I use NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance to get a formatter to display
amounts. It automatically shows the amount with the currency symbol. I
want amounts to be display in a column but without the symbol. Is it
possible to do this simply ?

I read sun's tutorial "Creating Web Service Clients with JAX-RPC" and
I coundn't understand something.
The code conatins, for example: (Stub) (new
MyHelloService_Impl().getHelloIFPort()); Since it's a stand alone

I dont know how to set enviroment variables for JRE on Win ME,
or exactly what should they look like.

is there anyone that knows an easy tool for managing a Cloudscape-Derby 10
DB?
i need something that helps me to build tables, views and procedures....
Is there some tools that can do this?

Using io.Outputstream, I need to write some 32 bit integer to the
stream. any value is fine except -2147483648 and 2147483648. I tried
to just mask 32 bits and cut them in bytes. The bitstream is just
ended with them without any warning.

I have added my classes to a project.I am using JBuilder.On
compilation I do not get any errors for the classes I have added.But
when I run the project I get java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for the
classes I have

I try to model the following structure:
A DomainModel has several Concepts as sons and
a Concept has several Categories as sons and
a Category may also have Categories as sons.

I used to use JProof  online Java obfuscator?    www.jproof.com no longer
works..  can anyone confirmed?  company is gone or what?

I NEED TO Write a program that meets the following requirements:
Declare a method to determine whether an integer is a prime number.
Use the following method declaration:
               public static boolean isPrime(int num)

Is it possible somewhere/somehow to download just the java API
documentation? I have an old (1.3) Java kit from a CD in the back of a book
and I would like to make sure I use the most appropriate options when I
write a Java program, but I can't stay online all the time to use the ...

Machine OS: Windows XP Home
Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Java Release: I should be using jdk1.5.0 (course requirement), but
Windows may be pointed to j2re1.4.2_05

I want to execute external programs (in this case batch-files)
server-side, and capture the output. I've read about Runtime.exec and
the different problems with reading the input stream.
Despite having tried a bunch of examples, I haven't been able to get

I have a Java Applet, but it only works for latest Sun Java VM (doesn't work
for Microsoft VM),   is there a way to prompt users to install Sun's plugin?
Just like Flash does, it automatically detects using some javascript or
<object> tag activeX stuff and prompt user to download ...

How do I convert a sequence of variables of type int to a String?

Is there a way to get a list of classes derived from a particular base
class?
Something like
   Class c = Class.forName("BaseClass");