I'm trying to print using Java, for the first time.  I decided to use
the 1.1 API because it's simple and adequate for the simple line drawing
I'm trying to display (a maze).  I'm actually drawing on the Graphics
object received from the PrintJob directly, scaling my diagram to ...

I have a small problem.
I have to change the default delimiter of MySql from ';' to '$'.
When i give the command "delimiter $" in the MySql  command prompt it
works fine.

Hi, I've just started working with taglibraries in jsp pages but I
can't get it to work...
I have a very simple "helloWorld.jsp" page where I try to list all
headers in the request.

 I'm dynamiclly creating image files through screenshot utility of
java(prog name:- Test_ScreenShot.java) and saving
them in memory sequentially(pic0.jpg,pic1.jpg....etc).Simultaneously
I'm accessing the saved files from another

I am trying to make an image slide freely in the application window,
sort of like a screensaver.
The layouts and components I find only allow things to stay stationary
. Anyone has any suggestions for me?

I am wondering why I cannot change the directory using my java program
like so:
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = runtime.exec("cd" + " " + directory);

I'm new to this group and I'm writing because my java knowledge lack of
pattern and standard solutions for common (or less) problems. Hope you
can help me better than I did :-)
I'm trying to build an online web game: you command a fleet in space,

my question is as follows.
If I assume the desployment descriptor below (shortened):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app

Hello. I am getting an exception when I try to execute the following
simple code:
   URL rssURL = new URL("http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot");
   rssURL.openStream();

OutputStream from a URLConnection produces an OutOfMemory Exception on
large files
I need to upload large files (up to 2 gigabytes) to an Apache
webserver. This works fine with smaller files, however as soon as they

I want use getmethod to get an already known method and invoke it.
The problem is, I don't know the parameters of this method, what I have
is an Object[] array that contains the parameters. So how to solve this
problem?

I am writing a program and I run into a lot of annoying errors: local
variable may not have been initialized. For example:
public class MyClass
{

I do hope somebody has already solved my problem.
I have an application that spawns 4 different threads.  Each thread
will perform it's own task which is calling a stored procedure.  Each
stored procedure could possibly run a very long time.  The user should

Is there a best practise for converting Strings to the new Java 1.5
enums?
This is my current methodology:
  public void setAssetClass(String assetClass) throws Exception{

Is there a way to split a string by line breaks ?
// Placing text in jtextarea called area
                                    area.read(new FileReader(fc.getSelectedFile()),null);
    area.setEditable(false);