So I decided to use JDOM to parse XML for XMPP replies for my current project. In order get a Document object out of JDOM I had to use the SAXBuilder to build it.
Eventually, I realised the build() method only accepts an InputStream, URL, URI… just not an XML created from the String object. Well [...]
Alright. I realised that somehow freedom and boredom does go together at times.
Recently I got so bored at work that I started out doing toy projects. These little projects helped me learn and improve my programming skills and many other ways.
Toy Project 1 – Forum Spider
I created a “Forum Spider” that is able to scan [...]
You can actually shutdown windows with java using java’s java.lang.Runtime class.
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(String command); is like the ‘Run’ command prompt in windows (Windows key+’r’).
To call shutdown, the code is simply Runtime.getRuntime().exec(“shutdown -s -t 180″);
The number 180 is the amount of time allowed in seconds before the system shutsdown. So set it to 0 for immediate shutdown. In [...]
JMF and SWT has been said to be not compatible with each other. But thanks to Thomas the myth has been busted.
To run JMF with SWT in Eclipse on Windows XP (probably works on other windows versions. Do let me know.), do the following steps:
Open Eclipse.
Open the project that uses SWT where JMF is required.
Click [...]
I just finished editing Don Park’s Flash SWT plugin.
I started out using his creation for a while. But me, being a perfectionist, could not stand the compilation warnings the deprecated methods used churns. Hence I decided to get into the source and fixed them up.
I also realised that there were people who might be too [...]
