I'd like to build an oscilloscope in java that monitors the sound
card, so if I'm playing something in winamp or itunes I can look at
the freq domain info.
I've been having a lot of trouble reading from the soundcard though. I

 I have two .class files I want to put into a .jar file. I'm using an
external .jar (derby database) file.
 If I run the app like java -cp .:derby.jar app it works.
 Then if I make a jar file with app.class and other.class...

I'm trying to build an application that will use multiple cores
efficiently, but I'm running into to some difficulties.  I've written a
simple small example to demonstrate the problem and attached it below.
When I run this program on my dual core computer I expect that both cores

ProgressMonitorInputStream: "..a progress monitor to monitor
the progress of reading the input stream. If it's taking a
while, a ProgressDialog will be popped up to inform the user."
Sounds neat, huh?  Wrap a plain old Inputstream in one of

My program first generate a text file, then read it and process it. The
problem of my current program is that, if running failed, that text file
generated last run will be read and processed.
I hope to set a check to see if the text file is newly generated. It

I was under the impression that this group was not moderated and
therefor my Replies would show up within a few seconds. However, I
have replied to several questions posted and even though it states my
post was excepted I cannot see the replies in the relevent threads.

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Those of you using AdSense and a Blogspot Blog may not have noticed
that you now have the option to insert ads into the page structure
after your posts. In the past this was only possible by hacking the

I'm doing a simple Producer/Consumer thing based on the example in the Sun
docs, where the Consumer does a wait until there is something to consume,
then it consumes it and does a notify, and the Producer does a wait until
there is nothing to consume and then adds it and does a ...

How to save a new data file inside the excutable JAR package?
if only
-- new File("text.dat")
it will save the file in the folder where the jar file live in.

Basically,  my input is something like:
something{
value: >>>
This is the text

I have a jar file that contains directories and files. I need to copy
those directories and files to specified locations on a UNIX and
Windows file system.  So directory A in the jar will be copied to C:/
Temp on Windows and /tmp in Unix. Is there any sample code that will

I would dearly love a server with a "self-signed certificate" to be
accessible by my javax.net.ssl.startHandshake() but it seems to consistently
crap-out with a failure :-( Look I've only ever tested the client code
(please see below) with a https server (just to see if everything ...

I'm somewhat surprised by a behaviour I didn't expect.
The situation is as follows:
 class Z.A  is static private and defines static meth().
 class Z.B is static public and inherits class Z.A.

Can anyone offer any help with this ? I have the following code :
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
mrate = show_student_awards.getString("monthly_rate");
double dollar = Double.parseDouble(mrate);

Hi, I am using Mandriva 2007 (linux) and I have an application that
uses Portuguese. Under 1.4.2, buttons, labels, tables, menu items,
etc., all displayed correctly.
When i run it under 1.6, all of the Portuguese accented characters are