Daniel E. Markle's Blog

When building Swing applications customized for OS X, note that for more complex applications with multiple JFrames, a JFrame containing a JMenuBar must be initialized first. If a JFrame with no JMenuBar is created first, neither the custom application name nor the menus will work correctly.

Wish you could have multiple keys in your Map class? Want to add constraints easily to your collections to ensure the data is as expected? Both of these and much more are available in the Google Collections Library. Obviously these can be coded yourself; but this library offers a more elegant and better tested way to build some of these useful data structures.

When receiving the error java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: dummy, check everything included in all libraries and classpath elements for old or conflicting versions of Xerces and Gnu Jaxp. Dummy is a basic, built-in protocol, so if it is not locatable there is a library conflict.

Wegmans has come to Harrisburg at last.

I have enjoyed their Williamsport location on occasion, but it is a bit far for me to drive for regular shopping. This store appears somewhat larger than that location, mainly in the Market Cafe section. This section includes a Chinese by-the-pound buffet called the Wokery, prepared foods section with seafood, Italian, and traditional American foods, a sub shop, pizza shop, coffee shop, and a large indoor and outdoor seating area.