Just to clarify when i create a new project which uses external jars not found in the Domino Eclipse environment.These jars must also be placed in the plugins folder on the server. They must be OSGI bundled.If they are not osgi bundled then you can create a new plugin project based on an import of the jar file.Or is there any way of using the ext catalogue.

In my target platform i have created another folder where i put external jars.If they show up as plugins then they are OSGI bundled.They are added as required plugins.On the server these files are also placed in the plugin folder.

I have tested a number of external jars:

jackson-core-lgpl works

jackson-mapper-lgpl works

Rome.jar (used for rss feeds) seems to be a problem as there is some code in it which does not work in an OSGI environment.I can't seem to find a version which works as sun has  many broken links :-(.

I have also tested importing a number of  different jars:

org.jsoup works

jericho.html

Many java vendors have OSGI support and The Domino eclipse environment has many of the apache packets.