problem with java-support

hi there, anybody tried to get java support to run with JDK1.1.8 and a freeBSD system (3.2) ? Extension compiles and is active (according to phpinfo()), classpath is set in php.ini but nevertheless commandline-php gets me 'cannot instantiate non-existant class: java' error when I try to do this: $stylesheetstring = new Java("java.io.StringReader", $stylesheet); Can this be due to the somewhat outdated jdk on freeBSD (there's no more recent port available)? Are there alternatives for this platform I could try? Am I just stupid? thanks a billion for any help :) -.jan.-