What's it for?
At some point every java programmer ends up wasting valuable development time sorting out classpath problems. When faced with a ClassNotFoundException or NoClassDefFoundError it can take a lot of time and googling to locate the correct jars. Fortunately jarFinder now makes everything much easier.
How do I use it?
Jarfinder is very easy to use - just enter the name of the class you're looking for and press enter. Jarfinder will return a list of all jar files that contain that class. If you enter only part of the name as a search criteria jarfinder will return all classes that contain that string.
Once jarFinder has brought back a list of jars click on one of them and you'll be given details of where to download it from.
Wildcards
Jarfinder supports the wild card character "*".
If no wild cards are included in a search term they will be automatically included at either end. ie searching for "ant" will automatically search for "*ant*".
What's included?
When a project ships third party jars with its software we include their details against that project. Although this means that we sometimes appear to attribute jars to the wrong project it makes it easier to find the correct version of a jar. This does not apply to very common dependencies such as ant and jakarta commons libraries.
Submitting jars
We are constantly expanding our database. If there's an important jar that we don't currently index please tell us about it.
When submitting a jar please send us the details of where the it can be downloaded, not a copy of the jar itself. Also please note that we will only accept commercial jars if they are submitted by a representative of the company.
Helping out
If you'd like to help make this service better there's a number of ways in which you can help. Firstly please tell us about projects we don't currently index, we want our database to be as comprehensive as possible.
Secondly tell your friends about us. Most people that have discovered us come back again and again, but finding us for the first time is hard. Help us and your friends by letting them known that we're here.
Finally please link to us. Our pagerank is currently embarrassingly low. Every link will help.