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Thread: How do I use a class inside a library?

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    Default How do I use a class inside a library?

    I have a class inside my projects library called 'customSwingControls.jar', the class I want to use is 'ProjectName/Libraries/CustomSwingControls.jar/Classes/customButton.class'. I want to use customButton.class as a type inside a parameter but I'm not sure how to properly do this (I don't know how to import the class).

    private void makeMove(customButton button){
    //code here
    }

    When I do this I receive an error over 'customButton' that says 'cannot find symbol'.


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    Default Re: How do I use a class inside a library?

    The jar file needs to be on the classpath
    and the code needs to import the package the class is in.
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