Comments on: How to make an executeable jar

Comments on: How to make an executeable jar http://www.pakzilla.com/2007/04/08/how-to-make-an-executeable-jar/ A blog on Programming, Web and Technology Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eric Jablow http://www.pakzilla.com/2007/04/08/how-to-make-an-executeable-jar/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Eric Jablow Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:58:58 +0000 http://itoday.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/how-to-make-an-executeable-jar/#comment-27 People should consider using Ant to build their software. The task has a manifest attribute: <code> <jar destfile="${dist}/lib/app.jar" basedir="${build}/classes" excludes="**/Test.class" <b>manifest="${extras}/MANIFEST.MF"</b> /> </code> and a manifest subtask: <code> <jar destfile="test.jar" basedir="."> <include name="build"/> <manifest> <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/> <b><attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.acme.widget.MailService"/></b> <section name="common/class1.class"> <attribute name="Sealed" value="false"/> </section> </manifest> </jar> </code> In fact, people should always build Java applications withAnt (or Maven). People should consider using Ant to build their software. The task has a manifest attribute:

<jar destfile="${dist}/lib/app.jar" basedir="${build}/classes" excludes="**/Test.class" manifest="${extras}/MANIFEST.MF" />

and a manifest subtask:

<jar destfile="test.jar" basedir="."> <include name="build"/> <manifest> <attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/> <attribute name="Main-Class" value="com.acme.widget.MailService"/> <section name="common/class1.class"> <attribute name="Sealed" value="false"/> </section> </manifest> </jar>

In fact, people should always build Java applications withAnt (or Maven).

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