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JDK 1.5 Javadocs zip file is 45MB compressed, and 235MB uncompressed. If you’d like to browse its content without uncompress it, you can use following servlet:
1public class JavadocSampleServlet extends HttpServlet {
2 private static final String JAVADOC_LOCATION =
3 "D:/Java/docs/jdk-1_5_0-doc.zip";
4 […]

I just discovered a Firefox plugin that promises to be fantastic. I’ve not tried it for enough time to say that it really rocks as it seems, but I’ve never been disappointed by google stuff. Google Browser Sync is able to synchronize your browser bookmarks, cookies, passwords, etc. between multiple browsers. It’s much useful if […]

November meeting of Java User Group Torino wil take place on 16th with this schedule:

18.30 Check-In!
18.45 Quickie! “Using SVN!”
CVS? Old stuff! Here is the new platform!
(Simone Bordet, JUG Torino)
19.00 Seminar! “From J2EE to Java EE”
The new release of the Java Enterprise Edition platform that radically changes distributed applications
(Filippo Diotalevi, Java Champion, JUG Milano)
20.00 End of […]

In this post I’ll discuss a technique to generate Microsoft Excel compatible files without any third party library and in an easier than ever manner.
If you ever faced the problem of generating Excel report/export from your application, I guess you know libraries like Jakarta POI and its wonderful APIs on the “Horrible SpreadSheet Format”. […]