anon wrote: > Would somebody please drop me a hint, please? > Yeah, the definition of "JAR" is Java ARchive, why the hell would a Python script be able to read a JAR in the first place (truth is it is, a JAR file is nothing but a renamed ZIP, therefore the zipfile module allows you to read it's content) and -- more importantly -- import Java classes.
Notice the difference between *Python* script and *Java* class? That's because they're two different languages. If you want to use Java classes and modules in a Pythonic context, you want Jython (http://www.jython.org/) not Python (http://www.python.org/) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list