I'm having a really hard time here.  I'm trying to set up an
InputVerifier on the cells of a JTable!
In my Panel (inherited from JPanel), I instantiate my TableModel and
create my table:

I am writing a class that will be used across more than one applications.
how do I deal with set status on the applications?  Can I pass the
appropriate setStatus(stringStatus) procedure to the class  I am writing?
or is there a better way?

NoClassDefFound is my least favourite error message.  This one has me
stumped. I have been very sick the last few days and my brain in not
yet fully engaged, so I hope it is something simple.
I compile this fine, but when I run it, it says class

I'm currently using SAX to parse a XML file that could be between
1-10mb. I'd like to give the user a visual representation of the
parsing by using a progress bar. I'm pretty sure the best way to do
this would be to set the progress bar's max size as the file size and

Given a program below that will shows a image that is displayed using
vectors, I want to save the image shown as a xxx.gif.
Help is appreciated.
bH

Probably a very basic question but I can't find any useful pointers.
If someone can point me in the right direction please...?
I am using Netbeans 5.5 and have a JTextarea inside a JScrollPane. I
am reading a file and adding the lines one at a time to the JTextare

I want to write a bot for XMPP (Jabber) in Java (1.6) using smack
libraries (http://www.igniterealtime.org).
I have already written a GUI client using smack, so I'm familiar with
how it works.

I was wondering if there are any stats online on the prevalence of the
different JVMs that regular internet users have installed on their
computers. It is my understanding that Java 1.1 is no longer the most
widely available. Thanks.

Im having trouble getting started with swing.  I have created the following,
but I cannot figure out how to paintComponent(Graphics g){ g.drawOval(x, y,
2, 2);}
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