Re: Java questions

Hello Frank,

I've been subscribed to this list for about a month, and you are the first
message I have gotten.
Either we are the only 2 subscribers or we are not getting messages.  My
guess is the former situation.
We are doing actual Java development and have some applications in
production use.

 We are using some classes from the AS/400 toolkit, such as data queue
and program call stuff.  However, we use SQL exclusively for data base
access, even in RPG, so we haven't run into the problems you have described.
However, I want to look at the toolkit database classes and test their
performance versus SQL.  SQL is a little sluggish in some circumstances.
So I can provide an opinion in a few
weeks.   You may want to contact IBM with your questions.  Their Java
support, including VisualAge for Java, has
been outstanding.

Let me know what you are doing in Java.  We haven't found any other Java
developers to commiserate with.

Thanks,
Dave Duerr,
Duerr Business Solutions

-----Original Message-----
From: DeSarro Frank <DeSarFra@mail.divintech.com>
To: java400-l@midrange.com <java400-l@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 12:04 PM
Subject: Java questions


> 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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