Manifest in Jar Files

[lilleyt1]

The manifest.mf file created for the jar file within the IDE is different from the manifest.mf file created when I build the jar using ant with the netbeans created build.xml (the classpath and main class is added by the IDE).

Is there a way to have the same information created by the IDE added to the jar created by ant?

Thanks!
Tom

[areeda]

Tom,

What is missing? Please post an example, I'm too lazy to do it myself.

Joe

[lilleyt1]

Netbeans creates:

[areeda]

Thank you. I understand the problem now, although I don't have a solution for you.

It's worth a bug report since I believe the goal is to have build in NB equivalent to running Ant.

I've only taken existing Ant scripts and imported into NB never the way you're doing it.

Joe

[TD]

Use the ant build.xml together with the following snippet:

(Edit and Configure appropriately for your project .. shouldn't need too
much changed)

<path id="dist.classpath">
<fileset dir="${dist.lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar, **/*.zip" />
</path>
<manifestclasspath property="dist.manifest.classpath"
jarfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar">
<classpath refid="dist.classpath" />
</manifestclasspath>

<jar destfile="${dist.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" compress="true">
<fileset dir="${build.dir}" includes="**/*.*" />
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main.class.name}" />
<attribute name="Class-Path"
value="${dist.manifest.classpath}"/>
</manifest>
</jar>


DISLAIMER: Not my code! I HATE ant! But I DO know when to borrow from
others to save time .. thanks to bo.m on the Sun forums for this one, way
back in '06.

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: lilleyt1 [mailto:address-removed]
Sent: 29 September 2010 18:39
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Subject: [nbusers] Manifest in Jar Files

The manifest.mf file created for the jar file within the IDE is different
from the manifest.mf file created when I build the jar using ant with the
netbeans created build.xml (the classpath and main class is added by the
IDE).

Is there a way to have the same information created by the IDE added to the
jar created by ant?

Thanks!
Tom