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NetBeans 4.0 totally blows. What other IDE's are available? 21 21 (12/3/2004 11:08:27 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Subject line says it all. NetBeans 4.0 is a total disaster. I need something else that is free. ... xarax

Problem with JAR manifest name? 1 41 (12/1/2004 2:37:19 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=22&tstart=75&threadID=543024&trange=15 I am using WinZip to create the JAR file. The manifest file name is all uppercase, but WinZip shows it as "Manifest.mf". I d... xarax

XML XPath support in J2SE 1.4.2? 3 30 (9/9/2004 1:54:57 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I've tried reading the JavaDocs until my eyes glaze over. I cannot figure out how to do the XPath stuff after building an XML DOM tree. There is a default parser provided (I think it's the apache crimson thing)... xarax

Removing function key F8 from JSplitPane 0 49 (2/20/2004 7:07:46 PM) comp.lang.java.gui There was an earlier posting requesting how to disable the function key F8 action for JSplitPane. This technique seems to work for me. I have an Action instance that I want invoked when the user presses functi... xarax

Style - imbedding data files 18 30 (2/19/2004 2:59:40 PM) comp.lang.c Greetings, What is the general practice, usual and customary way, of including a data file into a source file? I have some large data structures defined as source similar to: ========================= typede... xarax

Where, how to get started with wireless programming? 4 21 (11/25/2003 6:11:20 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Greetings, I am looking at an opportunity to get into wireless programming for PDA's talking to a central database, for field engineers to communicate with the home office. Where should I start learning about ... xarax

How would you implement a Wizard dialog in Swing? 7 301 (9/9/2003 12:57:44 AM) comp.lang.java.gui You know, the kind of dialog with the ">", "finish", and "cancel" buttons. Fill in the fields, press "next" and see the next set of input fields, checkboxes, etc. All in the same JDialog? I don't want to write ... xarax

No hexadecimal parsing, formatting for BigInteger? 6 31 (9/8/2003 1:51:55 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I was using Long.toHexString() and Long.parseLong() for dealing with 64-bit integers. I now need to handle 128-bit integers, so I looked at java.math.BigInteger, but it doesn't have hexadecimal (or any base con... xarax

Any java memory profilers other than JProfiler and JMP? 7 32 (8/12/2003 1:30:02 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer JMP (freeware) won't even start. It just crashes on my WindowsXP. JProfiler starts and shows instance counts. If I select too high a granularity or try to take a snapshot, it crashes the JVM. I only have a few... xarax

Multiple JAR files on command line? 5 49 (8/10/2003 5:00:21 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer WindowsXP: I am unable to persuade 'java.exe' to include a JAR file in the classpath. My DOS window is open and set to the correct directory. I tried stuff like this: ====================== java -cp . -jar Btn... xarax

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Why first line super() only?? 10 35 (2/3/2005 7:45:20 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi all! When I call super() in constructos, why does javac force me to put it at the first line? Why not allow things like this: public SomeClass(string filePath) { File f = new File("someDir/" + filePath); ... aquila_deus (691)

How To Branch Java 8 26 (2/4/2005 4:25:20 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I'd like to try removing some stuff from an interface. If it were C, I'd ifdef it. Then I could compile against the older version, or the newer version by setting a compiler switch. I could tr... alan8398 (40)

philosophy : ! vs false 31 25 (2/4/2005 4:29:50 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I tried to search the usenet for the same question... Well I would like to know which is the coding style that you prefer boolean booleanValue=getABooleanValue(); if (!booleanValue) { doSomething(); } Or b... ronronchan

Bitfields in a heterogenous environment 6 27 (2/4/2005 5:43:31 PM) comp.lang.c I am looking for opinions on a possible approach to coping with bitfields in a heterogenous environment. We've got a bunch of legacy code which maps to hardware using bitfields. The code was developed for a P... gbkpubgg (4)

How to get the class of a casted null reference. 4 21 (2/6/2005 4:40:58 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hi guys. My question is for java killers and is not so dumb as she looks at first glance. Just a recall : For two methods like : public class Foo { public void method(String str){ System.out.println("method w... texed75.nopassarian (14)

OO programming - illumination? 94 57 (2/12/2005 7:53:17 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Followups set to comp.object; apologies for disturbing comp.lang.forth readers, but this seems to have a sideline into that direction as well. I've been trying my hand in programming Java for a while now, but... Juha.Laiho (584)

Disadvantages of "instanceof" 7 35 (2/16/2005 12:50:15 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer As far as I know one should not use the operator "instanceof" if possible. Why? Mark ... marksiz (11)

Need to return multiple values. 15 26 (2/17/2005 5:33:56 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Hello. I have a method like this: public void p(Integer a, Integer b, Integer c) { .... } b and c should be output data and a input. But I don't know how to assing a value to b and c inside p without chang... nafai3000 (53)

BoxLayout bug in 1.5? 10 20 (2/23/2005 11:03:29 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I've looked around the web and Sun's bug DB, but don't seem to see any direct mention of this problem. I came across it at work today (somebody flagged me down with one of those, "What do you think about..." ... zzanNOtozz (575)

is (!ptr) or (ptr) valid way to check for NULL or NOT NULL? 9 31 (2/25/2005 5:26:15 AM) comp.lang.c Hello fellow C-goers, Comparisons of pointer variables to 0 are automatically converted to comparisons to NULL (which can be represented at the bit level but something non-zero). But how about using !ptr or p... ge.fernandes (14)