I'm trying to get a reference to a Package object for my application ( which
is contained in a JAR file) so that I can access version information in its
manifest. Something like this:

Class c = getClass(); // my application
Package p = c.getPackage();
String version = p.getImplementationVersion();
// now display it in an about box as version information, etc.

I get the Class object, but the getPackage() method returns null. If I inspect
the collection of packages returned from the static method Package.getPackages(),
I only find packages that are loaded by my application, not the application's
package itself. This suggests that I would have to explicitly instantiate
my application's Package object -- but that is where I abandon hope and curl
up into a ball of whimpering fetal impotence.

TIA,

TF