Jar file versioning

Hi,
how to make jar to reload based on jar file version...
Isee some thing like this
<html>
<body bgcolor="#dddddd">
<applet CODE = "HelloWorld.class" WIDTH = "100" HEIGHT = "100"></xmp>
<param name="type" value="application/x-java-applet;version=1.6">
     <PARAM NAME="cache_archive" VALUE="hello.jar">
     <PARAM NAME="cache_version" VALUE="10.0">
     
</applet>
</body>
</html>
But I don't know how to give the version number to jar file....
Please let me know ...
My mail Id: [email protected]

I figured that out. The <name> should be a file name --> <name>sample1.jar</name>
I found this error from log before I made the correction:
Read resource: JnlpResource[WAR Path: /app/sample1.jar versionId=1.1 name=sample1 lastModified=Thu Sep 28 11:29:52 EDT 2006] returnVersionId=1.1]
After:
Real resource returned: JnlpResource[WAR Path: /app/sample1.jar versionId=1.1 name=sample1.jar lastModified=Thu Sep 28 12:45:40 EDT 2006] returnVersionId=1.1]
For file resource, the name should be the physical file name.

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