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Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything?

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From	Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org>
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Subject	Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything?
Date	20 Feb 2012 20:48:08 GMT
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In <jhsau8$8oo$1@speranza.aioe.org> Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:

>  Is it possible to package my Java application, including all and any
>  other Java code, that I might have downloaded from the web and used, into
>  one jar file.

You can. If you use maven for build management you can use the shade plugin
to build such "uberjars". I believe there are similar utilities for ant.

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/

>  I've done something like this before, and I remember using Makefiles and
>  the jar.

Yes, jar files are just a zip container for class files so that is
possible. You can put whatever files (resources) you like in the jar, not
only class files.

If you have more than one project I'd strongly recommend avoiding Makefiles
nowdays and using maven, ant, ivy or some other special purpose build
management tool for java.

https://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html

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Fredrik Jonson

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is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> - 2012-02-19 20:25 -0600
  Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-19 21:48 -0500
    Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-19 22:41 -0800
      Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-20 18:44 -0500
  Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-19 19:02 -0800
  Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2012-02-20 20:48 +0000
    Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-20 14:28 -0800
      Re: is it possible to package a Java application in one jar that includes everything? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-20 18:42 -0500

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