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Re: Using jar inside a jar

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On 22/01/15 10:48, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> To compile a program I use:
>      javac -classpath ../ShowMemory/ShowMemory.jar \
>            -Xlint:all \
>            -Werror \
>            PanelTools.java
>
> To create a jar I use:
>      jar   -cvfm PanelTools.jar \
>            MANIFEST.MF \
>            images \
>            -C ../ShowMemory ShowMemory.jar \
>            *.class
>
> The MANIFEST.MF contains:
>      Manifest-Version: 1.0
>      Main-Class: PanelTools
>      Class-Path: ShowMemory.jar
>
> But when I execute the program with:
>      java -jar PanelTools.jar &
>
> I get:
>      Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: nl/decebal/utilities/ShowMemory
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

Java needs to know where to locate ShowMemory.jar.  The only information it has is the Class-Path: entry in MANIFEST.MF. 
This entry only has a bare filename, so Java looks for it in the same directory as the jar file it is executing.

You have various options, none of which are perfect.
1) You can embed an absolute path in the manifest. Ok if the dependency jar will always be in the same place.
2) You can use a relative path in the manifest. Better, but still only works if the jar and the dependency will always 
have the same relative locations.
3) Basically option 2, but during the build process copy all dependency jar's to a fixed location relative to the main 
jar (e.g. lib/), and use that relative path in the manifest. Best option, as it means you can package the jar and its 
dependency tree if you need to relocate it.

Ok, so I'm sure someone will point out that there is a another option, to do with $JAVA_HOME/lib/ext. But I think it's a 
bad idea and I won't explain it.

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Using jar inside a jar Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-22 11:48 +0100
  Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-22 11:28 +0000
    Re: Using jar inside a jar Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-22 13:05 +0100
      Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-22 13:46 +0100
        Re: Using jar inside a jar Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 08:15 -0500
          Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-22 16:30 +0100
        Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-22 14:18 +0000
          Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-22 16:29 +0100
            Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-23 11:10 +0000
              Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-23 13:12 +0100
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-23 15:46 +0000
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-23 11:18 -0500
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-23 22:42 +0100
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-23 17:02 -0500
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-24 14:14 +0100
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-24 15:33 +0000
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-26 09:28 +0000
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-01-26 21:14 +0100
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 15:23 -0500
                Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-28 14:19 +0000
              Re: Using jar inside a jar Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-01-24 11:46 +0000
        Re: Using jar inside a jar Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2015-01-23 00:47 -0500
        Re: Using jar inside a jar Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2015-01-23 12:28 +0100
      Re: Using jar inside a jar Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-01-22 14:18 +0000

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