using libraries at runtime

Hi there,

I am very new to java and multi OS development (a few weeks)

(i'm a fan of explaining my problem rather than just asking for a solution that i "think" is the correct one)

here's what i'm trying to do (using netbeans):

I have built a library of functions and encapsulated them into a JAR - this library uses classpath ${user.home}/".application name"/ folder to store files and logging info.

up until now, i have been using the "import JMyLib.*" and linking it to the JAR location at compile time (so that i have all my nice Javadoc comments when i type the class i use)

so that when i create:

JMyLib funky = new JMyLib();

i can just type

funky.

and it brings the popup/dropdown thing that shows all the available functions - all good :D

now here's my problem!

i want to distrabute my library of functions seperate from any of the applications that use it, so that when i update that jar file, each of the applications pick up the new version in ${user.home}/.application name/JMyLib.jar

and when i develop my code i still get those nice javadoc context.

(this is essentually trying to mirror what DLL's do in windows)

how do i go about doing this?

[1260 byte] By [Mumeia] at [2007-11-27 7:59:06]