Here is what I have so far. Is there a better way ? (defun java-get-buffer-full-class-name () "Get the buffers fully qualified class name." (interactive) (if (jde-parse-get-package-name) (concat (jde-parse-get-package-name) "." (class-from-file-name (buffer-file-name))) (class-from-file-name (buffer-file-name)) ) ) (defun jde-db-search-classpath-dirs (file package) "Return the directory containing the class FILE for a class in PACKAGE." (catch 'found (let ((len (length jde-global-classpath)) (n 0)) (while (< n len) (let ((curr-dir (jde-normalize-path (elt jde-global-classpath n)))) (cond ((jde-db-contains-file-p curr-dir file) (throw 'found curr-dir)) ((and (jde-db-contains-package-p curr-dir package) (jde-db-contains-file-p (expand-file-name (jde-db-pkg-to-path package) curr-dir) file)) (throw 'found (expand-file-name (jde-db-pkg-to-path package) curr-dir))))) (setq n (1+ n)))))) (defun jde-find-class-class-file (class) "*Find the class file for a specified class. CLASS is the fully qualified name of the class. This function searchs the class paths specified by `jde-global-classpath' for the source file corresponding to CLASS. If it finds the source file, it returns the file's path. Otherwise, it returns nil. Adapted from `jde-find-class-source-file'." (string-match "^\\(\\(\\(\\w\\|[_]\\)*[.]\\)*\\)\\(\\(\\w\\|[_]\\)+$\\)" class) (let* ((package-name (substring class (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))) (class-name (substring class (match-beginning 4) (match-end 4))) (file-name (concat class-name ".class")) (source-dir (jde-db-search-classpath-dirs file-name package-name))) (if source-dir (expand-file-name file-name source-dir) (message "JDE error: Could not find class for %s. See `jde-global-classpath' for more information." class) nil))) (defun java-get-buffer-class-file-name () "" (interactive) (message (jde-find-class-class-file (java-get-buffer-full-class-name))) ) Sandip V. Chitale 150, Almaden Blvd work: (408) 535 1791 ext: 791 San Jose, CA, USA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8th floor, Cube 831 web: http://L064-5440.blazesoft.com