Re: Library Linking

From:

Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:19:42 -0500

Message-ID:

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On 01/13/2011 12:49 AM, newbie wrote:

I am trying to create a runnable jar file specfiication in eclipse [sic].
Could someone tell me the differences between:

- Extract required libraries into generated jar [sic]

I don't call that "extract". You put required libraries into subdirectories
with your JAR, not in your JAR.

- Package required libraries into generated jar [sic]

Ditto.

- copy required libraries into a sub folder next to the generated jar

Bingo!

I am just interested in having my packages together and adding some
junit [sic] and selenium [sic] server files together and being able to create a
jar [sic] that will allow me to click on my jar [sic] file run my code and start
selenium [sic] up for my tests but do this outside eclipse [sic].

Put your JARs in the same directory, or put your libraries in a subdirectory
under your main JAR. Fill in the main JAR manifest with the "Class-Path:"
information, as documented in Oracle's web site. Package the main JAR and
libraries as a ZIP file for distribution, unpack the ZIP at the target station
for deployment. Associated "java -jar" with JAR files at the OS level. (Read
up at the Oracle site on what the "-jar" option does.)

--
Lew
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.