my code is:
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 public static boolean enDeCrypt(String keyStr, File fin, File fout) {
   try {

Pardon my nescience if the title of the question makes me sound like a
nincompoop.
With Microsoft's .NET platform, there are only a handful of IDE's, most
proprietary, with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 200x dominating the

What is a a non serializable object and class and how do I recognize
them?
Thank you guys!

is there a book that jumps right into using java api, instead of
explaining loops and a+b expressions.
something like accelerated c++.
all languages are more or less same in basic control sturctures etc.

I'm quite new to this... I can't get my simple Java test program running on
a Wireless Handheld with Windows Mobile 5.
I have installed Creme and can run simple test program's using a .lnk file.
Now I have created this .lnk file:

I understand that it is relatively easy to decompile Java class files into
source code.
How can I protect my application from being decompiled?

I need a similar function to rmi unreference in order to keep connection
with server for ever, but invoke timeout when user is logged out or
disconnected by accident( no power/ network cable problem).
How can i achieve this?

How do I access the root directory of an application?
Say I want to access a file which is stored in the highest-level directory
of the application. How do I access this with a relative path rather than an
absolute path?

i have the following code in C# ..
is there any way to convert this code to java.
using System;
using System.Collections;

javascript:Chat=void(window.open('http://www.shiachat.com/forum/chat.html','Chat','resizable=1,status=1,width=800,
height=620,top=0,left=0'))
I used to sign Chat session via the link:
http://www.shiachat.com/forum/chat.html
But now what I am getting a blue bar for loading forever and ...

I am sorry, I meant , Tomcat.

Can anyone tell me how do i convert a string contianing exponential
number to decimal/float number?
Is there any built in method for doing this?

Iam new to threading concepts.
Can anyone tell how to create a thread and invoke it for every 5mins.
Thanks InAdvance.

I'm compiling java apps with a new 64-bit jvm (amd64 for Xeon)
(previously compiled under 32-bit jvm). I intend to put it on 4 tomcat
servers, 2 run a 32-bit jvm (i386), 2 run a 64-bit jvm (amd64 for
Xeon).

Is there a good reason why Number does not declare an abstract method
parse() taking a string as a parameter?  I want to create a generic
parsing class, with these methods as examples:
static int parseLong( Attributes attributes, String key ) {