All,
I am working on a statistical inference library and have run into a
limiting case of using generics for type safety.  I hope someone is
able to suggest a more elegant solution to my problem that I currently

I am using NetBeans IDE 5.5.  I am writing an application that needs
to send emails.  I downloaded the javamail.zip file from the Sun site,
but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to incorporate the file
into my library.  If anyone could explain or send me a detailed how-

Mutable Dimension
Is there anything you do to minimise the impact of this sun gaf?
Or indeed any immutable where you have to use that Type.

I have some questions about calling constructors in Java:
1) Do I *have* to call the base/super class constructor from the
child's constructor as the *first* line of code or can I call it
afterwards also from within the child class' constructor?

Greetings all.
I'm seeking advice on a proper approach for automating web testing. My
ambitions are modest: I want to be able to programmatically go into a site,
click some links, submit some forms, and ensure nothing is broken.

I'm using Hibernate 3.0.5, JDK 1.4.2, and WebLogic 8.1.4.
I discovered something odd in how a Hibernate query was behaving.

Hibernate query executes, it doesn't just query the database, but it

I have created some small application in SWT. I tried
sample plugin example Hello World sample which was available.
When i execute a Hello World plugin as a new Eclipse Application, then
a button will be displayed on the

If I set setFollowRedirects to true - how do I get the resulting URL? Even
if it redirects a number of times?

In my Eclipse Java project I have an exception occuring inside one of the
external JAR files that make up the project (apache commons-validator).
I've downloaded the commons-validator source and in the Eclipse IDE linked
the source path to the JAR file so that I can now see where ...

I want to measure the CPU time, not the "apparent" user time, consumed
by a block of code in my Java program. This Java program was translated
from Fortran program and now we want to do some bench mark to compare
with its original Fortran program, but we don't want to count those ...

This one seems alright to look at but gives me an
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. I can't see where I am crossing the
array bounds.
//package sathyaish.practice.utilities;

How can I create an instance of a class in a static context?
I am a newbie, please point me the right direction.
My code looks like:
public Class1 {

I have a Java program. I am running it on RedHat Linux. I want to
measure how long it takes to run it.
One way is to set a timer right at the beginning. At the end measure how
long the time has passed. But this strongly depends on how busy the CPU

I'm trying to deploy a web app from an "exploded directory" in
Weblogic 9. The app worked just fine in Weblogic 8. I'm getting this
message:
[J2EE:160177]The application at

I was just wondering if anyone can help me with a little hobby project
I have. I am trying to basically simulate conway's game of life,
except that I allow the creatures to move without the need of a grid
(making quite complicated). But since I want this to seem pretty cool,