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- AppletsHi all,
I'm sure this is old hat to all of you but could someone please tell
me if you can use FileReader to input data into an applet?
I developed this project as an application and am just trying to put
it on my website as an applet but it keeps saying "applet notinited".
I figure it might be because the program needs access to a file
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- uri in taglib jsp while developing witheclipseHi,
I build a new JAVA project using New->project->java project in
eclipse.
I added a new JSP file and would like to know how do i declare the uri
of the taglib file and where i should locate it, since i don't have in
that project the web.xml file.
for example:
<%@ taglib prefix="cs" uri="myDir/myFile" %>
where should myFile be located? or what's the beginning point that it
starts searching the file?
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- BufferedReader.readline() behavior with Socketshi !
Here the piece of code that creates my BufferedReader object
--- code ---
Socket socket = new Socket(....);
BufferedReader inSocket =
new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
m_socketService.getInputStream()));
--- /code ---
My request concerns the method readline() of this object. According to
what I understood of my readings, I expect from this method it blocks
itself until data comes to the socket.
Is that correct? Because in my implementation, this method returns
always null if there is no data to read. So I have to write this
--- code ---
String requete;
if ((requete = inSocket.readLine()) != null)
{
// do something
}
--- /code ---
And that sounds bad to me. It's like an infinite loop...
Thanks a lot for your precious advices.
-o--
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- Newbie question: handling arrays in separate classHey,
I'm new to Java and looking for solution to the following question.
In my code I want to keep all my data in the arrays of strings in a
separate class.
I can not find a way to construct such a class that would return on
request a specific string from a specific array.
I looked through the java groups any did not find anything that would
help me.
If it's a trivial question please give me at least some guideline
where to look for answer.
By the way, sorry for my language
Tom
- 4
- What is the JMF?I just downloaded the Java Media Framework, but it doesn't make much sense
to me. Is it supposed to be an optional API?
If so, I don't see any demos, javadoc, etc....
The file I downloaded was called jmf-2_1_1e-windows-i586.exe.
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- JPanel sizeI need to get the size of a JPanel so that I can dynamically set the
size of the scrollpane that'll contain it. How do I get the dimensions
of a JPanel before it is actually displayed ??
-snr
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- multiple fog nodesI have a scene graph that has a root "world" TreeObject and possibly several children TreeObjects. Each TreeObject includes a BranchGroup and
TransformGroup. Each TreeObject can have a separate translation/rotation and scale applied to it. Note: a TreeObject is _my_ construct.
I have to support transparent switching between parallel and perspecive views. So to get the effect of zooming, I scale instead of translating in z. This keeps the code simpler. (comments?)
I need to add depth cueing and as far as I know, fog is a common way of doing it. Other suggestions are welcome. I have tried pointlight and it seems to have the same issues as fog. Spotlight also seems to have the same issues.
I prefer LinearFog: Exponential fog is less desirable, but acceptable. The contrast for each TreeObject should be optimal: i.e. the front and
back of each TreeObject must be as bright (least fogged) and as dark (most fogged) as possible. In my opinion, this forces us to have multiple fog nodes, one per each TreeObject. Different sizes and shaped for different TreeObjects force this restriction.
The other requirement is that each point on each TreeObject should have the same visibility based on fog whether it is scaled or not.
As far as I know, fog equations work in physical eye coordinates, not in the local coordinates of the TreeObject. If the fog equations work in local coorindates of the TreeObject, fog would be correctly applied in terms of what I want: -
In my application, zooming is implemented by scaling. This has a side effect of making a point behind the center go even further away in terms of eye coordinates, thus causing fog to get thicker. The point in question seems to be getting closer visually because everything gets bigger when you scale; yet it gets murkier because of fog. This effect is visually weird.
Because fog is calculated in physical eye coordinates, I now need compensating logic to undo the conversion to the physical coordinate world.
The compensation would be such that the end effect would be as if the fog equations use TreeObject-local coordinates.
Do you know how to go about doing the compensation? Specifically, what transform(s) should I use to convert: (scale and/or translate) from the virtual world coordinate system to the physical eye coordinate system? I know how to get from my local coordinate system to the virtual world system, but how do I crossover to the physical coordinates system?
Do you know of any helper classes that returns these transformations? I have heard of a ViewInfo object, but I am not sure how to use it and where to get it from. Also, while we are at it, do you know what the co-existence coordinate system is? It seems to be an intermediary coordinate system between the physical world and the virtual world.
