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  - Technique for loading user defined modulesDear all,
    
    I am writing a program to do data analysis. I want the user to be able to
    extend the functionality of the software by adding their own "analysis
    modules" but am unsure how to go about this. From the user perspective, I
    would like the application to look in a particular directory (or along some
    user defined search path) for modules (classes) with the appropriate
    behaviour and make these modules (classes) available through the program's
    user interface.
    
    It must be possible to complile these modules without access to the source
    code for the entire data analysis program.
    
    Can anyone give me some hints on which direction I should go in to handle
    this issue?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Per
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  - Help me!! Why java is so popularrad dog58c wrote:
    >
    > How can it negative? I'm not saying you're wrong, but how can any
    > byte-coded language outperform a binary language if they are doing the
    > same thing? It can't, because you have to convert the byte code to
    > the native binary stream before you can execute it. So I'm thinking
    > you mean certain algorithms are more efficiently handled by the JVM?
    > Please elucidate -- I heard someone say Java memory management now
    > exceeds C and I thought it was an interesting notion and probably
    > related to some ingenius optimizations in memory mgt algorithms,
    > though I honestly don't know.
    
    Garbage collection can have an advantage in multi threaded applications,
    and in Java we can have exact c. The JIT can optimise (and inline) the
    code you are actually using today. I have code where part of computation
    is represented by an interface and the implementation selected depends
    on the data being processed.
    In a compiled language you can't optimise across the interface call
    whereas with Java you can. Even better you can generate byte code at run
    time (e.g. compile an expression typed by the user) and then the JIT can
    compile that to machine code and if it is simple enough inline it.
    Java can devirtualise a method call if at some point you happen to have
    only one implementation in the JVM.
    
    > No doubt, and Java's fine messaging implementation and rich set of
    > protocol support, eg, makes it a good vehicle for such things. A
    > service I'm fine with -- a utility I need to fire up over and over,
    > not so fine with that. I wouldn't write that in Java.
    If it is something you fire up manually then the startup time isn't
    important (takes you longer to type the command). If it is run from a
    script, then it rather depends on the script (i.e. if the script system
    maintains a JVM to execute little tasks in, the startup time can again
    be negligible).
    
    >
    > At one time there was a Java compiler that let you go from Java
    > to .EXE. I used it quite a bit, although the .EXEs it generated were
    > pretty fat for the functionalit they implemented. Then again Java's
    > not about creating .EXEs, so that didn't surprise me.
    Such things still exist but have always struggled to match the
    performance of regular JVMs.
    
    > How does one get Java to run faster than a compiled language?
    Take advantage of its strength, the ability to compile dynamically
    loaded (or created) code and optimise the whole without regard for
    module boundaries. Also take advantage of garbage collection --- its
    performance has dramatically improved in recent years.
    
    Mark Thornton
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  - How to get files files which were last usedHi,
    
    is it possible to determine the files which were last used from
    different applications (e.g. "readme.txt was used in the last 2 hours")
    on MAC with Java by default System calls?
    
    Or is this only possible by writing a sort of "trigger" application?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Peter Vermeer
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  - security-roles: application.xml vs web.xmlHi,
    
    does anybody know how a webmodule behaves when It is assemble in an ear
    containing the web module and I include security-roles in both the
    application.xml and web.xml? I have been browsing both the j2ee and servlet
    specs, but I haven't found any description of mandated behaviour. I have
    tested a little with sun one appserver7. This appserver seems to ignore the
    security-roles defined in the web.xml. What's more, don't mentioning
    security-roles in the application.xml and only use the web.xml for mapping
    security-roles breaks the login process.
    
    Does all this mean that security-roles in the web.xml file can only be used
    for standalone web applications and not for web modules who are part of an
    ear?
    
    Cheers
    Jan
- 2
  - Forged posts (was: Re: operator overloading)Someone impersonating Lew <email***@***.com> writes:
    > Those aren't domain goals, those are church programmes, and they
    > don't matter a jot to the cheesecake.
    [ More dissociated-press text elided. ]
    
    Has anyone else complained to the site where these posts are
    being injected or does Lew enjoy having a special fan?
    
