Is there a good mailing list for high level java questions with manageable traffic?

What is the difference between java collections and commons collections?

>> Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:46:42 PM - Comments by satya

When should I use inner classes?

It is nice to hide them for encapsulation reasons. But they have an unsavory syntax for instantiating them


ex: class x { class y {} };
x = new x();
y = x.new y();

This is because the inner class uses a hidden reference to the parent.

Look into this in a bit more detail and see if some guidelines can be provided.

>> Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:16:37 AM - Comments by satya

Is there a cost difference between instantiating a class with lots of methods and a class that only has a few or no methods?

It is possible to think that a class with differeing data requirements may have different cost for instantiating them. What about different method numbers?

Satya - Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:22:22 PM

Eclipse Questions

Satya - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:43:16 AM

How compatible is unescape between different browsers?

In particular for safari, ie, and mozilla.

Satya - Friday, December 17, 2004 3:39:28 PM

How can I space the contents of a div

It is possible to set the margin of a div. That will effect how much this div will offcentered from its parent. What if I want to place the contents of this an equally off centered positioning.

This can be done through an inner div and an outer div. Is there a way to do this using a single div

border and spacing properties may help. Although I have a preconceived notion that boundary is outside of the margin. I need to look into the box model one more time to determine this.

Satya - Friday, December 17, 2004 3:45:14 PM

What is an effective way to style forms, buttons etc.

The usual paragraph and body styling doesnt seem to effect the html controls. The control types such as "buttons", and "select" doesn't seem to be available to the css as clasess.

One way I have seen this done is to define user specific classes for each of these controls and specify them along with the control type. This seems like a duplicate work.

Question is: Is there a way to address these html form controls via CSS?

Satya - Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:10:52 PM

What is the visibility of globals from a webapp/tomcat perspective?

How are the jar files loaded? in what orders? Are the globals from tomcat are visible in the webapps?

Satya - Friday, March 04, 2005 9:05:56 AM

Is there a place where I can browse the JDK source code online?

Sometimes source code is the only way to figure out how an API is implemented for sure. JDK 1.4 logging is one example. It is also possible to download the soruce distribution of the JDK.

But it is much more easier if we can find a place online where we can quickly browse through the source code. I am not sure if this is not there because of licensing requirements. I remember seeing something like that for the "mono" code base of dotnet.

Satya - Monday, August 01, 2005 10:11:39 AM

Implement a rapid fire input

In akc implement a rapid fire mechanism fortaking notes at such things as conferences or lectures

Satya - Monday, August 01, 2005 10:18:09 AM

Read on ssh

secure ssh tunnelling

Satya - Monday, August 01, 2005 5:02:05 PM

How to combine xs:all and collections

How do I do this. Apparently xs:all does not allow an element more than once

Satya - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:17:10 PM

How can I detab an eclipse document?

It is annoying to cut out and paste somewhere else. How can I tell eclipse to replace tabs with empty spaces?

Satya - Monday, September 19, 2005 10:45:02 AM

Is there any way to detect an exception in finally?

A finally clause is executed at the end of a java function try block. The question is, is there a way to detect if there was an exception prior to invoking the finally block?

Satya - Monday, September 19, 2005 10:48:09 AM

General Guidelines for the finally block?

Write down the general guidelines for the finally block. This should cover the following

Throwing exceptions from finally block
returning from finally block
Using a third party function for the finally block
Detecting exceptions
Closing resources
Comments on the "using" clause of the c#

Satya - Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:12:13 AM

How to form a community with weblogs?

Further explore this topic and compare it to forums and news groups. Some initial ideas are

1. Ask and not prescribe or opinionate
2. Simplify the postings and their replys
3. A set of webloggers that are fairly knowledgable

Satya - Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:31:25 AM

Write a weblog on

The role of "variability" in outsourcing decissions

Anil - 28 February 2006 21:09:42

How do I make Eclipse find my JDK or JRE

Hi,

I have just downloaded the Eclipse SDK and unzipped it on my PC.

When run "Eclipse.exe" i get an error which says that now Java Virtual machine was found.

So i go to the command line and type:

C:\eclipse-SDK-3.1.2-win32\eclipse\eclipse -VM C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\javaw.exe -data d:\myworkspace but it still is not able to detect it.....

The JDK and the JRE are installed properly....i can compile and run java class files on my pc...

Thanks....will really appreciate...

Satya - Sunday, April 02, 2006 11:41:10 AM

Anil, Apologies..

I am not sure how I have missed that post. Please contact me again if you still need help.

Satya - Sunday, April 02, 2006 11:41:56 AM

write a web log on

"Unravelling the familiar: A style teaser"

Satya - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:36:34 PM

Test

test

Satya - Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:56:07 AM

How can I do subselect in where clauses?

How can I do subselect in where clauses?

Satya - Saturday, April 29, 2006 10:36:33 AM

How can I implement apis based on java versioning?

for backward compatibility? Write a tech note on it.

Satya - Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:40:51 AM

In praise of intensity and enterprise

It is not uncommon to notice people with potential drift through aimlessly attending mostly to the current.

write a web log on it.

Satya - Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:43:06 AM

The dirty little secret of a web service

write a web log on the essential qualities of a query based service where not only the input parameters play a role but also paging, search, and sort criteria.

annonymous - Monday, March 26, 2007 10:22:30 AM

test

test

Sathiya , Deepa - Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:23:38 PM

Doubt

Its possible to include javascript statements in Open laszlo?