I have an urgent requirement to be done in JAVA where in I need to
compare between two directories and to see if there are exact same
name files available in both the directories. So for eg. DIR1 and DIR2
both have 1.xml, 2.xml then its fine or report the missing ones.

I have the bps rate that the document is downloading at, the size of
the the document, and how much has been downloaded but I cant seem to
calculate the ETA for it to finish (all I need for now it the time in
seconds.)

I am working on a column to explain binding in Java.  In Java local
variable delcarations and parameters are bound to known or unknown
values, variables, or routines?

Hi computer scientists/developers/engineers....
Can some one solve my problem, actually i want to check validity for
string data that is actually a BCD number.
Valid data is in following format:

I have a Date variable in a JavaBean that works with a Oracle
Database.
If there is a Date value in the database it shows in the JSP with no
problems.

Is it possible in Java to write a method, which allows an arbitrary
number of formal parameters? I know it is possible in C# although I
forgot the syntax. So far, in Java I've only seen passing of a
Collection or Map of Arguments.

Is It feasible to develop a Java interactive website without using any
established framework?

Hello to all Java programmers out there.
I am currently faced with the task of providing a logical equals()
method for my domain / business classes. This job being done, I now
have to override the hashCode() so that when an object of  this class

Can I change default directory in program?

Hi. im trying to compile an xsl...but it throws me a coupple of
errors :
public static void XSLFormatterConvertFileTranslet(String args []) {
    try {

Hello, I've got a return statement question.  Is the following best
practice for setting return values?  Is there a java (or any language
with try/catch) idiom for doing this?
thanks!

I wrote a little library, just as an exercise to grasp techniques
around DSLs and fluent interfaces, that provides a fluent layer upon
java.util.List and java.lang.String(and StringBuilder).
The project can be reached here: http://code.google.com/p/jfluent/

does anybody know how I can create and send a Notes encrypted mail with
Java? I do not mean S/MIME, I mean the Notes proprietary encryption.
Thank you.

I have several developers who insist on using the following method,
claiming that it helps reduce memory use by eliminating resources
faster than the garbage collector.  Personally, I don't think this is
effective.  Is this a useful method, or should we simply be letting

Say I have a class with an explicit toString() method, for which I want
to change the output format (have it return a different String). I first
want to see if anywhere else in the program is using it and might be
broken (this is not a published API but a standalone application - ...