Thread: A problem in creating and using packages

Hi.

The problem I have is most likely of my own doing. Still, I hope my question won't be met with derision.

I've been programming Java from its appearance in 1997 till about 10 years ago when browsers began experience difficulty loading Java.

I own a web site Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles and, while at it, I wrote about 1000 Java applets to present math concepts, problems and puzzles. Nothing at the professional level. Since math and not programming per se was my interest, I stuck to the approach Java allowed originally. I would store my applets and libraries in zip files and invoke them, e.g., as

<applet code="appletName" codebase="classDirectory" archive="applet.zip,library1.zip,library2.zip">

A few months ago, Firefox - the last browser that yet let my applets run - stopped supporting its Java add-on.

Now, I purchased a code signing certificate, converted some zipped applets into jar files and the converted applets load in IE11 and Safari. I'd like to simplify the process.

The problem is that libraries must be converted to packages and imported into the code. In my view, I did everything right. I added "package myLibrary;" as the first line to every Java file in the library, compiled them into a jar file (I work in eclipse, so I Export'ed the declared package into a jar file), added "import myLibrary;" to the applet.java. The result was an error message: "The import myLibrary cannot be resolved" although I added the jar file to the project's library list.

What is wrong? Thank you for your help.

Thank you for looking into that.

1) Yes, it is reported by eclipse
2) I ran another project that used 3rd party jars. All it took in eclipse was to declare those jar as libraries. And it worked too. Doing this with a jar of my own creation did not. As it's not a command line, the CLASSPATH is not needed.

The problem I think is in how I create the package for my library

Thank you, anyway

I shall. This is on my "to do" list now. Thank you

>Can you explain why the code must be in packages?

To avoid naming conflicts

>Can you post a link to one of your pages with an applet?

1) A converted applet with an external library
Proizvolov's identity in a game format

Mind please thall my applets are 10 years old on average.

2) And here is the one that I did not convert yet

Memory Puzzle - Midium Difficulty

When I say converted I mean that I simply added all the files needed to run the applet, also from my libraries, to that project as I wanted to check that my certificate was doing its job. Apparently it does. I converted just a few applets. Now I decided to do something more intelligent and use libraries, as one would expect.

> I have a page with applet without packages:
> These both work in IE

They did not for me. When I wanted to declare the site trusted, IE requested HTTPS.
I went to Internet Options / Trusted sites.

> I have the site in the Java Console's Exception Site List and my security level is at High[/QUOTE]

How do I get there?

I very much appreciate your interest and assistance

I see. It is Java settings, not IE. I have this for my site. But still IE does not run. I am going to check your site.

--- Update ---

Interesting. Your applets do work. Both of them - with and without package. My do not mine?

I am sorry. The applets do run in IE11, all in the old setup of zip files. It may still be a good idea to learn how to create packages but it is less urgent now. Thank you for setting this straight for me