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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Java Software</title>
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
	<description>News and views from a Software Architect and Web Entrepreneur on Java, PHP and Web 2.0 Technologies.</description>
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		<title>Top 10 features of JDK 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. Going by the schedule 6 milestone are expected in 2009, with the milestone M3 encompassing JSR 292's VM Support for non-Java languages, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-features-of-jdk-7/</link>
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		<title>Komodo Dragon most likely evolved in Australia 3-4 mln yrs ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A team of palaeontologists and archaeologists, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, has shown that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia around 3-4 million years ago and dispersed westward to Indonesia.

According to study author Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences at the Queensland Museum, Australia is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/komodo-dragon-most-likely-evolved-in-australia-3-4-mln-yrs-ago/</link>
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		<title>How to install / enable Java Plugin / Applets in Firefox on CentOS 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.
Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-enable-java-plugin-applets-in-firefox-on-centos-5/</link>
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		<title>How to download &amp; install JDK 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never thought I would have to write this article. Downloading Java was the simplest thing possible. Just go to java.sun.com and download the JDK. Unfortunately Sun has (intentionally?) complicated the procedure to such an extent that it almost takes an expert to download the proper version of JDK and without any extra and often [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-download-install-jdk-6/</link>
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		<title>How to Run PHP in JSP/JAVA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Apache Tomcat developers can enable PHP only in one web application and run it globally for all applications under tomcat. Generally, PHP is said to have several orders of magnitude more open source code and projects. Those developers favoring the Resin application server have the ubiquitous of PHP. Implementing PHP in Java would benefit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-run-php-in-jspjava/</link>
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		<title>Bali bombing mastermind killed in police raid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - Terrorist mastermind  Noordin  Mohammed Top was killed in a police raid on a militant hideout in  Central Java on Thursday, Indonesian police have officially confirmed.

The   41-year-old  Malaysian-born  extremist  was  one  of   four militants  killed  in the raid near Solo, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bali-bombing-mastermind-killed-in-police-raid/</link>
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		<title>Java Management Extension (JMX) FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Java Management Extensions (JMX) is Sun Microsystem's new Java-based tool for managing enterprise applications. JMX is a Java framework designed to manage enterprise applications in a distributed environment. The JMX technology equips the developers with the ability to add monitoring and management to their Java applications. These APIs can manage anything Java enabled- web servers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-management-extension-jmx-faq/</link>
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		<title>Java / JDK 7 Downloaded?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just started playing with JDK 7 (JDK stands for Java development kit and is suitable for Java developers, others should just download the JRE). Java 7 comes with some impressive features. My personal favorite is the WatchService API, more on it later.

Java 7 hasn't been released at the time of this writing. However [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-jdk-7-downloaded/</link>
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		<title>Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal on questions about database market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary Box: EU applies brakes to Oracle-Sun deal
SLOW DOWN: European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. Oracle expected to complete the acquisition this summer, but European regulators now have until Jan. 19 to decide whether to clear or block the deal. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/summary-box-eu-applies-brakes-to-oracle-sun-deal-on-questions-about-database-market/</link>
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		<title>US Geological Survey sounds Tsunami alert for Indian Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The US Geological Survey on  Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean in the wake of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake striking Indonesia's Java island.

According to the USSGS, the quake struck less than 200 kilometres south of the capital Jakarta at a depth of 63 kilometres.
A  powerful  underwater earthquake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/us-geological-survey-sounds-tsunami-alert-for-indian-ocean/</link>
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		<title>Sun absorbs $147M loss in sign of choppy finances that forced sale to Oracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.

Sun's latest numbers, reported Friday in a regulatory filing without the usual news release and conference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-absorbs-147m-loss-in-sign-of-choppy-finances-that-forced-sale-to-oracle/</link>
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		<title>Java EE 6 Features Overview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Java EE 6 arrives as a big leap transforming into an ideally simple, streamlined and well-integrated platform. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has grown over the years since its in 1999. After years of development the Java EE platform has accumulated a chunk of outdated APIs that are not well supported or not widely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-ee-6-features-overview/</link>
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		<title>Justice Dept says OK to Oracle&#8217;s $7.4 billion deal for Sun; approval still needed in Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-dept-says-ok-to-oracles-74-billion-deal-for-sun-approval-still-needed-in-europe/</link>
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		<title>Oracle: Justice Dept OK&#8217;s Sun acquisition; go-ahead still needed from European Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oracle: Justice Dept OK's Sun deal
SAN FRANCISCO — Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.

