Java Classloader - how to reference different versions of a jar

Question

This is a common problem. I\'m using 2 libraries A.jar and B.jar and these depend on different versions of the same jar.
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Answer 1

As mentioned by KLE, the default approach is to depend on the newer version. There is no guarantee, but most of the time this works. Probably the best way (while being a bloated one) is using OSGI to get over it.