I work for a large company that has a vast amount of computers and
monitors which we need to write serial numbers down for. Is there a
way in java where I can talk to a computer over the network to get the
serial number of that computer and the serial number of the attached

I m taking some input from the user in a java program. and i wanna
set
a time limit within which the user should provide this input. if no
input is provided during this time interval, the program sets the

I am currently developing a java application that uses a CSV file
which it reads and then populates the items inside a JList. Then the
user is able to delete an item from JList which then writes the
information to a temporary file. Once the data has been written I then

Say if memory was a problem (limited capacity) and I needed to use as
few variables as possible. I know you can just override and reuse
earlier used variables but is there an actual way to destroy a
variable after its been used in a method? e.g something like

In that org.w3c.dom.Element interface
I can getTagName()
But
1) How do I do know is it an empty tag or not?

I am running a graphic analysis modeling app that has three means to
run : batch , brower, VBscript.
It used to run fine, but after running once now, it bombs out in any
mode.

I am currently working on a JList that populates data into a JList
from a CSV file. I have a button that is supposed to get the Selected
index and then delete that item from the JList. Below is the code that
I am using:

Suggestions on the best (preferably easiest way) to compare two images
(captured both from the desktop via java robot) ?
The following code is the code I will be using to take the screen shot
(currently it saves just to a file):

I am currently developing a java application that has a combo box and
when the user presses a button to delete an item out of the JList I
would like the data that is left inside the combo box to be written to
a CSV file so all the computer names go down in a column and not in a

I was trying to use a TreeMap to put values into that. I wonder how
such a map is sorted. How do I get the keys in a sorted manner? All I
found was to query a key set, but that isn't sorted. Is there any
(failry easy) way to achieve the above?

This question is about English style with regard to Java.
 The context is a tutorial that just said:
     The activation of an operation expression is called
     »evaluation«. It will activate the operation that is

How can I use http request methods like HEAD, TRCAE, OPTIONS etc with
urlConnection.
I tried setRequestProperty("TRACE", "") but still I get the contents
of the file.

i have converted some .jpg files into .pgm images using some existing
java code.The pgm files are of P2 type not P5.Is there any viewer that
i can use to display this image.(I need to get some visual
confirmation about the image).if anybody knows about java code i can

I recently moved south to Bangalore and I am working for a large
software integrator. My project team is working on a JEE application
project that uses test driven development methodologies. We are
planning to use a host of new breed technologies such as Enterprise