where does a class come from?

[agifford@xxxxxxxxx (Adam Gifford)]

If you aren't using a package for your classes,
i'd suggest changing them to use your own package.  This should
minimize the chances that conflicting classes are used.

package mitch.applet;

probably hasnt been used before :)

"Gart, Mitch" wrote:

> I've got a problem with class version conflicts.  My code is
> all in a jar but a conflicting version of a class is coming
> from somewhere else, outside the jar.  I'd like to write a test
> that shows where a class is loaded from, that is, what directory
> or jar on the CLASSPATH the class comes from.  Does anybody know
> how to write a test like this?
>
> I think the problem is made a lot harder by the fact that my code
> is an applet.  The code can't be started with "java -classpath",
> instead it must use whatever classpath is set for Netscape.
> (The problem is in Netscape 4.5 on Windows 95.)
>
> It's pretty mysterious because the user has tried setting their
> CLASSPATH to be empty.  We don't know where the conflicting version
> of the class could be coming from.
>
> Any ideas how to diagnose where a class version conflict is coming
> from, in this environment?  Thanks in advance,
>
> - Mitch
>
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