Is this kosher?  I see it every now and then and I'm unsure whether
it's a sanctioned practice.  Generic example below.
class MyInputStream extends FilterInputStream(
   public int read() {

I am learning Java. I come across some understaning queries
1)are there really pointers in Java because i read some texts that have
words "references(pointers)" and also when we compare strings == checks
for same memory location of both operands to ==. does that mean its

I took the following example from the Sun Java Tutorial on writing
Swing Programs (see link below).  The code invokes "new Runnable()"
followed by an anonymous class declaration.  I am new to Java, and I
have never seen anything like this in any other language.  Anyone know

I am trying to use JSTL with JSP.  
I have Tomcat 4.1.31 installed and it responds properly to access
.jsp's for my application.  It processes pages with standard JSP tags
(such as jsp:include) correctly.

Probably not a good title but I have an IBM switch that provides for
configuration management and monitoring via a built-in web interface.
If you type the switch's IP address into IE6's address field the web
page will open but most of the features don't work because the required

Dear friends,
I've a little blog about my volleyball team
(http://semprevolley.blogspot.com). To update results and standing I
use a news ticker, found in Internet.

   In following code there is a abstract class so i am not allowed to
create instance of class.
so  Figure f = new Figure(10, 10); is wrong but why following statement
is valid?

I download a jar file from a server, i create a temporary file with the jar
content, next, i call loadClass member of URLClassLoader, when i exit my
application i want to delete the temporary file but loadClass keeps the file
open and when i call "delete()" it returns "false", so i ...

I have three JSPs test1.jsp,test2.jsp and test3.jsp
In test1.jsp I want to include either test2.jsp or test3.jsp like
In test1.jsp I have the following code :-
<%

this is really a j2me issue, but i'm not having any luck getting a response
on the appropriate newsgoups and i think the problem is general to j2se
anyhow.
i've got an object that implements runnable that i'm creating in my main

I'm trying to extract the raw tiles from a tiff and am getting
unexpected results.
Here's the code to locate the tiles...
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

I'm trying to embed some binary data (a PNG file) in a java class. I'm
doing this using a byte array member that is initialized with the data.
Somthing like :
static byte [] data = { 0x3E, -0x12, 0x23, ....., 0x01 };

I am trying to develop a preferences framework for a GUI based
application written in Java. Some requirements include:
1) The user should be able to view/modify the preferences for a
particular component by right-clicking it. The preferences shown should

hello, is there a Java API to control a real web browser? (such as
filling a form and following a link)
I know about HttpUnit, but I'd need to control a real web browser.
thanks,

(Sorry if this isn't really Java-related, but I couldn't find a single
newsgroup on servlets or JSP.)
I'm going through the "Spring MVC step by step" tutorial for the Spring
framework, and at the end of step 14 (in part 2), my Tomcat gives me an