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... s into a source file. Java packages and naming conventions and import directives (see newsletters #003, #004, and #005) mostly eliminate the need for #include. Finally, the preprocessor has directives like: #ifdef XXX stuff ... #endif to perform conditional compilation, typically on a per-platform basis. Java is a platform-independent language, and in theory such a directive is not needed. In practice, however, it would be useful to be able to do conditional compilation. For example, the AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit), may perform differently across platforms, due to the vagaries of the underlying window systems. There's nothing to stop you from ...

... centralized lmhosts file to be maintained on a server. # It is ALWAYS necessary to provide a mapping for the IP address of the # server prior to the #include. This mapping must use the #PRE directive. # In addtion the share "public" in the example below must be in the # LanManServer list of "NullSessionShares" in order for client machines to # be able to read the lmhosts file successfully. This key is under # \machine\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters\nullsessionshares # in the registry. Simply add "public" to the list found there. # # The #BEGIN_ and #END_ALTERNATE keywords allow multiple #INCLUDE # statements to be grouped t ...