Jar files in Jar files?

[mes123]

I've just about finished coding my application and want to deploy it in a JAR file.

The app using the javamail API which is supplied in a JAR file of it's own. At the moment I'm running my app from within the NetBeans IDE and I have the javaMail and Validation class JAR's mounted in the project.

I can put their locations in the PATH variable for this machine but obviously if I want to deploy my app to other machines I'd rather not have to start updating env variables every time.

Is it possible to include these other JAR files in my main JAR file so that I only have one to distribute?

 

[timw]

Rather, you'd include the other jar separately and link to it in the classpath when you run your application.

I'm sure that using the classpath has been covered more than adequately many times in this forum. Try a search if you're unsure how to do this.

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy

 

[mes123]

Thanks Tim, found an entry and updating the Manifest solved the problem.

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: javamail/mail.jar jaf/jaf-1.0.2/activation.jar 
Created-By: NetBeans IDE
Specified-By: JT.jarContent
Main-Class: mPOS.mpos

No to do some stress testing

 

[timw]

Cool

Tim
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"Your morbid fear of losing,
destroys the lives you're using." - Ozzy