The deal still needs to get the go-ahead from the European Commission.
Clearance by the Justice Department had been held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/oracle-justice-dept-oks-sun-acquisition-go-ahead-still-needed-from-european-commission/</link>
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		<title>A Close Look at Monalisa, a Dynamic Service Architecture Framework to Control and Monitor Large Distributed System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ MonALISA is  a framework based on dynamic distributed service architecture and was developed by Caltech for its HEP(High Energy Physics) dept.  The abbreviation stands for Monitoring Agents using Large Integrated Service Architecture. The scope of the framework is to monitor, control and optimize complex systems. The design principle of Monalisa is based on multi-threaded, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-close-look-at-monalisa-an-integrated-services-architecture-framework-to-control-and-monitor-large-distributed-system/</link>
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		<title>Fingerprint analysis confirms Indonesia&#8217;s most wanted  terrorist is alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Fingerprint analysis has confirmed that one  of two men reported killed in a central Java shoot-out  with police  was  not  Indonesia's  most  wanted  terrorist,   Noordin Mohammed Top.

Malaysian-born  Top  is  a prime suspect  in  last  month's  near [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fingerprint-analysis-confirms-indonesias-most-wanted-terrorist-is-alive/</link>
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		<title>Indonesia&#8217;s most wanted terrorist shot dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Indonesian police sources have said that one of two men killed in a central Java shoot-out with police is Indonesia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top.

Malaysian-born Top is a prime suspect in last month's near simultaneous suicide attacks on Jakarta's JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, which killed nine people and wounded 53.
Police hunting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indonesias-most-wanted-terrorist-shot-dead/</link>
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		<title>SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065: Review &amp; Download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide an extensive repository of practice questions and answers for exam 310-065. It makes a good guide to describe and prepare for the SCJP exam. Although a little obsessed with trick questions that doesn't offer an in-depth study of syntactic molasses, but the variety of question is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/scjp-sun-certified-programmer-for-java-6-exam-310-065-review-download/</link>
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		<title>JDK 1.6 Compiler Optimization performance difference between IP address to long implementations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to give all ya techies  some food for real geeky thoughts, here is a kind of an eye opener of how much JDK 1.6 compiler has optimized itself over the years. Our developers were working on a project that needed IP addresses to get simplified and be represented by numbers. Understandably it reduces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/jdk-16-compiler-optimization-performance-difference-between-ip-address-to-long-implementations/</link>
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		<title>Progressive Disclosure in API Design with example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard about the progressive disclosure principle of UI design. In Progressive disclosure design you defer advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone. It has been successfully argued that the same principles can be and should be applied to API design, which are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/progressive-disclosure-in-api-design-with-example/</link>
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		<title>IBM&#8217;s $1.2B acquisition of SPSS shows importance of software in IBM transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is bulking up its most profitable division with a $1.2 billion acquisition of business software provider SPSS Inc., a deal that also reflects the power of wealthy technology companies to throw their money around despite the recession.

The all-cash deal announced Tuesday represents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ibms-12b-acquisition-of-spss-shows-importance-of-software-in-ibm-transformation/</link>
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		<title>Stone-age rings unearthed at prehistoric sites in Central Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - An archeological research team from  the Bandung  Institute of Technology (ITB) and  the  Purwokerto-based Jendral Sudirman University has discovered at least 50 new  sites rich  in prehistoric rings from the Stone Age along  the  Kliwang River in Purbalingga, Central Java.

"We  found  stone relics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stone-age-rings-unearthed-at-prehistoric-sites-in-central-java/</link>
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		<title>15 new prehistoric sites found in Central Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - Archaeologists have found up to  15  new prehistoric sites in Purbalingga regency, Central Java.

According  to Prayitno, the head of Purbalingga  administration's Media  Information  Division, the sites were  spread  across  the upper  stream sections of the Klawing and Tungtung Gunung  Rivers and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/15-new-prehistoric-sites-found-in-central-java/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Java Portal Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Portals are designed to offer your employees, partners and customers a single point of access to your organization's data, knowledge and services using a simple and self-explanatory interface. The open source standard compliant portal servers offers Content Management capabilities integrated with groupware that enable the users to create site for Internet, Extranet and Intranet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-5-java-portal-software/</link>
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		<title>Justice Department wants more information about Oracle&#8217;s takeover of Sun Microsystems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regulators extend review of Oracle's Sun takeover
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif — The Department of Justice wants more information about Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., extending the agency's review of the $7.4 billion deal.

