any good guides or articles on the main differences and
whats involved in conversion (any mindset changes and so on).

I want to know what  swing widget should I use to create a a tree with
graphics like the one in the Inspector window of NetBeans 5.0 IDE? Also
is there any widget similar to the Outlook bar on Microsoft Outlook?

Is there any free utilities I can use to view the memory used by all
objects so I can track down the offending code?
thanks
Tim

i've long time been interested in algorithmic mathematical art. That
is, mathematical or algorithmic visual art works that are generated by
computer such that the program's source code reflects the algorithmic
essence of the visual quality in the art work. (for detail, see

For some reason, maybe my code, maybe not but once I start actively
using my JTree I get these instances where the Swing app locks up, CPU
runs to 100% and I cant do anything but terminate the app.
Whats up with that?

       could anyone who knows how to solve this problem please give me
some hints?
The question is:
I have set up a Hashtable and strings as keys and empty ArrayList as

just a small thing which has been bugging me for some time now.
I have created a small GUI which serves as a Mudclient (works alright),
but there is a problem with this:
#code snippet:

My understanding is that String objects are immutable, thus you can not
change them but any changes will be saved in a different object of the
same class.
I have written the following simple programme, that converts the string

I have an app (Java not that is too pertinent) which is a fat client
GUI with a main form, numerous dialogs, wizards, menu actions, toolbar
functionality etc.
I am looking for a consolidated method for reporting errors.  I already

I'm running Windows 2000 on an AMD 1.0 GHz cpu with 512 MB RAM.  Would Java
SE 1.4.2 or 5.0 run faster on my system?

I want to write a java program to calculate MD5 checksum for a tomcat
file downloaded from apache's site:
http://www.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-5/v5.5.17/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe.MD5
0bb2827c5eacf570b6064e24e0e6653b *apache-tomcat-5.5.17.exe

I hope I am posting to the right forum I am sorry if I am not..
I am running Windows XP home edition SP 2 on an intel Mac using Apple's
bootcamp.
I am trying to run an application which is not starting and is giving

I am creating EJB 3.0 QL query on JBoss.
Query is basic select query [from tablename].
The table is an entity. Persist operations workd fine on the entity.
But when I am firing the above query it gives me QuerySyntaxException

Who can tell me how can i run java programs with very small JRE??? My
JRE is 50 MB