Can we pack jars inside a jar ?
If so, how can we execute this in Unix ?
I am able to pack everything in a zip, but not able to execute this without unpacking.
Is there any way I can avoid unpacking the zip ?
Thanks in advance.
Jars inside a jar is (part of) what a WAR (web-archive) file could have, because a WAR-file can contain anything needed to make a website. There is no difference in the file-format though: both use ZIP-format, with just a different file-naming convention. For more information:
Java war vs. jar - what is the difference?
Overview of WAR Files in Java EE Software Development
How do I create a war file using the jar command? (tutorial)
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I have a maven project which generated a jar with its pom file inside and this jar is deployed on different environment. pretty straightfoward for the moment.
I would like to execute a goal (a liquibase:update) from this pom file using only the jar produced. Is there a way to do this automatically with maven, without extracting the files from the jar beforehand ? Something like mvn -jar myJar.jar liquibase:update
Check the answer to this question, I think it can help you:
Is there a good way to use maven to run an executable jar?
I want to include source files also in Maven - War file . Some plugins in maven will do that but they are including source files in classes folder. But my requirement is that when I import the same war file again into eclipse I should be able to work on that war like any other normal war.
Basically I should be able to work on the same war after importing it to eclipse when I build maven project. (I'm using maven3. )
I remember that's not trivial because the war-plugin doesn't support the handy includes-configuration-element you know from the jar-plugin by default.
Therefore I suggest you to use the maven-assembly-plugin to configure the inclusion of your sourcefiles. You only need to define an assembly descriptor, where you list includes and excludes of your war-package. Maybe you can reuse one of the predefinied assembly descriptors to save some time.
I have an EAR file which I want to update. I do this in Ant by unzipping the EAR and then the JAR, replacing a few files and then repackaging it.
I am trying the same with Maven but with little success and it is also confusing.
So far I have done
1) installing the EAR file in the local maven repository
2) unpack it
3) Replace the file I need
Now I am not sure how to get back the new EAR file. Everything is in the repository.
From my understanding, the EAR plugin packs everything in the ejb, war folders and spits out the ear. But since I directly got the EAR file, I do not have any project per se.
Any suggestions on this?
Also is there a good tutorial on Maven?
Thanks,
You should probably perform the following steps, using a "blank" Maven project and assuming the EAR file is already inside a repository (pushed by another project/tool):
use the dependency:unpack mojo to get and unpack (inside the /target/ folder of your project) the EAR
modify the contents
use the assembly plugin to repack that EAR file
Then do what you need to do with that new EAR file.
A "blank" Maven project would mean that it will not act as a usual project (compile sources, package output...), but rather serve to manipulate existing artifacts through specific plugins.
I have created an OSGi bundle and I want to add two external jar files to it called mediasenseplatform.jar and tinyos.jar So I added this line into my manifest file:
Bundle-ClassPAth:.,mediasenseplatform.jar,tinyos.jar
but it doesn't work and I don't see these files in my bundle jar file. How can I solve this problem?
OSGi doesn't make jar files, it is a platform for deploying and running them. If you want to include these jars in your bunde (which is just another jar) then you have to put them in there yourself.
There are build tools like maven which can do this for you.
You may also want to take a look at this related question.
Developing on the Mac with IntelliJ 9.0.2 Community Edition.
I have a program which depends on two library jars. I have figured out how to get IntelliJ to make me a jar of my source (with the Artifact tab), and even to include the two jars in it.
However, if I get a listing of the jar file it produces, it looks like this:
com/acme/MyClass1.class
com/acme/MyClass2.class
...
mylib1.jar
myLib2.jar
And, no surprises, if I double-click the jar file, it gets a NoClassDefFoundError the first time it tries to access a class in one or other library jar.
It seems I need to tell IntelliJ to "inline" the library jars -- but this menu option is always greyed out!
Does anyone have any idea how to get jars inlined in a jar artifact?
IDEA doesn't support it yet, you can use Ant integration to package your jar (either by unpacking all the jars into the temp folder and then packaging the project output plus this temp folder into the single jar or by using some Ant task like jarjar).
If you want this feature to appear in the future IDEA versions, please vote for the request.
Having the dependency JARs included in your JAR should allow yoru code to run successfully. You probably don't have the JARs on your classpath.
I will use Maven Assembly plugin. Its simple and will give you a neat little jar file..