Software maker Oracle said in a statement Friday that the Justice Department has extended its initial 30-day review [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/justice-department-wants-more-information-about-oracles-takeover-of-sun-microsystems/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Java Trouble Ticket System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those without any knowledge of trouble ticket system, let's being from the scratch. Trouble ticket system (aka. issue tracking system) is a software package  designed to manage and maintain lists of issues, required in an organization. Ticket's are files contained within the trouble ticket system that contain information about support interventions reported by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-java-trouble-ticket-system/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 JAVA ERP Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning ) requires the developers to develop applications quickly. This is so because, typically ERP implementation not only involves several applications, but also need the applications to be extended or reengineered to incorporate the systems of partner companies. This calls for a tool that could facilitate Rapid application development (RAD) and simplify the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-5-java-erp-software/</link>
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		<title>Sun Microsystem simplifies Java developments for mobile phone; embraces Orange, Vodafone, Sony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent development, Sun Microsystem has joined hands with mobile phone majors Orange, Vodafone Group and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications to make it easier and cheaper for the developers to bring Java programs to mobile phones. On Tuesday, Sun Microsystem released the new open-source testing tools in JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystem-simplifies-java-developments-for-mobile-phone-embraces-orange-vodafone-sony/</link>
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		<title>Indonesian military plane crash kills 97</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - At least 97 people were killed when an Indonesian military plane with more than 100 people on board crashed Wednesday into a residential neighbourhood in East Java province, the military said.



Nineteen people were also injured when the Hercules C-130 crashed in Magetan district while on a regular flight to the country's easternmost province [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indonesian-military-plane-crash-kills-97/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Ajax Tutorial For You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we are concentrating on tutorials a lot. Results: Top 10 Tutorials to Develop iPhone Apps and Top 10 Nginx Tutorial to help you out. This time I decided to pick a web technology, Ajax. In the recent years, there has been a greater thrust on developing rich Internet applications. The web developers are driven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-ajax-tutorial-for-you/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Free Antivirus Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You get what you don't pay for in life. So if you want to skim on security software, you'll lose out on customer support, which can save you when badware gets stubborn.
But most of your "tech support" involves waiting on hold and listening to poorly scripted conversation?
Here are the top five free antivirus / antispyware [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-5-free-antivirus-software-2/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Java Caching Sotware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Java caching software is written in java for server-side java applications. Caching is an effective technique when it comes to long-running applications such as servlets, JSPs and GUI applications. It speeds up the dynamic web applications by providing a means to manage cached data of various dynamic natures. At times its inevitable to cache some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-java-caching-sotware/</link>
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		<title>Java Program: Compare two text files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today while managing the comments, I got a request of this sort.
HI,
I have a small question in java.
I have two inputs , which are in two documents .I want to compare these two document values. Is it possible in Java.  please let me know.
thanks &#38; Regards,
Certainly, there are ways to compare two text files in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-program-compare-two-text-files/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Java Software Testing Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There can be a number of test cases for every system and only a few of them can be run. These cases can be used to detect most of the defects in the software. Since that is not feasible option, the testing tools are used. The main purpose of testing is to discover the errors.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-java-software-testing-software/</link>
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		<title>Feature: Will Sun Rise with Oracle?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. Oracle, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-will-rise-again-with-oracle-comment/</link>
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		<title>How to force any Java program to use HTTP proxy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can either specify it on command line or within program code by setting three system properties as below:

proxyHost=proxy_host_name
proxyPort=proxy_port
proxySet=true

For example if a proxy is running on localhost at port 8080 then we can use:
java -DproxyHost=localhost -DproxyPort=8080 -DproxySet=true YourProgram
The same properties can be set within your Java program by System.getProperties().put(key, value);
That's it folks!
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-force-any-java-program-to-use-http-proxy/</link>
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		<title>Google App Engine Support Java And How To Get An Early Invite Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The breaking news today is Google App Engine has finally announced support for Java.  The Java environment provides a Java 6 JVM, a Java Servlets interface, and support for standard interfaces to the App Engine scalable datastore and services, such as JDO, JPA, JavaMail, and JCache. Standards support makes developing your application easy and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-app-engine-support-java-and-how-to-get-an-early-invite-free/</link>
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		<title>Indonesian air force plane crashes, 24 killed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - An aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed Monday afternoon in West Java capital of Bandung, killing all 24 people on board, news reports and officials said.



The Fokker airplane was carrying 17 officers from the Indonesian Air Force's special force and seven crew when it crashed at about 12.30 p.m. (0530 GMT) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/indonesian-air-force-plane-crashes-24-killed/</link>
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		<title>How to Extract the Text from an Image?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever download an awesome wall paper that had a lovely message in the background and you wished if you could set that over some of your snaps? Well, you can always do that through photoshop and all. But it takes so much of time and energy, no? What if there was a genie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-extract-the-text-from-an-image/</link>
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		<title>How to Compile Java Source within Java Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This small trick will tell you how you can compile a java source file from another java file on the go. You do not need to run it on a different page and compile it there and then get back to this program. This will be immensely helpful for a program that has some dynamic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-compile-java-source-within-java-program/</link>
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