    Regards,
    
    Patrick
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    S P Engineering, Inc. | Large scale, mission-critical, distributed OO
    | systems design and implementation.
    email***@***.com | (C++, Java, Common Lisp, Jini, middleware, SOA)
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  - Singleton QuestionOn 1 Jul 2004 05:10:57 -0700, email***@***.com (Dave Monroe)
    wrote or quoted :
    
    >What's GoF?
    
    see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/gof.html
    
    --
    Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
    Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
    See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
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  - View large file
    I need to view a large file. If I use class JTextArea will it load
    whole file into RAM or load one in portions?
    I have read I must use ZoneView for this purpose. How can I use it?
    
    Thanks in advance
- 8
  - ASP.NET vs J2EE - Scalability and SpeedRegarding this pieces of information:
    65% of the Fortune 500 companies
    80% of the top US healthcare companies
    75% of commercial banks worldwide
    90% of the top commercial banks in the US
    67% of the world's largest banks use IBM messaging servers
    15 of the top Wall Street brokerage firms
    7 of the 8 largest US telecommunications companies
    
    That's true. But what I can understand about that figure was -
    Those businesses started using Internet and Computer Networking
    technologies times ago. It happens before Microsoft started to get
    strong. I am working in a pharmaceutical company in US and we are using
    lots of IBM products. We are trying very hard to stop using them and
    turn our techology to Microsoft. Off course, personnally - I hate
    microsoft - I dont' feel fun when I use any one of micrsoft product.
    But in the business term - Microsoft products are qualified. Cheap to
    support and run - some tools are never over kill such as SQL server. We
    are using Oracle but I found only SQL server that just more than enough
    and a lot cheaper to run (cost of DBA and Programmer, etc).
    
    Webspere? Naaa .... we have been using Webspere when we started having
    our own Web site and Intranet sites. Then we changed to Coldfusion in
    the last 5 years. I found those suck! Cost too much money - when
    Microsoft IIS5 or 6 are free also .NET - so, why not!!!!
    
    Sure - a lot of Banks use J2EE - same reason! They rally want to stop
    using it but they cannot because everybody started with J2EE and know
    J2EE better than anything else!!!
    
    Sad but true!
- 9
  - Packing Resource-Based App Into a .JARI have an application which uses outside data files. That is, it has
    lines of code like this:
    
    DataReader.loadFile("data/MyFile.dat");
    
    Right now the app is just a bunch of .class files and I start it on
    the command line from the appropriate directory to ensure that the
    data files can be found.
    
    But I want to package the app as a .jar (a .jar which includes the
    data files) and be able to run the .jar from any directory. That is,
    when it's running, java should search for the data files relative to
    the .jar root, rather than relative to the root where the process was
    started.
    
    How can I do this?
    
    Thanks,
    cpp
- 9
  - Two column list with JOptionPaneYes, this is a homework question. My assignment is:
    Modify the mortgage program using a graphical user interface to allow the
    user to input the amount of a mortgage and then select from a menu of
    mortgage loans: 7 year at 5.35%, 15 year at 5.5 %, and 30 year at 5.75%.
    Use an array for the different loans. Display the mortgage payment amount.
    Then, list the loan balance and interest paid for each payment over the term
    of the loan. Allow the user to loop back and enter a new amount and make a
    new selection, or quit. Insert comments in the program to document the
    program.
    
