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Limiting the Size of a Log by Using a Rotating Sequence of Files

Firing Item Events

Finding a Node in a JTree Component

The Quintessential Printing Program

Creating a MySQL Table to Store Java Types

Adding a Binding with Attributes to the Directory

Enabling and Disabling Tool Tips

Reading Output from a Command

Converting a Collection to an Array

Playing Streaming Sampled Audio

Programmatically Starting and Stopping Cell Editing in a JTable Component

Double-Buffering in Full-Screen Mode

Writing to a Channel with a ByteBuffer

Getting the Indices of a Matching Group in a Regular Expression

Creating a Popup Menu

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Creating a Container

Implementing an Unbounded Work Queue

Searching a String for a Character or a Substring

Intercepting All Accesses to External Entities During XML SAX Parsing

Iterating an Array Using the for Statement [5.0]

Sudoku Solver

Finding Elements by Absolute Location in a DOM Document Using XPath

Determining the Parsing Location of an XML SAX Parser

Getting the Attributes of an Element During XML SAX Parsing

Finding Elements by Content in a DOM Document Using XPath

Finding Elements by Id in a DOM Document Using XPath

Finding Elements by Attributes in a DOM Document Using XPath

Selecting from a Set of Child Elements in a DOM Document Using XPath

Visiting All the Elements in a DOM Document

Visiting All the Nodes in a DOM Document