http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/ Northern Virginia Java Users Group (NOVA Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:55 GMT Vigil Bose http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13786 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13786 You could alternatively try LegStar framework to communicate with CICS/COBOL right from tomcat. It can use either http/socket or Websphere MQ communication Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:07:39 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13785 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13785 Keith: the first one is the standard math function. The second one is a Java implementation of a certain algorithm that's guaranteed to return the same Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:50:46 GMT Keith Bennett http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13784 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13784 Brad - They were: java.lang.Math.cos java.lang.StrictMath.cos com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.lib.ExsltMath.cos I don't know anything about the last two. - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:55 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13783 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13783 I agree with the general sentiment in the link. However, if I only use static imports from Math, I don't think there's any harm. Also, an expression with six Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:27:57 GMT Ken Chien http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13782 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13782 While that link contains good advice for production code, I find myself using static imports primarily while doing BDD. For example, you get very readable Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:54 GMT Michael Duckett http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13781 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13781 You may want to consult this too http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/static-import.html personally I'd rather type in Math.cos() ... -- -- Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:29:28 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13780 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13780 Don't feel bad. I looked at that page and tried it and I can't get it to work (even though it's not exactly what I'm looking for). Brad Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:09 GMT Rich Cariens http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13779 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13779 K that worked for me in Eclipse 3.5. Window -> Preferences, then Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Favorites. Add a "New Type", e.g. "java.lang.Math" and Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:58 GMT Yuesong Wang http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13778 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13778 If you use code assist to finish cos, Eclipse will add static import java.lang.Math.* to your code. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:15:46 GMT Rich Cariens http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13777 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13777 Every day I'm finding I know less and less about more and more :). I was totally ignorant of static imports. D'oh. Aaanyways, this Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:44 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13776 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13776 Keith: that sounds exactly like what I want to be able to do. Just wondering if Eclipse can do it. BTW, what were the three candidates? I can only think of one Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:45 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13775 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13775 Rich: the program I'm writing uses a lot of math functions. So the code gets cluttered if I have to explicitly refer to Math.sin, Math.cos, etc. The Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:59 GMT Keith Bennett http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13774 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13774 Brad - Intellij Idea does this -- I typed "cos", and the light bulb icon appeared. When I clicked it, one of the choices was "Static import". When I clicked Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:29 GMT Rich Cariens http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13773 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13773 Hi Brad, I hope I'm not sounding dumb, but why do you want to explicitly import anything from java.lang? You get it for free... -snip- import Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:09:51 GMT Brad Lufkin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13772 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/novajug/message/13772 I'm afraid that didn't work either. I must be missing something. Here's what I want to be able to do: double x = cos(3.14); I then want to select "Organize