Example java programs to learn from?

Hi. I just finished the Head First Book and I am about to start on the 1.5 certification book. In the mean time, I was wondering what open source projects might be good for me to download and start reading the code for? I thought it might be a good idea to download one and go through the code, marking it up with what I think it is doing and looking up things I don't understand. Any pointers to good software to do that on, would be great!
Sorry if this is the wrong forum.
Mark

hey eko291!
I found that the easiest way to learn java was to do something with it. I set up a sourceforge site, and set about making widgets for swing that were non standard in java but found in other languages/operating systems. Looking at code to learn is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it can be great for ideas, but on the other, some people really write cruddy obfuscated code that is a nightmare to follow, let alone learn from.
Write some of your own stuff first to get really familiar with it. If you get stuck, look at some examples from Java Almanac (blood good site that one). Look for some examples from O'Reilly books etc.
I wrote some code to help me learn java. While looking at it to learn Java is not something I would recommend, you may find getting ideas from it to help out with your own projects is something useful.
Feel free. www.sf.net/projects/avianfs
Also, I got a lot of good ideas from a particular guy's blog. Romain Guy. He posts up some really super code for people interested in UI design. Looking through his code, you will be amazed at some of the things you can do with Java. You will get heaps of ideas from there.
hope that helps!
Jason Barraclough.
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