I am going to interview next week for programming job. I am new to
java, but I am reading a lot. The advisor at college said she knows C++
people are getting the question write this with no library call:
int atoi(const char* num); // takes string and returns integer value

let's say
JTextField f = new JTextField(100);
f.setText( "more than 100 letters..| <inside is 100 letters end");
in a case setSize(400,200), or supposed the wide-size for this f is

I am marshalling a java object to xml. I would like to include a
stylesheet declaration in my castor mapping xml file.
My mapping file looks as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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                                        JAVA/  CONTRACT / FT  WAYNE, IN

I'm using Eclipse 3.2.0 and when I use the context help (eg hover or F2
on API keywords), any of the URLs inside the help, don't do anything. I
get a 'hand' to click on the URL, but clicking doesn't launch anything
inside Eclipse and doesn't launch a web browser. I've tried ...

I'm trying to use a CMP based getter (getFname()). During compile
phase, I am getting the message that it "cannot find symbol".  Since I
can use these definitions to do the actual creation and removal of the
data on the database, why would this simple getter not work?

I have a problem with a socket connection. I open a connection to the
server, send some data and close it again. So far, so good. The problem
arises when I want to send more data (eg. 50kbyte). In such a case, the
Client always terminates with a SocketException and the message ...

I have been getting the error:
Can only iterate over an array or an instance of java.lang.Iterable.
on FC5 using Eclipse Java Compiler 3.1.2.
Here is the code:

I would like to be able to send HTTP requests without having to rely on
java.net.URL.  Any ideas as to how I'd do this?  I don't see any
function that'd allow me to send any sort of data on java.sun.com...

I have a property file in the /etc directory ...
I want to load that property file, so I made a custom ClassLoader class
=>
package ntc.paim.web;

I have got a question about Java Server Faces. My current task at work
is to design and implement a new webshop. A primary target is that the
graphic-design of the webshop has to be customizable. My question is
now, as i am not very experienced with JSF yet, is JSF suitable for

When you write Thread t = new MyThread(); r.start(), do you get a new
thread (you know like in Linux you call pthread_create() and kernel
gives you a new thread for running). Maybe java is optimizing and JVM
will not call pthread_create when you new your thrread?

I need to save permanently a KeyPair Object (I mean a public RSA key
and a private RSA key). So I'm thinking to save it on a file protected
by a password.
How Can I do that?

i'm a newbie in J2EE and now try to test simple stateless session bean
(EJB3) on JBOSS 4.0.4GA with Swing client.
The problem is - when running the client on the same java machine as
jboss everithing is ok, but when i try to run client from another

I want to know how to execute unix based application programs through
java/JSP/servlet?
is it possible to do system level programming through java like in C?