where does a class come from?

[agifford@xxxxxxxxx (Adam Gifford)]

Yes it probably should be, according to sun naming guidelines,
however a lot of software doesnt follow these guidelines.

Of course i don tthink the guidelines say much what to do about
package naming for people who dont work for a company(or write java on tehir
personal time).

Timothy E Troy wrote:

>     Shouldn't the package name be com.netegrity.mitch.applet?
>
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> Subject: Re: where does a class come from?
> Author:  Adam Gifford <agifford@xxxxxxxxx> at Internet
> Date:    12/30/1999 8:51 AM
>
> 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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