How to: Access my java classes in Studio

[chrishallowell]

Hi all,

I'm having a hard time figuring out how Studio and custom java classes implement together. I have gone through the Studio_Tutorials.xml and that was excellent but I didn't see anything that relates to custom java classes.

How do I access my java classes in Studio? (These do not use any SageTV related methods.)

More specifically:
1. How do I tell Studio that there is a new jar file that has AClass.class in it?

2. Where do I put this code in Studio to populate an item?
AClass = new AClass();
string = AClass.returnAString();

Edit: I found the below thread so I think I just need to know about #1 now.
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13962

[Slugger]

For #1, just put your jar in the JARs folder and restart SageTV. Studio automatically loads all jars found in the JARs folder, but you must restart Sage after adding a jar in order for Studio to "see" the new jar.

[chrishallowell]

Thanks Slugger! Sounds easy enough.

[GKusnick]

Regarding #2, p. 151 of the Studio manual tells you how to do it. Where you do it depends on what you're trying to do.