    I have been able to complete all of it except the part about list the loan
    balance and interest paid. I used JOptionPane to do all the graphical user
    interface and the menu of mortgages (see code below), but can't seem to come
    up with a way to display the information in JOptionPane. If there is
    another way that will work please point me in the right direction.
    
    private static double option(double inputAmount)
    {
    // declares variables
    double amount = inputAmount;
    double monthlyPayment = 0.0;
    boolean done = false;
    
    // loop while not done
    while (!done)
    {
    // declare and set size of/initializes array
    double loanInfo[][] = new double [][] {{5.35, 5.5, 5.75},{7,15,30}};
    
    // creates an array to hold the options
    String smallList[] = {"7 year at 5.35%","15 year at 5.5%","30 year at
    5.75%"};
    String option = (String)JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Which loan
    option?","Options",JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE,null,smallList,smallList[smallList.length-1]);
    
    for(int count = 0; count < smallList.length; count++)
    {
    // checks answers for match and sends info to calculate payment
    if(option == smallList[count])
    {
    // calls method to calculate the monthly payment
    monthlyPayment = calculationsPayment(amount, loanInfo[0][count],
    loanInfo[1][count]);
    done = true;
    }
    }
    }
    return monthlyPayment;
    }
    --
    Jennifer Szonye
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  - Is eclipse broken?
    --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V
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    Content-Disposition: inline
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    
    I'v got a 5.1 RELEASE box. plenty of disk space and memory. Recently
    rebuildt from a complete cvsup (cvsup, make buildworld, make installworld,
    pkgdb, portupgrade)
    
    =3D=3D UNAME =3D=3D
    berkeley% uname -a
    FreeBSD berkeley.mooseriver.com 5.1-RELEASE-p11 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p11 #0:=
    Sat Dec 13 01:17:51 PST 2003 email***@***.com:/usr/obj/usr=
    /src/sys/BERKELEY i386
    berkeley%=20
    
    =3D=3D MAKEFILE =3D=3D
    New ports collection makefile for: eclipse
    # Date created: March 7, 2003
    #
    # $FreeBSD: ports/java/eclipse/Makefile,v 1.15 2003/12/04 10:26:10 olgeni E=
    xp $
    #
    
    PORTNAME=3D eclipse
    PORTVERSION=3D 2.1.2
    
    so I do the following :
    
    cd /usr/ports/java/eclipse
    make install clean
    
    and I get :
    
    <bunch of comple messages> then=20
    
    =3D=3D=3D> Linking eclipse.
    /bin/mkdir -p plugins/platform-launcher/bin/freebsd/gtk
    /usr/local/bin/ccache g++ -o plugins/platform-launcher/bin/freebsd/gtk/ecli=
    pse plugins/platform-launcher/library/gtk/../eclipse.o plugins/platform-lau=
    ncher/library/gtk/../eclipseUtil.o plugins/platform-launcher/library/gtk/ec=
    lipseGtk.o `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`
    /usr/bin/ld: warning: libatk-1.0.so.200, needed by /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk-x1=
    1-2.0.so, may conflict with libatk-1.0.so.400
    =3D=3D=3D> Compiling Java sources.
    ant -Dos=3Dfreebsd -Dws=3Dgtk -f build.xml compile
    /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/lib/libm.so.2: Undefined symbol "__fpclassif=
    yd"
    *** Error code 1
    
    Stop in /usr/ports/java/eclipse/work.
    *** Error code 1
    
    is anyone else getting this?
    
    Josef
    
    --=20
    Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 5.1
    email***@***.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca.
    
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  - Outsourcing to India and ChinaPhillip Lord <email***@***.com> wrote in message news:<email***@***.com>...
    > >>>>> "Loco" == Loco Pollo <email***@***.com> writes:
    >
    > >> >this is anti free trade and ultimately anti freedom.
    > >>
    > >> Free trade is not necessarily a good thing.
    >
    > Loco> no but many good can come of it.
    >
    > >> First it encourages shipping goods all over the planet that could
    > >> have been produced locally. This wastes fuel and pollutes the
    > >> atmosphere.
    >
    > Loco> in a truly market economy, it wouldn't happen unless it is
    > Loco> cost effective. this would include the cost of pollution.
    >
    > No it wouldn't. The market economy fails to work for any commodity
    > where the cost of charging for that commodity either outweighs the
    > value of that commodity, or worse, there is no way to charge for a
    > commodity.
    >
    > For example, I like hill walking. In the UK there are lots of
    > hills. Its not possible to charge for them because building a large
    > fence around the for example, the 150 miles of the peninnes would cost
    > a massive amount. Worse there is a legal "right to roam" which
    > effectively stops the land owners from doing this anyway.
    
