I know there's no practical purpose to this it's entirely theoretical. and I know a jar file uses the zip format. But how does one create a jar file without a manifest file. (I don't mean creating a ...

I've got a problem that I'm stuck on. How do I programmatically get the executing jar file's absolute path?<BR><BR>I'm trying to look for a folder that is relative to the jar file's directory but I'm ...

When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The question of how to deploy a JAR file to Tomcat drives a surprising amount of traffic to ...

If you’ve used the Java Native Interface (JNI) to make a platform-specific native library accessible to your Java programs, you know how tedious it can be. Jeff Friesen continues his series on ...

In previous blog posts I have looked at Searching JAR Files with Groovy to find entries (such as .class files) contained in the JAR and Viewing a JAR’s Manifest File with Groovy. In this post, I look ...

Download and install the JRE that corresponds to your operating system. For macOS users, you might want to download JDK 8 as well in the case that BCU fails to work properly, especially if JOGL is ...