Links to good sites/books that talk in detail about these things would also be useful. I suppose these things are similar/exactly the same in
OpenGL (DirectX ???) and any book that describes those would also do?
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- Swing JPanel generator from class (for class attribute editing)Is there any tool (public domain or otherwise) that will generate
JPanels or JDialogs to edit the attributes of a class? A default
instance editor?
I've looked at many of the GUI builders, and for the most part I think
I prefer to hand code my GUI code. But it would be nice to have an
initial implementation to start with -- a JTextField in the
view-controller for every String in the model, a JTable for every
array or ArrayList in the model, a button for every class reference
variable that would open a dialog for that class, a checkbox for every
boolean, etc.
It seems like it would be easy to generate such code. It must be,
because I keep typing the same mindless things over and over.
John Abraham
jabraham (at) ucalgary (dot) ca
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- Reporting tool in JavaHello.
Does anyone know a reporting tool in Java, which can load a template
(previously made in Word or other word processor, for example) and fill in
defined fields ? (inside the report are some sophisticated features which
cannot be achieved with iReport + JasperReport)
Regards,
Jujo
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- RFC: docbook-xsl-saxon (Java extensions for use with DocBook XML stylesheets (Saxon))Hello Daniel,
Sorry for the late answer.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 02:12:56AM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> I receive these informational objects from lintian:
>
> I: docbook-xsl-saxon source: build-depends-without-arch-dep ant
> I: docbook-xsl-saxon source: build-depends-without-arch-dep
> java-gcj-compat-dev
>
> Now I'm unsure, if lintian is right here. The clean target is defined in
> an ant makefile (build.xml). So ant and java are both used in the clean
> target. To my understanding of Build-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep, I
> have to list at least ant in Build-Depends, not in Build-Depends-Indep.
> I'm not sure about java-gcj-compat-dev, because java-gcj-compat provides
> the java binary.
I have to say, we ignore this for now. We put ant and the runtime into
Build-Depends-Indep and live with a broken clean target. As the clean
target normally only deletes stuff you can simply do some rm calls in it
and done use ant/runtime.
> The package builds fine with kaffe and gcj-java-compat-dev. BTW: Do both
> use ecj to compile the source? If yes, where is the difference, if I use
> gcj-java-compat-dev or kaffe as build-dependency? I'm sorry for the
> questions, but this is my first Java package and I'm trying to learn
> more about Java packaging for Debian.
Both use ecj. They generally produce the same output. Some time ago we
decided to make java-gcj-compat the default runtime to use in Debian and
Ubuntu. It supports most archs and is/was the default runtime in Ubuntu.
This had the advantage that we have very few differences between Debian
and Ubuntu and can merge fixes between the both very easily.
I hope my answers help a bit.
Cheers,
Michael
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- Problem with weblogic 8.1SP5Hi,
I am deploying my application on bea weblogic 8.1SP5........and it
showing errors below::::
JVMDG217: Dump Handler is Processing OutOfMemory - Please Wait.
JVMDG315: JVM Requesting Heap dump file
.........JVMDG318: Heap dump file written to
/soft_dump/BEA815/user_projects/dom
ains/mydomain/heapdump274442.1150373114.phd
JVMDG303: JVM Requesting Java core file
JVMDG304: Java core file written to
/soft_dump/BEA815/user_projects/domains/mydo
main/javacore274442.1150373147.txt
JVMDG274: Dump Handler has Processed OutOfMemory.
Is dere any solution for it?
Thanks
Samit Katiyar
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- LASER 2005 Summer School - Software engineering for concurrent and real-time systems-------------------------------------------------------------
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- Beginner doubt about access and methodsHello
I have a doubt about how to write classes.
I have written something like this:
-----------
/*
* Data.java
*/
import java.io.Serializable;
package com.me.myPackage;
// abstract class to create others based on this
abstract class Data implements Serializable {
// variables
private String aData;
String getData(String data) {
return aData;
}
void setData(String data) {
this.aData = data;
}
}
-------------
So when I write a class that extends the class Data, I must set those
variables with:
setData("blabla");
These methods may only be used by classes in its package
I avoided using public methods or public variables for this class and
its subclasses to increase security.
Is this a good point, or not?
I saw some people do things like this but I don't know if I am doing
well. Most people used private variables but public methods.
Thanks for any oppinion.
Jordi
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java-programmer, How do I figure out what JSR's are supported by a J2ME Micro Edition JVM?
Hi,
I want to write Java code for my T-Mobile Wing (HTC Atlas).
I see there are lots of neat JSR's for interacting with a GPS and
other such things. Is there a way from within a Java program, I can
query to see what JSR's are supported by the JVM?