    imho what your talkin bout has nothin to do with a free market. if
    there's no market for it the market wouldn't be there. if there is a
    need a market would self create itself. in your example, no company
    would try to charge you for the trails you use if there was no way to
    make $ off of it(of course there is and they are, hiking boots from
    texas, rain jacket made in china, etc..). the destruction of nature
    caused by hikers has more to do with govt and user obligations than
    with free trade. actually none of that example has to do with free
    trade.
    
    > Of course in the US, it would be a different matter, as you would just
    > build a gate across the road leading too the hills, which would
    > effectively block all access.
    
    actually we got what's called national parks where the govt pays for
    its upkeep subsidized by entry fees. i'm guessing our national park
    system has 100s of millions of people accessing them per yr and
    preserves what would otherwise be developed.
    
    > >> It enables multinationals to exploit workers by threatening to
    > >> move to where labour and environmental laws are laxest.
    >
    > Loco> multinationals are no different than national companies. if a
    > Loco> country "can" manage a national company, i see no reason why
    > Loco> the world can't manage a multinational.
    >
    > We don't have a world government. The only "regulatory" bodies for
    > multinationals for some reason seem to work in the interest of the
    > multinationals, or more accurately the interest of those who own the
    > multinationals rather than the population at large.
    
    we do have a world govt. there are people who specialize in
    international laws. yes multinationals have way too much power,
    however, this isn't because of free trade. its because we as a species
    are too greedy and corrupt.
    
    we have everything we need to create a paradise but none of the social
    maturity to accomplish it.
- 14
  - Bug in IE with KB896727Recently we installed the MS05-038 as part of Windows Update. After this we
    found out that our Code behind HTML application created in VJ++ is not
    loading properly in IE 6 browser. We chekced all the Security settings and
    they seem to work fine.
    If we uninstall the Hotfix update ( KB896727 ) the application again loads
    properly. Is there any work around for this issue. This is very critical.
    
    Thanx
- 14
  - String concatenation versus StringBufferCan someone deny or confirm that the latest sdks convert code like
    
    "abc" + "def" + "ghi"
    
    into the appropiate StringBuffer code
    
    new StringBuffer( "abc" ).append( "def" ).append( "ghi" )
    
    automatically? Or is this some dream I had?
    
    Thanks!
- 14
  - read gps bluettoth on applet pda - javacommHi all,
    
    I'm a student..
    
    I wrote an applet for PC that reads GPS data from serial port (using
    javacomm)....
    I would like to have the same applet on my pda, an IPAQ h1940 with bluetooth
    gps receiver ....
    
    I'm using javacomm and driver for pda found on www.teilo.net , I followed
    the steps of the site, but it doesn't work... :-(
    
    any questions:
    
    - where have I to put javax.comm.properties, CESerial.jar and comm.jar ???
    in which directory?
    - how can I add the directory containing the javax.comm.properties, and the
    paths to both jar files to my classpath? modifying the registry? which key?
    (I searched in the registry but I didn't find none of java, path, classpath
    etc...)
    
    - if I want to read bluettoth data, I have to read a virtual serial port
    (COM8?), right?
    
    thanks all!
    
    gp

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>
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  - graphic rendering questionHi All,
    
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    Graphics2D object (or other suitable alternative). Has anyone had any
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  - directory questionI have a file named "main.ini" in the directory of jar (self-executable
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  - Problem invoking servletHello.
    I'm trying to invoke a servlet. I get the following error:
    javax.servlet.ServletException:
    [HTTP:101250][ServletContext(id=371807,name=BibleApp,context-path=/BibleApp)
    ]: Servlet class /com/brainysoftware/burnaby/ControllerServlet for servlet
    ControllerServlet could not be loaded because a class on which it depends
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    at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet
    ----------
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    <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application
    2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
    <web-app>
    <servlet>
    
