From owner-freebsd-java Tue Jan 16 9: 1: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E549737B401 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:00:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14IZTP-000D67-00; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:00:43 +0000 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0GH0gN46360; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:00:42 GMT (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:00:42 +0000 From: Rasputin To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jdk12-beta needs jfc as dependancy? Message-ID: <20010116170042.A46264@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7B07@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7B07@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:52:49PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Koster, K.J. [010116 15:54]: > > > > > > > > "class SwingSet not found" > > (this *after* java -v clearly says 'loaded SwingSet from > > SwingSet.jar') > > > It is my experience that the error message above should be read as follows: > > "class SwingSet wanted to load some class it depends on, which, for some > unspecified reason failed. class SwingSet is *not* going to tell you which > class it tried to load, nor what the problem was, because, frankly, class > SwingSet could't care less if you find out what you're doing wrong or not." > > :) The Java vision (especially RMI/Jini) is amazing. Unfortunately, we are stuck with a cross-platform language that isn't even portable between JDK versions...and don't get me started on Netscape's applet security model....grrr. > While we're on the subject of braindead debugging output, is there someone > with Tomcat expertise who will answer some questions about it? Thanks in > advance. Have you tried the Tomcat mailing lists? Not subscribed myself, but they're referenced in the 'Jakarta' sections of java.apache.org. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message