White artifacts/stitching in between vector layers

Hi there,
I am not sure what I am doing wrong here but I have an illustration I did and when exporting as a PDF I get these white stitch marks inbetween the layering. My steps previous to that were Object > Live paint, where I finalized colouring of my illustration. I'm guessing live paint probably made the layers space out a bit, but I wouldn't see why. The layers are fine when in Illustrator, it's only when I export it into PDF. I would have put a image up but the forum doesn't allow me to post PDFs for some reason. Thanks for the help in advance.

Hi Mike,
I tried those settings and the lines go away, but now the lines look a lot more jagged and not very smooth. My main concern is if I send them off to the printers, will the final product look jagged or smooth?
Here is the screenshot...

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I'm using JDeveloper 10.1.3.1.0.
This error is occurring in a BPEL process project.
With one particular web service I have, adding a Partner Link to the BPEL generates the following compile error:
Error: White spaces are required between publicId and systemId.
I can add Partner links from other web services and the BPEL will compile fine. The main difference I can see is that this web service supports WS-Addressing.
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This is the wsdl for the web service, wsademo.wsdl:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<definitions name="wsademo"
targetNamespace="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns:tns="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"
xmlns:ns="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns:SOAP="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:MIME="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/"
xmlns:DIME="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2002/04/dime/wsdl/"
xmlns:WSDL="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
<types>
<schema targetNamespace="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"
xmlns:ns="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="unqualified"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<import namespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"/>
<import namespace="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding"/>

<element name="wsademoResult">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="out" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" nillable="true"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>

<element name="wsademo">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="in" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" nillable="true"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
</element>

<element name="wsademoResult">
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="out" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" nillable="true"/>
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</complexType>
</element>
</schema>
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<part name="parameters" element="ns:wsademoResult"/>
</message>
<message name="wsademo">
<part name="parameters" element="ns:wsademo"/>
</message>
<message name="wsademoResult">
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<message name="wsademoHeader">
<part name="MessageID" element="wsa:MessageID"/>
<part name="RelatesTo" element="wsa:RelatesTo"/>
<part name="From" element="wsa:From"/>
<part name="ReplyTo" element="wsa:ReplyTo"/>
<part name="FaultTo" element="wsa:FaultTo"/>
<part name="To" element="wsa:To"/>
<part name="Action" element="wsa:Action"/>
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<portType name="wsademoPort">
<operation name="wsademoResult">
<documentation>accepts a string value from a relayed response</documentation>
<input message="tns:wsademoResult"/>
</operation>
<operation name="wsademo">
<documentation>echos a string value and relays the response to the wsa replyTo address (if present)</documentation>
<input message="tns:wsademo"/>
<output message="tns:wsademoResult"/>
</operation>
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<binding name="wsademo" type="tns:wsademoPort">
<SOAP:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
<operation name="wsademoResult">
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<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="Action"/>
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<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="FaultTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="ReplyTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="From"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="RelatesTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="MessageID"/>
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<operation name="wsademo">
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<input>
<SOAP:body parts="parameters" use="literal"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="Action"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="To"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="FaultTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="ReplyTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="From"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="RelatesTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="MessageID"/>
</input>
<output>
<SOAP:body parts="parameters" use="literal"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="Action"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="To"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="FaultTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="ReplyTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="From"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="RelatesTo"/>
<SOAP:header use="literal" message="tns:wsademoHeader" part="MessageID"/>
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targetNamespace="http://localhost:11001/wsademo.wsdl"
xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
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xmlns:bpws="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process/"
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>
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<plnk:partnerLinkType name="wsademoPort_PL">
<plnk:role name="wsademoPort_Role">
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<process name="WsaTest3" targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/WsaTest3"
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xmlns:xp20="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.pc.services.functions.Xpath20"
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xmlns:ldap="http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension/ldap"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
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xmlns:client="http://xmlns.oracle.com/WsaTest3"
xmlns:bpelx="http://schemas.oracle.com/bpel/extension/"
xmlns:ora="http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension"
xmlns:orcl="http://www.oracle.com/XSL/Transform/java/oracle.tip.pc.services.functions.ExtFunc">

<partnerLinks>

<partnerLink name="client" partnerLinkType="client:WsaTest3"
myRole="WsaTest3Provider"/>
<partnerLink name="wsademo" partnerLinkType="ns1:wsademoPort_PL"
myRole="wsademoPort_Role" partnerRole="wsademoPort_Role"/>
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<variables>

<variable name="inputVariable" messageType="client:WsaTest3RequestMessage"/>

<variable name="outputVariable"
messageType="client:WsaTest3ResponseMessage"/>
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<variable name="Invoke_1_wsademo_OutputVariable"
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<receive name="receiveInput" partnerLink="client" portType="client:WsaTest3"
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ppk812

Difference between vector obj.clear() and Vector obj = null

What is the difference between clearing the Vector object with .clear() method and assigning null value to Vector object?
As per memory point of view, is it advisable to first clear vector and then assaign it to null for garbage collection or it doesn't make any difference.
Vector may contains large volume of data.
Please reply this if any one has fair idea regarding this.
Thanks in advance.
Deepalee

What is the difference between clearing the Vector
object with .clear() method and assigning null value
to Vector object?
Vector victor = new Vector(); //victor is a reference to a Vector object
victor.clear(); //now that Vector object has no elements
victor = null; //now victor is a null reference; it doesn't point to any Vector object
//if that was the only reference to that Vector, the Vector is now available to be GC'ed.
As per memory point of view, is it advisable to first
clear vector and then assaign it to null for garbage
collection or it doesn't make any difference.Hard to say. My gut says there will be no advantages to first clearing it. You'd have to try and measure.

White artifacts/stitching in between vector layers

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