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    <jsp-file>simplePage.jsp</jsp-file>
    
    </servlet>
    
    <servlet>
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    <servlet-class>com.brainysoftware.burnaby.ControllerServlet</servlet-class>
    
    <init-param>
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    <param-value>http://localhost:7001/BibleApp/ControllerServlet</param-value>
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    <init-param>
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    <param-value>http://localhost:7001/BibleApp/images/</param-value>
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    else if (action.equals("productDetails"))
    url = base + "ProductDetails.jsp";
    else if (action.equals("productDetails"))
    url = base + "ProductDetails.jsp";
    else if (action.equals("addShoppingItem") ||
    action.equals("updateShoppingItem") ||
    action.equals("deleteShoppingItem") ||
    action.equals("displayShoppingCart"))
    url = base + "ShoppingCart.jsp";
    else if (action.equals("checkOut"))
    url = base + "CheckOut.jsp";
    else if (action.equals("order"))
    url = base + "Order.jsp";
    }
    RequestDispatcher requestDispatcher =
    getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(url);
    requestDispatcher.forward(request, response);
    
    }
    }
- 6
  - No call for Ada (was Announcing new scripting/prototyping language)Josh Sebastian wrote:
    > Maybe you just weren't very good at C++ templates. I don't mean to be
    > insulting, but personal preferences do play a huge roll here. Unless
    > someone can prove Ada's generics are Turing-complete, though (a quick
    > google doesn't turn up anything), I'd say that we'll have to call C++
    > templates more powerful.
    
    Turing completeness is only one measure of power. And not a very
    good one for measuring different systems of templates. If you use
    templates for any sort of computational programming beyond some
    very simple things you are stretching the rubber band beyond its
    limit.
    
    --
    Thomas.
- 7
  - Bug in childrenNames() api for Preference class?Hi,
    
    The following code trhrows an Illegal Argument Exception.
    
    import java.uitl.prefs.*;
    
    try{
    String xyz[] = (Preferences.userRoot()).childrenNames();
    } catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    }
    
    The exception caught is :
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: String length must be a multiple
    of four.
    at java.util.prefs.Base64.base64ToByteArray(Base64.java:134)
    at java.util.prefs.Base64.altBase64ToByteArray(Base64.java:126)
    at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.nodeName(FileSystemPreferences.java:859)
    at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.access$1900(FileSystemPreferences.java:33)
    at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$10.run(FileSystemPreferences.java:640)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences.childrenNamesSpi(FileSystemPreferences.java:632)
    at java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences.childrenNames(AbstractPreferences.java:699)
    at test.main(test.java:9)
    
    Is this a BUG in java?
    My requirement is that I have many NODES under the root node of user
    preferences(userRoot).I want the list of nodes, for futher
    processing.How do i retrieve them?
    
    Please help.
    (Also send a cc to my email:email***@***.com)
    Thanks,
    Prakash.
- 8
  - another design question, abstract static methods...so here is another general question about java...
    
    why can't you declare an abstract static method.
    
    i can envision the case (indeed i have experienced the case) where one
    would want an abstracct superclass, with an abstract method such that all
    subclasses that implement this method make that method static.
    
    basically, the abstract class declares an abstract method that should be
    static for all implementations (for example a factory method).
    
    this isn't allowed in java, and in the language specification, there is no
    reason given as to why. it is just simply stated in a single sentence
    that an abstract method cannot be static. (or it turns out even the
    implemented method).
    
    can anyone explain why this isn't allowed? (i.e. give an example that
    shows the flaws that can arise from such a situation).
    
    thanks much!
    
    murat
    
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- 9
  - Fourier Transform with JavaHello,
    
    I'm searching an effective Java library which offers Fourier Transform
    methods.
    
    Has someone used a library like this please ?
    
    Thanks
    CABA
- 10
  - Converting Java projects to dynamic web projects in EclipseWell, the title says it all - is it even possible?
- 11
  - BUG in jre that work fine in jview - mouseEventAnyone come up with an answer to this?
    I'm having the same problem, I've created
    a "skin" slider control in J++, when I use
    Microsoft it returns coordinates relative to
    the slider control, when I use Sun it's relative
    to the applet, the listener class and handler is
    within the slider control class.
    
