[java-dev] dynamically loading java classes in a standalone

> it takes a long time to load and allocates about 30 Mbytes of  
> memory.  But if I add this line to the max.java.config.txt file:
>
> 	max.dynamic.class.dir "/Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/Cycling '74/java/ 
> classes/BGabcl.jar"
>
> it loads quickly.  Hence the source of my confusion about the  
> dynamic classpath.
>

yeah. dont do this. the class directory is for classes not jars. you  
could do:

max.dynamic.jar.dir "/Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/Cycling '74/java/myjars"

and put BGabcl.jar in it.

I cant say what the behavior of mxj is when you set a dynamic class  
dir to a jar. suffice it to say that it is undefined.


> One final weirdness, if I put the BGabcl.jar file here:
>
> 	/Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/Cycling '74/java/lib/
>
> with or without an entry in the max.java.config.txt file, it loads  
> quickly (and works ok!), but I get these errors in the Max window:
>
> 	error: java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
> 	error: at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
> 	error: at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:203)
> 	error: at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:84)
>

there might be something weird in the way your jar is constructed?  
manifest out of sync? confusion about having that weird dynamic  
classpath entry point to a jar? i cant say.


> I know you've got a lot going on right now, so don't delve into  
> this too deeply unless something seems obvious to you from the  
> above description.  If I put it in the right dirs, it works fine,  
> and I'm happy.

awesome.

ciao
t