Tim:
What's the easiest way to get this ancient code to operate in a Java 1.5 or 1.6 JVM?
Will I be wrong in assuming that java 1.5 will be backward compatible with 1.18(There will be a lot of warnings probably, but it must work)
If the package is the same then probably, you have to go with a custom classloader searching its own classpath first before going to the parent.
P.S.: I have not worked on Visigenic vbroker CORBA kit and the above is just considering that it is any other third party library.