Read the whole contents of a file into a String. It's better to read the whole file as bytes and convert to String than to read the file line by line and concatenate the lines. String getFileContents(String fileName) throws... Using java.nio : import java.io.FileInputStream; import java...

The goal is to read a file like this: for (String line: textFileReader) { // do s... This is the code: import java.io.*; import java.util.Iterator; ...

Demo code for CSV parsing with OpenCSV . Java code: import java.io.*; import au.com.bytecode.opencs... Test with a simple CSV file: psmith01,CLASS2B,Peter Smith 1,YEAR2,1,N,ADVANCED,... The parser worked correctly: Line 1 has 11 values: |psmith01| |CLASS2B|... Test with a more complicated CSV file: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... Result: Line 1 has 4 values: |psmith01 abc| |CLASS... The parser: Escaped quote and backslash correctly Ignored spaces before the quotation mark - sometimes (see below) Counted spaces after the right quotation mark till the comma as content, including the right quotation mark (bug). Ignored improperly quoted item - silently (third line) Indeed, the OpenCSV parser has a problem with spaces: Input: "Smith, Jack", "210-345-8888" "Smith, J... Result: Line 1 has 2 values: | Smith, Jack| |210-3......

Demo code for CSV parsing with Skife CSV . Java code: import java.io.*; import java.util.*; import... Test with a simple CSV file: psmith01,CLASS2B,Peter Smith 1,YEAR2,1,N,ADVANCED,... The parser worked correctly: Line 1 has 11 values: |psmith01| |CLASS2B|... Test with a more complicated CSV file: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... Result: Line 1 has 4 values: |psmith01 abc| | CLAS... The parser worked correctly. But notice that it counts the spaces outside of the quotes significant, and doing so consistently. One more test for spaces: "Smith, Jack" , "210-345-8888" "Smith, Jack"... Result: Line 1 has 2 values: | Smith, Jack | | 210... Add a new line in item two: "One", "Two ", "Three" Result: Line 1 has 2 values: |One| | Two| L...

Demo code for CSV parsing with Apache Commons CSV parser . Java code: import java.io.*; import org.apache.commons.csv... Test with a simple CSV file: psmith01,CLASS2B,Peter Smith 1,YEAR2,1,N,ADVANCED,... Result: Line 1 has 11 values: |psmith01| |CLASS2B|... The parser worked correctly. Test with a more complicated CSV file: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... Result: Line 1 has 4 values: |psmith01 abc| |CLASS... The third line is invalid input, but throwing a Java IOException is a bit grave. Also, the parser is not able to escape a backslash. Add a new line in item two: "One", "Two ", "Three" Result: Line 2 has 3 values: |One| |Two | |...

Demo code for CSV parsing with SuperCSV parser . Java code: import java.io.*; import java.util.List; imp... Test with a simple CSV file: psmith01,CLASS2B,Peter Smith 1,YEAR2,1,N,ADVANCED,... The parser worked correctly: Line 1 has 11 values: |psmith01| |CLASS2B|... Test with a more complicated CSV file: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... The parser messed up on all three lines: Line 1 has 5 values: |psmith01 abc| |CLASS... Using two lines input: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... It generates an exception: Line 1 has 5 values: |psmith01 abc| |CLASS... Add a new line in item two: "One", "Two ", "Three" Result: Line 2 has 3 values: |One| |Two | |...

Demo code for CSV parsing with OstermillerUtils . Java code: import java.io.*; import java.util.List; imp... Test with a simple CSV file: psmith01,CLASS2B,Peter Smith 1,YEAR2,1,N,ADVANCED,... The parser worked correctly: Line 1 has 11 values: |psmith01| |CLASS2B|... Test with a more complicated CSV file: "psmith01 abc", "CLASS2B " , " Peter... The parser messed up on all three lines: Line 1 has 6 values: |psmith01 abc| | "CLA... Putting a space before the first quote: "Smith, Jack","210-345-8888" It dismissed the quotes: Line 1 has 3 values: | "Smith| | Jack"| ... Add a new line in item two: "One", "Two ", "Three" Result: Line 1 has 2 values: |One| | "Two| ...

I haven't test these. They are collected for reference only. With mencoder, from HOWTO: Convert and write AVCHD (.mts) to DVD with Linux mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts fo... With HandBrake (GUI): Transcoding AVHD (Cannon HF100 .mts) into a usable open format (MKV w/ FFMPEG) With ffmpeg & WinFF (GUI and command line): How to convert Canon .mts video files to other formats in Ubuntu With mencoder, from Transcoding AVCHD (.mts or .m2ts) files using mencoder on Linux (no deinterlacing): # 1 pass mencoder $file -o ./$file.avi -oac cop... With ffmpeg, from Stuttering playback of canon MTS files #!/bin/bash for i in "$i"*.MTS; do name="${i%.*... #!/bin/bash for i in "$i"*.MTS; do name="${i%.*... With mencoder, from [MEncoder-users] problems with AVCHD (.mts) + Deinterlace...

Some javap usage examples. Start from HelloWorld.java : @Deprecated public class HelloWorld { pu... javap -c HelloWorld outputs: Compiled from "HelloWorld.java" public class He... javap -v HelloWorld outputs ( -v for verbose mode): Compiled from "HelloWorld.java" public class He... The output consists of: " Compiled from... " header Class attributes. For the HelloWorld example, there are two: SourceFile and Deprecated . Minor and major class file version Constant pool Disassembled code LineNumberTable for debugging purposes. javap by default only prints package/protected/public members. To display all members including private, use the -p switch. javap -v -p HelloWorld

There's no difference between a Java HTTP client and a Java HTTPS client. Ignore JavaWorld Java Tip 96 , it's way too old. The following code gets an HTTP page as well as an HTTPS page. import java.io.*; import java.net.*; pub... There's one catch . If you are using the code on a test server with a self-signed certificate, it fails. In that case, I would suggest that you download the certificate from the server and import it to your keystore as a trusted key. You may also need to add a subject alternative name to the certificate if the host name does not match the certificate. You may also choose to use a custom TrustManager and HostnameVerifier to ignore the certificate verification errors.