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Requesting tips, comments for an EDT thread-safe game architecture 9 44 (3/21/2007 4:41:09 PM) comp.lang.java.gui I recently saw a thread about the Swing EDT in the CLJP, and it made me wonder whether my general game architecture was thread safe or not. EDT, and threading in general, are one of my weaker points in Ja... Oliver

Are JCL questions on topic here? 8 54 (3/13/2007 5:12:49 PM) comp.lang.cobol My newsserver doesn't seem to carry a group "comp.lang.jcl", nor any newsgroup with the substring "jcl" in it, apparently. I've seen JCL mentioned in passing a couple of times in this newsgroup, so I wond... Oliver

Is there an XQuery existence function? 2 22 (2/13/2007 4:16:44 PM) comp.text.xml Is there a function (or other construct) which will return true if a certain XPath points to an existing element, and false otherwise? E.g. exists(./foo/bar) would return true if there exists a foo/bar ele... Oliver

Strange runtime error: AbstractMethodError 11 45 (2/7/2007 8:20:37 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Here's my code: package com.castortech.tests; import net.sf.saxon.om.SiblingCountingNode; import com.castortech.common.parser.tokenstreaming.Token; public class BugTest { public static void main(String[] ... Oliver

[News] EU study says OSS has better economics than proprietary software 1 43 (1/12/2007 11:30:37 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070112-8606.html The organizations studied made the move from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org as part of their transition to OSS, and the study looks at the overall ... Oliver

Washington Post compares Wii and PS3 45 18 (11/23/2006 10:53:35 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112201857.html While the people in my group preferred looking at the PS3's games, they preferred playing the Wii. - Oliver ... Oliver

[News] Ars Technica gives PS3 a 6 out of 10. 0 29 (11/23/2006 12:00:58 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/ps3.ars/1 The Good: * The hardware looks great, and runs nearly silently and very cool * Wireless controller is light and feels great * Great-looking Blu-ra... Oliver

[OT] Thank you, chrisv 0 44 (11/22/2006 5:47:26 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy In an earlier thread, chrisv asked me what crimes I'd be willing to commit for $1 or $10. I told him I'd be willing to swear in French (which is apparently a crime in Quebec, where I live), and proceeded ... Oliver

Control Flow Analysis for Languages with Exceptions (e.g. Java) 4 133 (11/4/2006 11:44:15 PM) comp.compilers I'm a novice to compiler theory, and I've been doing some reading on control flow analysis. It looks like the literature all agrees that the first step to CFA, once you have the AST, is to determine wh... Oliver

Iterating through an n-ary tree 10 88 (11/3/2006 4:08:36 PM) comp.programming I'm sort of embarassed that this one seems to have me stumped. I want to write an iterator which will iterate through all the nodes (internal and leaves) of a given n-ary tree. The order of iteration does... Oliver

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Embed a small image in code 13 27 (2/23/2007 6:07:09 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi, I want to display a 16x16 image in my application/applet and I don't want to deal with jars/urls/resources/etc. Is there a way to embed an image in code in some ascii format and then display it? Thanks! ... aaronfude (214)

Can a Java program be both an applet and stand alone? 7 35 (2/23/2007 9:42:09 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Howdy! I made a Java test at a job interview today. One of the questions was, "Can a Java program be both an applet and a stand alone program?". I had now idea, and I'm curious what the answer might be, and wh... janzon (59)

NewBee help with HashMaps #2 1 43 (2/25/2007 7:08:46 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Ok - I am really stuck on this. I have managed to create a Hashmap that holds student names and will hold scores of coursework, and it will finally give them a grade. I now have to: /** * Asks the user to en... psmith (15)

Algorithm considerations 10 36 (2/26/2007 6:05:37 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I am trying to determine an efficient algorithm to discern if a preposition occurs in a sentence. Prepositions are runs of given words which are anywhere from one to three words long. I already have a list of... rxv (490)

Barcode reading in Java 4 33 (2/27/2007 6:13:57 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi Everybody I am an MCA student. I want to know how does the bar code reaer works and How we can use it in a poject where we can take input by reading the bar code and display the information about the item. l... Pankaj0721 (1)

simple java networked game 1 48 (2/27/2007 8:31:42 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi guys, I am trying to create a two player jave game which is to run on two networked computers. The game is Tron, which is very similiar to a 2player version of Snake. Is there anyone who could point me in... nickm687 (6)

Do I need to keep all the Java updates? 16 31 (2/27/2007 9:29:18 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer My WinXP computer shows all this: Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Currently installed programs: J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 2 J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 3 J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Up... ramon (1465)

Are JCL questions on topic here? 8 54 (3/13/2007 5:12:49 PM) comp.lang.cobol My newsserver doesn't seem to carry a group "comp.lang.jcl", nor any newsgroup with the substring "jcl" in it, apparently. I've seen JCL mentioned in passing a couple of times in this newsgroup, so I wond... owong (5281)

OT: The Future 43 48 (4/13/2007 12:38:04 AM) comp.lang.cobol What do you think the next 20 to 30 years will be like? If you are like most people you think it will be like the last 20 to 30 years and there is a good chance that you would be unprepared for the powerful ... chottel (592)

Java and avoiding software piracy? 195 864 (7/11/2007 12:27:30 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi,Im *hoping* to release an application that I developed in Java, and Iwant to release a free version as well as a pay version.Clearly I want to be able to avoid people cracking it, or creating keygenerators..... adamorn