sorry , to ask such a silly question . but i am a totally new novice,
who is trying to learn java lang, on my own , but find it very hard.
if anyone out there can please help me with it.
i know c / c++. what is java sdk. where to get it. which book to

D'oh
I knew that I just missed the case difference. I was distracted by the
Number I guess. Thanks good to hear Java 1.5+ makes it easier to mix
primatives with classes of the same type. I was never comfortable with

I think I've read every article written on manifest files for jar files but I
still can't get my jar file to run.
I can run my class file just fine so I know my code works, but when I run it
from a jar file...

I was wondering what will happen if the Objects passed as parameters to an
RMI call is modified by the server.
Since these objects are serialized/deserialized before the server code gets
access to the parameter objects, what the server views is only a copy of the

sorry for cross-posting
I am a newbie with Java programming here, I have written a simple applet
using Java SDK 1.4.2 now when i try to run this applet on other system
without sun's JVM impementation this does not run, i know that the Microsoft

When we open a new web browser, all the windows that are open from that
web browser belong to the same session. However, if we open a new web
browser, then it will be different sessions. Is that the correct
concept?

I want to choose specified directory.
I wanted to do it using JFileChooser, and setFileFilter() for it, but
how should i construct FileFilter to see only directories ?
Maybe there is any other class used for choosing directory?

I'm seeking for some knowhow about JAVA specificly J2RE, J2SE & J2SDK
I know that there are the following versions :
J2RE (Runtime Edition) version 1.4.2
J2SE (Standard Edition version 1.5.0, also known as J2SE 5.0

    The following code works. The question I have concerns closing a file.
The line:
if (dis !=null)
seems to say if dis is not empty. So the file should shut down after the

I am looking the best way in which one might send data sitting in a DOM
to the server. I have searched the net and found the following
approach:
------------------------ START FOUND ON NET ---------------

Sorry for my ignorance, but which jar file should I include in the classpath...

Hi. I'm trying to capture .wav data and manipulate it using filters,
etc... I've read a million posts on this topic, but I'm still at a loss
as to my next move.
I believe the following code successfully converts audio byte[] data to

I am new to Tomcat/JSP etc. so apologies for any ignorance. I have been
trying to set up a simple test to include a java class within some JSP
code:
************** This saved as test.jsp **********