I have this simple client/server application, but for some reason the
client blocks after typing the first input (of course the server is
running an the client is connected):
import java.io.*;

i am trying to implement interface, and static method cannot be called
in non static method. So my one class is public static void main and
other is non-static.
Test file -----------------

i am using some classes which were written to be executed by a web
service and am trying to use them in a test application which will use
a simple main method.
the class am trying to use has a

Hie.    Guys, how do i get an enumeration of all the roles defined in a
java application programmatically? am using Websphere appliaction
server V6 as my application development platform.

When you are programming, what kind of music or which song you love to
hear? Is it classic music, piano, or pop music? Is it by male singer or
by female singer? I think sometime hearing music would be helpful in
our productivity, right?

I'm looking for an algorithm for generating discrete random numbers with a  
binomial distribution using a uniform RNG.  Basically something like the  
Box-Muller algorithm but for binomials.  I know I can use a normal  
distribution (and hence Box-Muller) as an approximation, I was ...

i've developed a jsf application but now i need to care to its
aspect...
that is change style of page,organizing input forms etc....
Does exists for jsf page templates?

Is there any java libraries around on the net that enables me to
compress animated gif into a smaller file size?
Appreciate any advice.

Can anyone suggest a way to achieve dynamic servlet mappings in tomcat 5.5.
What I want to do is run a web app with any number of paths all pointing to
one servlet.  These paths would be loaded from a database and extra paths
can be added at runtime by the user.  So an example ...

In my application, a "Timer-1" thread seems to appear out of nowhere
and it does not let the application to shut down. This thread belongs
to a ThreadGroup that I create within the application and it starts
while another thread of the same ThreadGroup is executing. I am able to

I would like my java app to launch an external program.  The external
program is the Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe).
I would like my java app to launch it as it's own separate process.  So
I would like a new window to appear, with the prompt showing.  I can't

Today I was part of a fruitful discussion. But that left me in mere
oblivion.
A static method cannot access non static members of the class. Well, thats
fine and clear.

I was using C/C++ and make files for many years (2 decades). It was
possible to compile large project with many source-files very quickly,
because only the updated file needed to be compiled and the rest only
linked.

In a precedual language world, a method can take a parameter which is a
 method by itself. For example,
<psudo-code>
sum_from_a_to_b(myFunc, a, b);   //a is 1, b is 5

How can I programatically  take my java-application under MacOSX to
front?
I have a JFrame and I think I tested all kinds of methods to do this:
"toFront, setVisible, invalidate, validate, setenable, etc."