Thanks,
John
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- Eclipse Plugin- UML Toolbar removalRecently I have uninstalled some Eclipse plug-ins from Eclipse 3.1. These
are from Visual Paradigm and are related with UML Modeling. Though all the
applications have been properly uninstalled from the computer, the toolbars
associated with these plug-ins are still there in the IDE.
How to remove it? How to remove a toolbar from Eclipse?
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- Finding help on Events and a small asideHi Guys,
I am writing a java application using lots of visual components. The Java
API help is good in that it tells me about all the constructors, methods and
fields associated with a given object but where can I find similar help on
the events that can be implemented.
I know I can probably just ask my question and get an answer on a group but
I am kind of a self help junkie and I tend to dislike bothering people and
sending excess emails.
And now my small aside
The question arises due to the fact that I want to utilize a JTextField but
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- adding your own styles to Javadoc so that they work automatically?I've managed to get my own styles into the Javadoc
"package.html" file; even though javadoc nukes the
"<head>...</head>" part of the file; this works when
inserted into the _body_ up toward the top, a bit of a
happy surprise to me, I expected it _had_ to go into
the <head>...</head> part:
<style>
span.tbd { font-weight: 700; color: red }
body { background-color: #FFFFFF ; background:
url("http://www.well.com/user/xanthian/images/webback.gif") }
</style>
Well, fine, that's because the original is a *.html
file, making things work fairly naturally.
Things aren't so nice for the *.java files, though.
This definitely does _not_ work at the top of a
*.java file to accomplish the same two style
declarations:
/**
* <style>
* span.tbd { font-weight: 700; color: red }
* body { background-color: #FFFFFF ; background:
url("http://www.well.com/user/xanthian/images/webback.gif") }
* </style>
*/
[Excuse if moronic Google Groups has probably
wrapped the "body" line, that's supposed to be all
one line in both cases.]
Is there some easy way to make this work, so that I
can have my Javadocs pages decorated with my
favorite spiderweb background design, without having
to edit by hand the stylesheet.css that javadoc() emits,
after running javadoc(), _every single time_ I run
javadoc() (which is many times an hour when I'm
working on cleaning up the javadoc output, and so is
an insufferable nuisance)?
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- JDK 1.5 metadata feature docs?Hi all,
Has anyone come across documentation that thoroughly describes metadata
functionality that will be available in JDK 1.5? I only saw some brief
examples of what it's supposed to do, and I downloaded JDK, but I can't find
any docs. Any pointers?
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- how to get total number of rows contained in a resultsetHi friends
how to get the number of rows contained in filteredrowset or a simple
resultset.
Thanx in advance
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- need help with JTabbedPaneHello all
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the top right of the JTablePane.
If it is possible, please help
Many thanks
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- java cannot call bat filehi all ,
i have a problem . i am trying to call a bat file from java. When i
test using a exe file. I can call the exe file, but when its a .bat. it
just doesnt seem to work. here is the code:-
File[] fdrives = File.listRoots();
Runtime run = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
frame.dispose();
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Start Installation");
Process
pp=run.exec("D:\\EAServer_v4_Developer\\SilentInstall_Win.bat");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Installation Complete");
}
catch (Exception e) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Error occured");
}
the location of the bat file is correct. Its a silent installation for
EAServer. Does anyone have any idea how come this happen ? Please help
or advice.
@ could mail me at email***@***.com also. :)
Thanks.
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- jsp page giving error on tomcat 5Hi
i have written a class for database connection. It has two public
functions connect() which return an object of class Connection and
function close which close the connection
I am using that class in a jsp page to connect to database, but I am
getting an error :
Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file
/usr/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/tpr/org/apache/jsp/web/jsp/index_jsp.java:7:
package db does not exist
import db.*;
^
/usr/tomcat/work/Catalina/localhost/tpr/org/apache/jsp/web/jsp/index_jsp.java:51:
cannot resolve symbol
symbol : variable ibDriverTest
location: class org.apache.jsp.web.jsp.index_jsp
Connection con = ibDriverTest.connect();
......
The class is in the package db. Can you please tell why is import db.*
not working.
Thanks is advance
Lalit
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- Simple Newbie Question? Is This kind of things possible with Java3DHi,
Firts of all, I hope that my English can be understood, I hope so...
I'm very new to Java3D and have been surfing a bit on the net after soms
examples of thing that are possible with Java3D
Now I would like to know if the following is possible.
