I want to write a container that behaves much like Windows taskbar: a
bunch of JButtons will be added and removed during runtime, and
everytime a new JButton is added, the others need the reduce their
size (even if this means cropping the label) to give space to the new

I have to allocate a large amount of memory in java appl., but I noticed
that operating system (windows xp) move large parts of heap from ram to
page file.
Does anybody know how can I avoid paging in java?

Is there a nice workaround for this?
I wanted to have a some static methods in an interface, but as you
probably know that's not legal.
This is what I'm trying to do:

I'm lucky because I'm starting a new java project (I don't have legacy
problems!).
I wound try a new repository solution so I'm finding information about
object DBMS (commercial or free products)!

Excuse for my bad english.
I would like make an multitask application (not web application). This
application could ask several request in a same time.
The problem, with an only connection, it's not possible, because the

Microsoft's new LINQ technology for data access looks dead on.
Does (will) java have anything like it?
SQL databases, XML, objects and other data stores are all addressed the
same way.

Don't know if this is the right group. Looks like it could be, but my
apologies if not
I'm curious, how difficult would it be for someone to program an
application similar to MS file explorer? How long would that take?

when i run a jsp web after starting tomcat, where the code is
       <% gdpTest n2 = new gdpTest();
        n2.testGunDP();
        %>

I would like to detect when my JFrame is resized. With WindowListerner I
know when it is maximised or inconified, but I cant find how to be noticed
of a simple resize.
Can you help me?

what files do I need ?
And where should I put ?

I tried the option -verbose:class to JVM, and I am little confused by
the output.
IMO, -verbose:class will tell us what classes are loaded by JVM,
however, in the output, we find some arrays, such as,

I am added listeners (DocumentListener) to a GUI component
(specifically a class that extends JTextField).  I am wondernig why
listeners can be instantiated WITHOUT knowing any of the information
within the listener.  For example...

How one finds a file on the disk using the ClassLoader?
It is not necessarily a java class, and using an absolute path is not
an option since it can reside under different roots.
What is certain is the file's name and its relative path to the

Current, I have a method, which will perform lock on
void MyWait()
{
CountDownLatch.aWait

I have an ArrayList of questions (as Strings). I simply want to step through
the arraylist, posit the question to the user (in a Swing interface), and
after he answers, move on to the next question.
Why am I so confused with this? Can someone share with me how they might do