Re: How to include a JAR file within a JAR file?

From:

Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:09:37 -0800

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On 01/19/2011 04:41 PM, Arne Vajh??j wrote:

On 19-01-2011 19:28, Lew wrote:

laredotornado wrote:

I'm using Java 6. Is it possible to include a JAR file within a JAR
file?

Arne Vajh??j wrote:

Not out of the box.

You can special classloaders that can do such magic, but the
practical solution is to place all the jar files in the file
system.

And actually it do have some advantages because it allow
to update one or more independently of the rest.

Actually, you can put a JAR file inside a JAR file, just like you can
put a ZIP file inside a ZIP file. It won't do you much good, but you can
do it.

Everyone assumes the OP wants to use the inner JAR file as a classpath
element, but he didn't actually say that. All he asked was if it's
possible to include a JAR file inside another, and of course that's a
big resounding "Yes".

I assumed that he wanted to execute the code inside the jars
inside the jar.

Arne

I did too.

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