    I've found LOTS of examples online that are setup
    just like my code, and they all, including Sun's
    documentation (as well as Microsoft's) say it should
    be relative to the control.
    
    Thanks,
    EdisonCPP
    
    Nir melamoud wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > Can anyone please explain me how can i write an application that
    > use the mouseEvent.getX(),mouseEvent.getY() functions on both sun jre
    > and microsoft jview without checking for the interpreter origin ?
    >
    > In jview the function return the coordinate relative to the component
    top
    > left point = (0,0)
    >
    > In jre it return in mouseEnter relative to the beginning of the
    screen (not
    > even the window)
    > and in mouseExit relative to the component top left point ?
    >
    > It look like a bug in jre, because sun help support microsoft version
    -
    > relative to the source component.
    >
    > Does anyone know how can i translate these points so it will work on
    both
    > jview and jre ?
    >
    > here is a small code example: try to enter and exit the frame and see
    the
    > printout, try it on jre and jview
    >
    > import java.awt.* ;
    > import java.awt.event.* ;
    > import java.io.*;
    > import jclass.bwt.*;
    >
    > class mouse extends Frame {
    > public static void main(String arg[]) {
    > mouse m = new mouse("Mouse Test") ;
    > m.setSize(400,300) ;
    > m.setVisible(true);
    > }
    >
    > public mouse(String s) {
    > super(s) ;
    > enableEvents(AWTEvent.MOUSE_EVENT_MASK);
    > }
    >
    > public void processMouseEvent(MouseEvent m) {
    > System.err.println("x,y = " + m.getX() + "," + m.getY()) ;
    > }
    > }
- 12
  - Question concerning jh_manifestHi Matthew,
    
    I have further researched this problem. To me it seems a (not too
    trivial) bug in jh_manifest. See
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=489214. Maybe better to
    discuss the topic there to keep this list clean...
    
    Cheers,
    
    Florian
    
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- 13
  - Problem with browser tabs and sessionsI have a application make in jsp tomcat 4.1.
    
    the customer fill some forms and the data in store in session.
    
    The problem is that if customer open new tab(ie or firefox) and see
    info another product when he change for tab initial and submit, the
    system will rise error because some data of session was changed.
    
    How i can fix it ?
    
    I need each tab have your new session, there are any config in tomcat
    for make it ?
    
    thanks a lot
- 14
  - Setting namespaces in DOMHi all,
    
    I'm trying to construct an XML (SOAP) document, with a number of namespaces.
    
    DOM provides Document.createElementNS(), which can be used to add the
    namespace in the particular element. However, I often get the case where
    the namespace definition is repeated in multiple sibling elements, while
    it would be a lot simpler (cleaner?) to define the namespace only once
    at a higher level.
    
    I tried using
    
    document.getRootElement().setAttribute("xmlns:xsd", XSD_NS);
    
    but, even though the document.toString() shows the correct xmlns:xsd
    attribute in the root node, it is still repeated in the lower level
    elements.
    
    Does anyone have any idea of how the DOM decides when to "roll-up" a
    namespace definition to a higher level? Or how to tell it to?
    
    I'm talking about the difference between:
    
    <rootnode>
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int" xmlns:xsi="http://w3c.blah"/>
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int" xmlns:xsi="http://w3c.blah"/>
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int" xmlns:xsi="http://w3c.blah"/>
    </rootnode>
    
    and
    
    <rootnode xmlns:xsi="http://w3c.blah">
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int"/>
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int"/>
    <childnode xsi:type="xsd:int"/>
    </rootnode>
    
    Many thanks.
    
    Rogan
- 15
  - Java and assemblyHI everyone,
    
    Is there a possible relation between Java and assembly language like ther
    is with JNI?
    
    --
    Thanks for your attention.
    
    Jean Pierre Daviau