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Color scheme for JSPs in NetBeans 0 26 (7/14/2008 3:50:36 AM) comp.lang.java.softwaretools The following is the content in directory ~/.netbeans/6.1/config/Editors/text/x-jsp/FontsColors/NetBeans/ (Linux) of file org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings-CustomFontsColors-tokenColorings.xml which sets the... Lew

[Fwd: Re: Updating new e-books!!] 0 24 (10/1/2007 1:39:50 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer ----- Original Message ---- From: Lew To: akira_toya2006@yahoo.com >> >> akira wrote: >> > Hello!! once again i'm updating my e-books!! >> > Check this out!! >> > http://freebooks2007.blogspam.spam >> > >... Lew

blogspot is not a total waste 2 92 (9/23/2007 5:26:21 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer For a while now I have been calling blogspot.com "blogspot.spam" because of all the nasty spammers who use it for their plagiarized, poorly-written crap that they try to sucker us newsgroupies into. Others h... Lew

spamming the Usenet groups 0 29 (9/6/2007 1:39:21 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Please stop spamming the Usenet newsgroups. It is unprofessional and annoying to those of us attempting to use the groups for their intended purpose. It certainly garners you and your organization no respec... Lew

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JAXB2 Basics, toString generation 6 35 (3/11/2011 11:32:05 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer How can I have a toString method generated by xjc (using Jaxb2-Basics) for class "person" that gives me his/her "name"? Here is the schema, i want to use: ... et57 (38)

Closing Files that Weren't Successfully Opened 34 24 (3/14/2011 10:27:26 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Almost from as far back in my software education as I can remember, people who would know have told me that it's good practice to close one's files when one is done with them, so when I write programs that open... kvnsmnsn (147)

syntatic sugar IN keyword. 14 28 (3/17/2011 5:11:55 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer I would like it if you could write: if ( birthYear == 610 || birthYear == 1791 || birthYear == 1851 || birthYear == 1872 ) ) as if ( birthYear in { 610, 1791, 1851, 1872} ) or if ( birthYear ... see_website (4855)

Binary Search 70 161 (3/24/2011 9:08:07 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Is there some reason Java has no built-in Collection that keeps a sorted linear list and searches by binary search? You need something light weight and fast for small sets. Would such a beast just not fit in... Roedy

The halting problem revisited 86 157 (3/26/2011 6:45:44 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer The proof that the halting problem is insoluble has discouraged any sort work on static analysing what computer programs will do. What if the problem were reformulated like this: The input to the detecto... Roedy

Enums: Properties vs. Methods 35 42 (3/29/2011 3:18:28 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer All, I am just musing about the pros and cons of using boolean properties in enum classes vs. custom methods. So far I found pro Properties: - less classes - when adding enum values to an enum you cannot for... shortcutter (5766)

AtomicReferenceArray writes and visibility 9 30 (3/31/2011 5:43:42 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello all, reading on the "new" memory model and AtomicReferenceArray, it seems that anything done before a .set() on an AtomicReferenceArray "happens-before" anything done after a .get() on the same AtomicRe... v_borchert (106)

calling own methods from constructor 49 32 (4/6/2011 8:48:41 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer There is well-known danger in calling own methods from the constructor, namely that the method called may be overridden by a subclass, which is really instanciated, but whose specific constructor has not yet be... avl1 (2656)

Threads and statics 16 41 (4/7/2011 12:34:15 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Is there a problem with multiple threads using the same static method of a class? -- Dirk http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology ... dirk.bruere (465)

Android: create drawable from path 14 43 (4/14/2011 5:37:41 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer For some reason d=null when creating a drawable from coverArtURLStr, which is the full http path to the resource on the LAN. Anything obvious wrong? It's a path to a .png [I can access the LAN OK, and Data.def... dirk.bruere (465)