My Google Code Project : classjarsearch

Working as Java Developer I have faced frequent ClassNotFoundException which is very difficult to resolve unless maven or ivy is being used. I frequently get these errors while integrating a new framework or setting up a new project. Most of the times developer has existing library sitting on their machine but not a quick way to search for the same. I have been working on a simple utility to locate jar files which contain the missing class. This project has been on Google Code for last 2 years. Initially I has used SWT for UI and recently switched to Swing.

This project is available at https://code.google.com/p/classjarsearch/. This tool is very simple and it only has 2 inputs. First text input should be class name that we want to search. Class Name can be either full or partial. It can also be '.' or '/' seperated. Second text input is directory location in which search should be conducted. This can be provided using Browse button which displys a basic file browser. Hit Search button and any jar file which has class that matches input would be displayed.