title: Import jar API in Jython
body: <p>I am trying to import a Java API, which is distributed as a jar file. I followed the instructions from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1734231/1072062">this answer</a> at a similar question in Stack Overflow, but it didn't work.</p>
  
  <p>In Jython, I did:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import sys
  &gt;&gt;&gt; sys.path.append("/path/to/jar/api")
  &gt;&gt;&gt; from com.thingmagic import *
  Traceback (most recent calls last):
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  ImportError: no module named thingmagic
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I missing something or did I do something wrong?</p>