Re: How to do local distribution?
Patricia Shanahan wrote:
Is there some reasonably convenient way I can package the application up
with the right versions of the additional Jar files, so that I only have
on file I need to move around.
There are some tools around which allows packing multiple jars into
single one.
Just to point a few I'm somewhat familiar with:
* Fat Jar Eclipse plug-in (http://fjep.sourceforge.net/) which allows
for jars "merging" directly from Eclipse IDE. (I've never tried it.)
* Uberjar (http://classworlds.codehaus.org/uberjar.html) -- built
also into Maven -- supporting specialized class-loader for jar files
packed into another jar. (Used by me a little, year, or two ago. AFIAR
there were some bugs in documentation, so after reading "Manual
Uberjarring" section possibly best is to explore, and if needed,
slightly correct the source codes.)
* One-JAR (http://one-jar.sourceforge.net/) -- supported also by Fat
Jar plug-in -- conceptually similar to Uberjar. (Never tried.)
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