Bug#291921: gcj: Selfcert website java applet crashes on startup missing class snifferSimple

[David Creelman <dave@geko.net.au>]

Package: libgcj5
Version: 3.4.3-7
Severity: normal
File: gcj

When trying to use the gcjwebplugin for http://selfcert.skillport.com, 
the console brought up the error below :-

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: while 
resolving class: snifferSimple
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Class) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at 
gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletTag) 
(Unknown Source)
   at gnu.gcjwebplugin.PluginAppletWindow.setHandle(long) (Unknown 
Source)
   at gnu.gcjwebplugin.PluginAppletViewer.start(java.io.InputStream, 
java.io.OutputStream) (Unknown Source)
   at gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletViewer.main(java.lang.String[]) (Unknown 
Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 
netscape.javascript.JSObject not found in 
[http://selfcert.skillport.com/spselfcert/login/../APPLET/]
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at gnu.gcjwebplugin.AppletClassLoader.findClass(java.lang.String) 
(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String, boolean) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_FindClass(_Jv_Utf8Const, java.lang.ClassLoader) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, 
java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.type.compatible(_Jv_BytecodeVerifier.type&, 
_Jv_BytecodeVerifier) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_BytecodeVerifier.verify_instructions_0() 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_VerifyMethod(_Jv_InterpMethod) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Jv_WaitForState(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Class) 
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   ...6 more

I should also pass on that what you've done so far is pretty impressive. 
Congratulations and all the best with future updates.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libgcj5 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-7    GCC support library
ii  libgcj-common               1:3.3.5-6    Java runtime library (common files
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.2-4    compression library - runtime

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