Re: Java questions

Hello!

Jack Mullins from Jonesboro Arkansas here.  I am an applications programmer
for Sun Industries, Inc., a privately owned tanning equipment company.  At
the moment we are not doing any JAVA development, but, we will be looking
into the possibilities after our Y2K conversion is complete.  I have just
recently completed a C++ course at our local University and I'm looking
forward to doing some OO development.  I've got a book on JAVA (about two
inches thick!) laying on my desk, but, I'm afraid I can't be of much help at
the moment.  Hopefully, I'll get to start learning JAVA soon.  Good luck and
merry Christmas to you and all others on the list!

Jack Mullins
Sun Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 2026
Jonesboro, AR 72402
http://www.sundash.com
jmullins@sundash.com
jmullins@hurtcompanies.com



> I have two questions.  First, there seems to be very little activity on
>this java mail list. Could anyone who subscribes to this list identify
>yourself.  I promise I won't start mailing you questions.  I just want to
>find out how many people are out there listening.
> Second, if anyone is trying to develop applications using the AS/400
>Toolbox for Java, I'm disappointed by the methods provided for the
>KeyedFile class.  Does anyone have a different opinion? The class does
>not seem to provide the capabilities that would be useful for positioning
>and reading through a keyed file.  I know the class provides about a
>dozen methods for accessing records, but when I try to actually start
>using them in a real application, I find them to be lacking.  As an
>example, there does not seem to be a method to simply position you to the
>end of a file or to read the last record in a file. You can use the
>methods provided to attempt to simulate these functions, but I find
>myself starting to need to make assumptions about the data to easily
>accomplish these tasks and others.  Any comments or suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
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