In a previous blog posting , I listed some "everyday problems" Java developers will often face and included some ideas and links related to addressing these issues. One of the focal points of that ...

The Java classpath has always been a source of frustration and confusion, despite its seemingly simple concepts. This article demonstrates a simple tool for unambiguously identifying which Java ...

A prerequisite for this course is that you know Java. And an important indicator is that you can set your Java class path. If you need a refresher, read this How to Set your Classpath and setting ...

The classpath function returns a sequence of java.io.File objects representing all JAR files and directories on the classpath. It defaults to using the classpath of Clojure's base ClassLoader.

Some Java application launching platforms do not properly set java.class.path and/or don't expose their ClassLoader (from which classpath URLs can be obtained). Maven and Tomcat are examples of this, ...

The Eclipse Foundation has just announced the release of a new version of the Eclipse Buildship project, which integrates the Gradle build tool with Eclipse. Version 2.2 supports Java 9 and introduces ...

Uber-fast, ultra-lightweight Java classpath scanner. Scans the classpath by parsing the classfile binary format directly rather than by using reflection. (Reflection causes the classloader to load ...