private static void checkForSnowball(){
  try {
    Class.forName(SNOWBALL_PROGRAM);
    m_Present=true;
  }
 catch (  Exception e) {
    m_Present=false;
  }
}

private static void checkForSnowball ( ) { try { Class . forName ( SNOWBALL_PROGRAM ) ; m_Present = true ; } catch ( Exception e ) { m_Present = false ; } }
checks whether snowball is present in the classpath .
