Java: How do I know which jar file to use given a class name?

Question

Given a class, org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator for example, how do I find out which jar file to use? I know it\'s in org.eclipse.ui.ide, but how would I fin

Answer 1

I'm not sure I really understand the question, but if you're looking to verify that your class is really in the jar, you can always look through the jar itself, and for that you don't need any Eclipse plugins or specialized external application.

JAR (Java ARchive) files are nothing more than ZIP files. All you have to do is unzip the jar, or even view it using a zip-reading application. Under Windows XP, for example, this comes built into the operating system. How convenient.

Hope this helped...

Yuval =8-)