[jdom-interest] NoSuchMethodError while running samples

[Jason Hunter]

> javac -classpath
> .:/home/nickf/XML/jdom-b6/build/jdom.jar:/home/nickf/XML/jdom-b6/lib/xerces.
> jar:/usr/share/java/postgresql.jar:  Exporter.java
> 
> I made sure there wasn't anything referencing XML in the system extensions
> for my JRE, & since I'm supplying an explicit classpath, I shouldn't be
> picking up anything from a system classpath.

My guess is you're probably having a conflict with an old JDOM JAR in
the standard extensions directory, as explained in the FAQ.  Supplying
an explicit classpath doesn't remove that dir from consideration.

-jh-