JBuilder and required projects

[paul wheaton]

I just started a new job. My mission is to add some functionality to an existing program. All of the previous engineers have been laid off, so I'm on my own.
There are a bunch of projects, but I was led to one in particular to play with. I was told that under "project | project properties | required libraries" I would see what else I need.
There are 17 "things" in there. I'm guessing these are not jar files - one of these has a space in it. Where do these things come from? What are they? How do I find them?

[Ajith Kallambella]

One possibility is that they are "library specification" files created by JBuilder's library Wizard. It usually has the .library extension and saved in the jbuilder/lib directory. However nothing stops users from saving it elsewhere with a new extension.
BTW, are you using the Enterprise edition of JBuilder?

[paul wheaton]

Not the enterprise version. At least, I don't think it is. A bunch of EJB stuff is greyed out.
KDE has a tool that shows all the processes. When I run the program, it shows it as a java app with a huge list of includes. I just grab all the jar file stuff out of that.

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

includes or imports? Is the JNI stuff in C?

[paul wheaton]

Dunno.

[Rob Ross]

A library is just a reference to a bunch of compiled classes or jar files. If you want to see what's in a particular library, just double-click on it. It will show you a list of all the OS files and their paths.
Rob

[Mark Herschberg]

Originally posted by Paul Wheaton:
I just started a new job. My mission is to add some functionality to an existing program. All of the previous engineers have been laid off, so I'm on my own.

Danger, Will Robinson!
--Mark