Adding automatic completion to JComboBox

December 20th, 2004 Typing a keyword like java in the location box does an automatic search and takes you to the first link it finds. It fails when the link contains a (dot).

July 31st, 2006 jEdit is a popular Java based code editor. I have used it extensively and highly recommend it.

August 27th, 2008 I am using Ant (Java based build system) for our project. Ant is an exceptionally powerful build system and should be the only build system you will ever need.

July 20th, 2007 What is auto reconnect in MySQL? The MySQL client library can perform an automatic reconnect to the server if it finds that the connection is down when you attempt to send a statement to the server to be executed. In this case, the library tries once to reconnect to the server and send the statement again.

March 5th, 2005 I have noticed that despite closing all connections and exiting a standalone HSQLDB database, at least one connection still remains open. The defect is manifested in HSQLDB 1.7.3 and HSQLDB 1.8.0 RC 8.

August 24th, 2005 Wojciech Biela asked in his blog about the steps for preparing for XP process. Here's my take on the issue based on personal experience: First give him a simple Powerpoint presentation explaining the high level details of XP process and benefits.

April 15th, 2006 Java / J2EE (Java EE) API development should now focus on adding ease of use methods to the API. Often such methods will be redundant.

October 7th, 2005 With the recent announcement of partnership plan between Sun Microsystems and Google Inc. rumours have been around about the possible nature of collaboration.

October 18th, 2005 I had to sort and uniq (create a unique set of strings) a large list with lots of duplicate. My options were to write it in Java or download cygwin and run: cat file | sort | uniq > result Cygwin download never works for me.

October 1st, 2009 We had already focused on JDK 7 features in our post - Java/JDK 7 downloaded. According to the roadmap in OpenJDK site, JDK 7 would be arriving at the first quarter of 2010.

June 23rd, 2007 In directories under subversion there may be files which you do not want to add to subversion. Normally such files would show in subversion status (svn stat) with ? in front of them.

April 12th, 2006 Java Studio Enterprise provides a complete solution for architecting and implementing large-scale enterprise applications in Java EE. Sun plans to open source major elements of the Sun Java Studio Enterprise as a project on NetBeans.org - NetBeans Enterprise Pack.

June 13th, 2006 Spencer Katt, eWeek columnnist, speculates Sun Microsystems may be on his way to sell its hardware business and focus on software instead (read Java). The KattPhone's new ring tone, "Here Comes the Sun," brought a call from a crony asking the Kitty if he thought Sun's restructuring plans were an indication that the company is prepping for an eventual sale, as some Sun watchers have speculated.

April 22nd, 2009 Unlike IBM's failed attempt to acquire Sun Microsystems, the $7.4 billion tendered by Oracle to buy the Santa Clara-based enterprises solutions firm makes good sense for all three companies. It is also gives an honourable exit and hope of a new dawn for a setting Sun, in danger of being gobbled up and swallowed.

March 13th, 2009 The workflow technology has been developed to streamline the design of information system. The workflow engines interpret the documents in the server and acts according to the computer defined process.