I've had the following code running on Java 1.6 happily for sometime and
only after someone tried to compile it with 1.4 did I discover my recurring

that it now it says intVar = Integer ...

Hi !what is the different between byte stream and character stream?

Java doesn't support multiple inheritance.To overcome that it has
provide interfaces. Is there any such way available for overloading of
operators also?

I am using jakarta POI.
I have a excel sheet template .
I want to create a  new excel-sheet  from that  template and want to
pour data into it.

Hi all, here's a basic question I haven't been able to find the answer to.
Let's say I'm executing a JAR from the command line from a location that
isn't in the CLASSPATH.  The JAR implements it's own classLoaders and
wants to use data in the JAR to construct some classes.  How ...

I seek advice on software I may need in order to program in Java on a
Win2k3 SP2 machine.
To program in C# I use the following:
1. IIS

Hi ,Im a BSc4 Maths/Computer Science student.Unfortunately my
curriculum did not include Java programming yet I see many vacancies
for Java developers.I studied programming Pascal,C++ and Delphi.So I
need to catch up quickly and master Java programming.How do you

What's the best and fastest way to convert a byte array to a String.
The (toString doesn't work, it gives strange characters).
I prefere a way that uses a loop that loops in the bytes of the array
and convert them to characters then append them to a string.

I am writing an app which will permit plugins for various things,
including persistent data storage (ie a database, xml files, whatever;
the app won't care so long as the plugin implements the interface). The
issue is this: when the plugin retrieves data from storage to give to

Is it possible to save a file in the ldap server?
I think in ladap we can search through a simple metadata but not files.
Shin

Hi guys, I'm new in java world using a mac. Actually I must use the
terminal to compile and run classes (javac and java commands) because
the xCode editor I use to code in doesn't work properly. It doesn't
build and run my java classes. Every time I click on build the

I have a basic question regarding Servlet and ServletFilters. If I do
have a filter, can I assume that the request is running in the same
thread? Or could it be that the filter is running in another context
as the servlet?

When ever I try to read/open '.properties' (for that matter any file)
inside my project(for example I try to open system.properties file in
HelloWorld class) it cannot open/find it.
For example if I have a project called project1 which has java source

Recently on the web I came across documentation discussing Data Source
Objects (DSO) in relation to browser and html functionality (in particular
the ability to declare a Java applet as a data source that can be used with
any or the HTML tags that take the src="" attribute). I find ...

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