The Java Archive Tool (JAR) Examples
Learn how to use JAR tool: 1 - Create a jar file, 2 - Update a jar file , 3 - Extract a jar file , 4 - List files…
How to add a manifest into a Jar file
In Java, you can use manifest file to define application’s entry point, adding classpath or package version for a JAR file. In this short tutorial , we will show you…
Maven – Exclude log4j.properties in Jar file
This example shows you how to use Maven to exclude the log4j.properties file from your Jar file. Please, DO NOT include the log4j.properties into the final Jar file, it will…
How to make a Java exe file or executable JAR file
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a executable JAR – When you double click on it, it runs the defined main class in manifest file.
How to include custom library into maven local repository?
For Java libraries that are not available in the Maven Central or other Maven repositories, we need to install it into our Maven Local repository in order to use it…
Java – Get the name or path of a running JAR file
In Java, we can use the static or non-static ways to get the path of a running JAR file. We should use toURI() to avoid encoding the special characters in…
How to create a jar file with Maven
In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Maven build tool, to create a single executable Jar, and how to deal with the project’s dependencies. Tools used :Maven…
Java – Read a file from resources folder
In Java, we can use getResourceAsStream or getResource to read a file or multiple files from a resources folder or root of the classpath. The getResourceAsStream method returns an InputStream.…