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How to offer download of local PDF file in Java?

I have JBoss running as application server and somewhere on my HD there is a PDF file, that gets created when the user clicks on a specific action. Let’s say the file is here: C:/PDF/doonot/10.07.2012/doonot.pdf. How can I offer this file as download? I already did it for a CSV file, but I don’t k…

Multiline text in Excel cells

I’m trying to write multiline text to excel cells. But when I open the document, I see only one line until I double-click it for editing, then it becomes two-lined. Why is it so? Thanks Answer You need to set the row height to accomodate two lines of text. You need to set the wrap text = true to get

Serialization – How to secure a serialized JAVA object?

How can I secure the serialized object if I send the serialized object over the network? I doubt that hackers may interrupt/hack my data. can anyone tell in detail about how to implement this? Answer This presentation give ideas on how effectively attackers can tamper a Java serialized stream: https://www.owa…

Load RSA public key from file

I’ve generated a private key with: After this I’ve generated a public key with: I want to sign some messages with my private key, and verify some other messages with my public key, using code like this: I found a solution to convert my private key to PKCS8 format and load it. It works with some co…

Android: javac vs Dalvik

My understanding is that Google didn’t like Oracle’s licensing policy for using the JRE in Java ME so it just rewrote it using its own JVM specification that mimics the JRE but behaves a little bit differently, especially when it comes to making things more efficient and more secure. So, if my und…