--- Matt Sgarlata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> David Graham wrote:
> > --- Daniel Florey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >>BTW: Another advantage of this approach would be that imports would
> >>indicate
> >>which version of the component is in use. I had a lot of trouble to
> find
> >>out, which version of jdom was in use by some libraries as this was
> not
> >>indicated by the name of the jar.
> > 
> > 
> > The version may be listed in the manifest file.
> 
> This is really pushing the limits of my classloading knowledge, but 
> doesn't the Manifest just say which version you need to run?  If two 
> incompatible versions are specified by two different JARs, then you're 
> still up a creek, right?  If I understand this correctly, all the 
> Manifest can do is make your application puke on startup instead of 
> puking at runtime.  It doesn't solve the problem of running two versions
> 
> of a class at the same time.
> 

I've never used the version as anything other than a helpful marker so I
can look at what version of my software is in use.  So, I don't know if
any apps or the JVM enforce versioning as you describe.

David

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> >>Daniel
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