Patrick Dezenzio

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Hello All,

I have a Struts application running under Tomcat 5 using an Applet as my frontend. The Applet uploads images to the server using the Http Client and FileUpload packages. The upload works great, including a progress bar. The issue is in the action class that saves the files to the server. The action forward returned doesn't do anything. I have a global action forward in my struts-config to forward to a "hello" html page. No errors are dumped. No messages indicate that an issue occurred in the forwarding. Here's my theory: since I am using the HttpClient package and the applet itself waits for a response from the servlet (in this case, a Struts action), the forward is being rejected in favor of sending the response to the applet.

Is there something I need to do on the Struts side, or should I add a NEXT button in the applet to allow the user to forward to the next page (basically, add a manual forward function in the applet)?

Thanks,
Patrick
17 years ago
Try again. Don't give up. I failed the full SCJP 5 exam a month ago and I almost gave up. I went and got another book and bought the Whizlabs practice exams and it gained me another 10 points in 4 weeks.

To fully understand the exam you can't read just the books and do the mock exams. You HAVE to code examples and twist them around and play "what if I do this?". This exam is different in 1.4 because you can't memorize a book and expect to pass the exam. Take a week off and then attack the studying again. At least you know what to expect.
17 years ago
Try again. Don't give up. I failed the full SCJP 5 exam a month ago and I almost gave up. I went and got another book and bought the Whizlabs practice exams and it gained me another 10 points in 4 weeks.

To fully understand the exam you can't read just the books and do the mock exams. You HAVE to code examples and twist them around and play "what if I do this?". This exam is different in 1.4 because you can't memorize a book and expect to pass the exam. Take a week off and then attack the studying again. At least you know what to expect.
17 years ago
Let me make you feel better about that 68%. I passed mine yesterday with a 62% after failing it the first time with a 52%. I studied hard for that exam and am proud of it! I just wished I could play around with the newer features a bit more. My best score within the score was Concurrency (83%) which stunned me. The low scores were in the new topic areas tho Collections brought up my Generics section score.

Let me say that anyone who passes the SCJP should not be afraid to post a low score!! You passed a very tough exam that has caused alot of my fellow associates to jump to .NET because it's easier. In the office, there are quite a few MCSD associates who were ex-Java because of the SCJP exam. One guy took the entire MCSD tests in 10 days and he said that the SCJP exam was more tougher than getting the MCSD.

In short, you passed the SCJP!! Enjoy the achievement!! I am:-)
17 years ago
Congrats!

BTW, I'm jealous of everyone's scores. I studied the SCJP 1.5 exam for 4 weeks (night and day) and came nowhere of getting 90%, but I did pass.
Congrats!

BTW, I'm jealous of everyone's scores. I studied the SCJP 1.5 exam for 4 weeks (night and day) and came nowhere of getting 90%, but I did pass.
Whizlabs has pretty good coverage of Generics. If you need a reference to explain things that the simulators/mock exams can't, TigerTamer by Marcus Green is a great resource. Then, the best way to learn is to code it. I couldn't have passed the 1.5 exam if I didn't try variations of what is taught in the reference material.
Good luck too! I passed the SCJP 1.5 exam today and I still have a headache.

Patrick
Don't assume that primitive int values (<= 127) are handled by the pool. It is not always true. I wrote a small program that spit out equalities using the "pool", and out of 10,000 iterations, 3 occurances found them not to be equal. I wished I could remember why this occurs, but I can't find any references to the anomoly.
The issue with Java 5 is that none of my clients are in a position of converting to it. That puts a damper on picking up the knowledge in the real-world. I need the certification because my job requires it, hence, I need a crash course on the Java 5 features. I have the WizLabs software and after about a week of studying 8 hrs/day, my scores tell me I'm not ready. I need a course in addition to the practice exams. It does help to copy code snippets to Eclipse and step through, so maybe that might be just as good. The issue is time and I won't have the time to study by next Wednesday.