here is what I'm doing. Is there a better way?
I am considering RegExps, but I am not sure it's worth the effort.
if (format.equals("N*") ||
    format.equals("N") ||

I am trying to validate a correct date so that no String is entered.
//These are one of the fields from an HTML
String dateString = request.getParameter("flightDate");
java.sql.Date flightDate = java.sql.Date.valueOf(dateString);

Help. please.
data in database:
2004-03-31 10:11:20 PM
output required:

Hi again,
       Gee, I am working hard on this.  And you too unfortunately.
       This is what I have when I reload the applet in appletviewer 1.4

How do you set up pipe - server in Java (the kind that pumps/reads data
into/from another applications standard input/output)? I can't use other
communication methods and I also can't seem to find any information
about how to do this...

This question is from some mock Java test:
public class Q16 extends Applet
5:   {
6:        Button okButton = new Button("Ok");

I had already wrote a JAVA API. But I need to put it to web now.
have there a quick way to implement this ?
I know using extends Applet class to implement. But it's still need to
change a lot of code. So, I need a quick way to put my API on web.

Where can i found a tutorial for using extended UNICODE \u015F in an java.awt.Button

i would like to know how to run swing programs in eclipse development
environment and also how to debug a java program step by step in
eclipse development environment

Here is my clock program
but i want it can run after 1 second.
can anyone help me to correct it?????
import javabook.*;

my intention is to send a HTTP-request automatically to a webserver.
Let's say the server's ip is 10.20.30.40 and the port-number is 8080.
The CGIs name is /MSG. The parameter i want to send is called "Input".
And that's the code i wrote for that:

//input #
// I want to split lines input on the command line into seperate strings, then print out the seperate strings
// ie input is:
one,two,three,

When ever I start this java program (DrJava) the screen zooms in and I am
unable to work because I can only see like a quarter of the screen.  Hmm I
did install new drivers recently and DrJava used to work fine before the
drivers.  I have Nvidia Ti4200 with 56 ...

I am a novice to image analysis, and trying to retrieve pixel values
using the PixelGrabber class. When I print the int array pixel values
obtained as below, I get this :
-10592163       -9144717        -5855067

I am currently working on a project involving the translation of text
into commands that are processed. The way it works is like this:
One part of the system, the client, sends messages to another part,
the server. The only type of message the client can send is