Hi again,
                       Why this does not work?
for (ListIterator it2=it.listIterator(it.size()); it2.hasNext();){
  System.out.println (it2.next() + "-");

I have made a program that uses a .txt file. This file stands in a
directory. Lets say that the directory name is world
this works correctly
Now i want to improve my program so that it chooses a random .txt file from

There are 2 types of threads, A and B, which will call the run method
intermittently,
public void run() {
   processing();

Is Jakarta POI considered an accepted standard for creating and writing to
Excel spreadsheets?http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/index.html
Or is there a preferred alternative?
Thanks

I have a java program which needs to manipulate a big 3D float array
(40x3000x3000). By definition, it'll use 40x3000x3000x4=1.4GB memory,
and my pc has only 512MB physical RAM and I set 2GB page memory.
I tried the following steps:

I would like to  have a clue on how to compare two strings and trying to
get for example:
"msedcationoflarynhill" to match "the_miseducation_of_lauryn_hill".
                                           Jean

 I am using apache, tomcat 4.1 and mod_jk. I have multiple virtual
hosts in apache mapped to hosts in tomcat. This works fine. However, I
am having problems working out how to configure multiple contexts per
host in tomcat.

turns_per_tick = (float)(((float)MobData.mons[k].speed)/12);
speed is an int. turns__ is a float. Is double casting neccesary? Or how
should I construct this statement more cleanly? thanks.
-frl

I wrote the following short test applet to try to solve a problem but
have not had any luck. Hopefully someone can help me with a solution.
I simply wish to display a red letter 'A', wait a few seconds, and
then display a blue letter 'B'. I use the string 'cheatop' to let the

I installed the Java SDK (1.4.2) onto my PC, where I have the japanese WinXP installed. Even when I download the english SDK version from the SUN website, I get the japanese version installed. Same to the Netbeans application. On another japanese WinXP installed machine, I get ...

here is my problem. I have a large HashMap which is read 99.99% of the
times but is accessed to add new values now and again (basically a cache).
Since the code can be used from servlets, I expect that
my code needs to be made thread-safe. My problem is that

I have a project I must complete. A simple app that would be MUCH easier to do
in JavaScript than Java. Problem is, it requires allowing the user to save and
retrieve their work to/from their own PC... a definite impossiblity with JS.
It would be absolutely great if the only thing ...

I'm having a bit of trouble with getting SAAJ to work properly.  I'm on
Debian, and downloaded and installed the web services pack fine AFAIK.
Apart from it being a rude awakening to the necessity of setting your
classpath it seems to be working fine apart from a complete show ...

Hi @ all,
is it possible to write a Program that can search in Microsoft Word-Documents?
I´m a java newbie and my boss gave me this job ;)
mfg AlexF.

I have a java program which needs to manipulate a big 3D float array
(40x3000x3000).
By definition, it'll use 40x3000x3000x4=1.4GB memory, and my pc has only
512MB