The compiler won't accept:
byte[] byteArray;
short[] shortArray = (short[]) byteArray;     "inconvertible types"
Does java allow casting between array types? If not, what's a good

Is there an easy way to detect other  application window positions on the
desktop from within a java application?
patrick

I'm trying to read the contents of an XMl file from my Java class.
Sample:
====================================================
<tag name="First" >

The college that I work for currently uses Visual Cafe as a platform to
teach Java. This means we are stuck running version 1.1 with a large loss of
functionality. Me, I'd like the college to
just download the SDK v 1.4 and run Textpad which works well for me.

I am creating a new thread for each of the connections to the server:
public class Node_C
{
...

String s;
Int i;
s = i;    // does not work
s = "" + i; // works

Hello Programmers,
I am looking for either Java Script (OR HTML etc)
to DEFEAT Pop-up Stoppers
e.g It will bring up a window that will

I'm working on a simple app that will manage bank accounts. I have
written an Account class with doubles savings and checking and all the
necessary accessor methods. I'd like to give the user the ability to
create new accounts without writing new apps. Unfortunately, I was

Dear folks,
Now I need a Obfuscator tool,and I've used some,like RetroGuard,JAX,etc.
I'd like to listen to your better choice with the reason why,thanks a lot.
hoop

I have win 2000 with service pak 4 on a network for 12 computers.  I'trying
to install java vm 50.0.3809 and I get and error message.  Impossible to
install do to security, this version run with and lower service pak.  I must
get java to run.

   Not sure if this is possible, but I'd like to do some intensive
recursion, ie... 2,147,483,647 calls to the same method, give or take a call
;) The stack overflows at about the 5600th recursive call, and I'm wondering
if there's a way to tell java to make more room for another ...

Is there an easy way to get a reference to the object which contains the
object whose method is running?
i.e.
class A { class B = new B(); }

I went through a couple of posts with advice on how to get through the
cannot resolve symbol error in packages. Here is my problem.
I have 2 jars con.jar and emen.jar. One file oneTime.java with the
following package description.

Does anyone know how I might retrieve the path where .class files (or .jar
files, if they've been bundled) are being run (loaded) from? I wanted to get
this directory as a default path for some external files the user can select
(some sample files for that purpose would then be put ...

hey all--
i'm wondering what freeware there is out there that will let me design a
GUI for an applet graphically? and, furthermore, what software is
preferred? i just need simple stuff, buttons, menus, etc.