I am wondering why the hell the SocketInputStream.close()
implementation uses socket.close () instead of
socket.shutdownInput() . I just want to close the input, not the
output either !

Hi, this is my first post so please excuse any mistakes. I basically
have scoured over the net and have read many books on Multi-threading
and I am struggling to use it for this problem.
The problem is creating a digitalclock (displaying hours, minutes and

i am trying to reproduce this following function in java
in c i have a function tiffwrite_head() as below
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static unsigned long int lastifd ;//is ouside the function

In my Locale there is Daylight Savings Time (DST) in effect. I would
like to get the time of the day without the DST (ie, the hour as
indicated by the sun position). To do this I use Calendar and set the
DST_OFFSET to 0. But that doesn't work. See example code below. What am

i have a byte array that i contains image data.Can someone tell me how
i can use it to create a TIFF image with JAI api? I created a
bufferedimage etc as below..but i don't know how to use my byte array
to create the image

I was wondering if anybody had any experience with a slide out panel
in Java.  I've searched around on the web but haven't had much luck.
I'm looking to create a panel that holds a series of components that I
can drag and drop onto another panel.  It's similar in functionality

I'm haveing trouble making my scrollbars work. Inside my scrollpane I have
a horizontal Box full of verticle Box's. Inside this, I'm adding and
removing JLabels. When the components move down past the viewing area, the
scrollbars aren't reacting. Could it be the glue I'm adding, or ...

I am currently working on a project using JBoss Seam. As part of this
project the customer wants an Integration into MS Office (just like in
Sharepoint). This basically means that they can open and save office
documents sitting on the server.

is there any way (jdk tools or commercial product) to take a "snapshot"
of a running java application, which can be used to restart a new
instance of the application, resuming the execution with the snapshot ?
Of course, i'm thinking about debugging...

If I create an application using java, can I sell it without getting a
license?

Hi;
 I am writing set of REST services for some Flash clients, flash
doesn't send cookies and we don't want to user URL rewriting for most
of the services (they are just stateless).

I have JBoss 4.2.2.GA running.  When I open a browser and use this
URL, http://localhost:8080, I can see the administration console
successfully.
However, if I leave the port off the address and use this URL,

hiya
I’m reading a tutorial on suspending, resuming and stopping threads.
Its argument on why suspend(), resume() and stop() should not be used
is because if thread  gets a lock on critical data structures and then

Chrysler will offer wireless Internet access in 2009 models
latimes.com/business/la-fi-wificar25-2008jun25,0,1676276.story
The struggling automaker's announcement comes shortly before California
enacts a law that requires hands-free cellphone use while driving.

Hello Gurus,
I am using SAX parser for reading XML file.
Below is the code snippets.