Giving preference to one jar over another

I have to refer generic JSONObject.

import statement:

   import org.json.JSONObject;

is in my project.

But it is loading org.json.JSONObject from cdh hive jar instead our custom one which is generic.

I found it by typing ctrl+shift+t It shows hive jar as used and other jars in the workspace.

How do i refer custom one? cdh jar is maven dependency.

EDIT:

Both jars are added as maven dependency. So i couldn't find a way to give preference in eclipse.

Moreover Common project is showing as empty folder and hive jar is there.

It takes org.json.JSONObject from hive.

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You just need to put the jar file you want earlier in the build path in Eclipse, or earlier in the classpath in general. You might want to have a look for a version of CDH / Hive (I haven't used them) which doesn't come bundled with a copy of the JSON libraries - just for sanity's sake, only having a single copy of any one class in your classpath is a good idea.

Alternatively, if CDH already comes with the JSON library, do you need your own separate copy? Could you delete that and just use the one in CDH?

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