Question

java.util.zip has well-known problems with native memory usage, so i’m trying to use a drop-in replacement called “jazzlib”. unfortunately as is typical for sourceforge projects there is no documentation. If I add the jar to my classpath then Java freaks out and gives me “prohibited package name” errors because it replaced java.util.zip. How do I tell Java that this is what I want it to do?

Answer 1

Either add it to the boot class path or add it as an endorsed jar.

Perhaps better, use shade to rename the classes back out of the protected packages, and use them that way. The maven-shade-plugin is convenient if you use maven.