I have inherited a hugh java project. Now I am the only one who
understands this project as other who did left without any technical
documentation. So onus is now on me to create a technical document which
other developers would rely on to understand this project.

I've been struggling with this problem for a while.
I have a database from which I need to read and display some data on a
browser. (The database is set up for remote access).
I'm using the following JSP/JDBC code to do that.

   I am using Process class to run scripts on a Fedora Core Linux
bash shell
All of my scripts are running except tho one in which i am using diff
command.

I have some past Java Experience, but have been out of it for a year.
I've heard that a Java Job will be opening up at a company soon, and
figure that it will look impressive on my resume, and better my
chances, if I can get my SCJP Certification before the interview. So,

Is it possible to run an executable prior to the execution of a JAR
file?  Currently, I am doing this via a batch file, but, my customer
only wants to click on the JAR file and have everything run
(additional external executable first, then JAR).

I have written a simple java app using the two classes at the end of
this post. This app works fine on several machines, but not on the Red
Hat linux server that I really need it to run on. On the Red Hat
machine, I get the following program output and stack traces.

Will etByName("localhost") and getByName("127.0.0.1") return the same
InetAddress instance.
Thank you.
Dowson.

I am having issues displaying two custom JComponents at the same time.
I have created a class which extends JWindow, and runs the following
code:
getContentPane().add(new CustomComponent(20,20));

I want that when the visitor in my website clicks on a particular
button - text will be sent to a certain port at a certain IP, which is
not the web server.
Is Java the only technology to do this (except Microsoft technologies,

I have a web-based Java application running under Tomcat 5.0.16,
started with the following JVM options:
-Xms128m
-Xmx2304m

i want a result like this:
<tr>
<td nowrap="true">
ETC

Required
Net P CSD ( 3-5 yrs) - Core Java,XML, Telecom Domain/NMS/EMS,SQL
2)     TRUESOURCE Product (3-5 yrs) - CoreJava,XML,     Domain NMS/
EMS

For example i have Cisco works and another app.
CiscoWorks uses 1.4.2_8 or 10
My other app spectrum oneclick uses requires J 1.5
IS there a way to configure each app to use a different version of

I have a problem that I have to maximize JDialog window. I know that
JDialog doesn't have maximize option. But my question is: is there any
way to maximize JDialog? If yes do anybody has some examples how to do it?
Rafal

Due to a somewhat strange external requirement I need to ensure that
most of our enums can be treated as a single type that contains a
getDescription() method. Given the enum keyword is just syntactic
sugar for  extending the Enum abstract class my initial idea was to do