I would like to know if I can - and how it could be done - to add two simple
beams (rectangles in 3D) to the screen. Can this be done with some simple
xyz-coordainates that I have to give? Because in my final application I
would have to build some model that exists out of multiple beams (not cubes
only, different width, height en depth). I could easyli have the coordinates
of those objects, but is this enough or do I have to knwo some about
clipping (or does Java do that automatically?).
Also, those independant objects could be next to each-other (in 3D). Give
this problems? The only example I have seen so far (that sounds like my
problem) is the colored cube. But my object would have only the frames, I
should be able to look through the objects (damn, don't know the word at the
time...)
So can this be done. Maybe some more experienced people can give me a litlle
bit of code where thera are 2 beams, so that I can see the result, and knwo
if it is possible or not. Ohterwise, I should look for some other
techniques... If the result is acceptable, then I would read a lot of books
of course...
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while your programmers can still add dynamic contents
to the pages.
I've created my third Tapestry tutorial. You're welcome
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- OT- interesting article in the NY TimesNew York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/opinion/26HERB.html
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January 26, 2004
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Education Is No Protection
By BOB HERBERT
The conference was held discreetly in the Westin New York hotel in
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The main objections came from a handful of protesters who stood
outside in a brutally cold wind waving signs that said things
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higher-paying white-collar jobs to countries with eager, well-
educated and much lower-paid workers.
"We basically help companies figure out how to offshore I.T.
[information technology] and B.P. [business process functions]," said
Atul Vashistha, the chief executive of NeoIT, a California consulting
firm that co-hosted the conference.
Several big-name corporations had representatives at the conference,
including Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Cisco Systems and Gateway.
Because the outsourcing of white-collar jobs is so controversial and
politically charged (especially in a presidential election year),
there was a marked reluctance among many of the participants to speak
publicly about it. But Mr. Vashistha showed no reluctance. He was
quick to proselytize.
"These companies understand very clearly that this is a very painful
process for their employees and for American jobs in the short term,"
he said. "But they also recognize that if they don't do this, they
will lose more jobs in the future and they won't have an ability to
grow in the future."
He said his firm had helped clients ship about a billion dollars'
worth of projects offshore last year.
Noting that he is an American citizen who was born in India, Mr.
Vashistha said he is convinced that outsourcing will prove to be a
long-term boon to the U.S. economy as well as the economies of the
countries acquiring the exported jobs.
Whether it becomes a boon to the U.S. economy or not, the trend
toward upscale outsourcing is a fact, and it is accelerating. In an
important interview with The San Jose Mercury News last month, the
chief executive of Intel, Craig Barrett, talked about the integration
of India, China and Russia ?with a combined population approaching
three billion ?into the world's economic infrastructure.
"I don't think this has been fully understood by the United States,"
said Mr. Barrett. "If you look at India, China and Russia, they all
have strong education heritages. Even if you discount 90 percent of
the people there as uneducated farmers, you still end up with about
300 million people who are educated. That's bigger than the U.S. work
force."
He said: "The big change today from what's happened over the last 30
years is that it's no longer just low-cost labor that you are looking
at. It's well-educated labor that can do effectively any job that can
be done in the United States."
In Mr. Barrett's view, "Unless you are a plumber, or perhaps a
newspaper reporter, or one of these jobs which is geographically
situated, you can be anywhere in the world and do just about any job."
You want a national security issue? Trust me, this threat to the long-
term U.S. economy is a big one. Why it's not a thunderous issue in
the presidential campaign is beyond me.
Intel has its headquarters in Silicon Valley. A Mercury News
interviewer asked Mr. Barrett what the Valley will look like in three
years. Mr. Barrett said the prospects for job growth were not
good. "Companies can still form in Silicon Valley and be competitive
around the world," he said. "It's just that they are not going to
create jobs in Silicon Valley."
He was then asked, "Aren't we talking about an entire generation of
lowered expectations in the United States for what an individual
entering the job market will be facing?"
"It's tough to come to another conclusion than that," said Mr.
Barrett. "If you see this increased competition for jobs, the
immediate response to competition is lower prices and that's lower
wage rates."
We can grapple with this problem now, and try to develop workable
solutions. Or we can ignore this fire in the basement of the national
economy until it rages out of our control.
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- Why no compiler-warning at invalid array-initializing ?I was wondering, why doesn't the java-compiler warn
for incorrect initializing of arrays, for example :
int[] myArray = new int[2];
myArray[3] = 1; // Runtime-error : ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.
Isn't it very easy for the compiler to detect this
kind of invalid code ?
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