[PJUG Javamail] Packaging Java Applications

[Aaron Getz]

I agree with Zack,
  If you don't mind the Eclipse dependency then you can right click on the
project and then choose export->General->Archive File.  That will export
your project into a zipped archive that a user can then take and bring into
their own Eclipse workspace.

  If you have been using ant and you don't want an Eclipse dependency then
you should use the Ant jar task to create a jar file of your compiled class
files and do like Zack suggests, zip everything else up that you deem
important and distribute it that way.

Ant also has zip and tar tasks for distribution purposes.

Aaron

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Zack Radick <zack at crc-corp.com> wrote:

> Dan,
> If you are using Ant for your build, check the Ant docs regarding the
> "Jar" and "Manifest" core tasks
> (http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html).  A manifest file is meta
> information for the jar to declare dependencies and other packaging
> information, such as the main class to run (so that a user can double
> click the jar to run it or execute it with a "java -jar myjar.jar"
> command).  Jar files do not typically include other jar files that
> they depend on.  These are usually included in a library directory,
> so you probably want to package your end product as a zip which
> includes the executable jar, a directory of it's library files, and
> any other runtime stuff you feel may be needed (docs?).
> --Zack
>
> At 02:32 PM 8/11/2009, Dan Colish wrote:
> >Well, I'm just trying to package it so a user can clone my git repo and
> >easily build the source. This is not an eclipse plugin. It's just a
> >standard cli application. I'd like to include the dependency since its
> >licensed to allow that. FYI, the dependency is joda-time.
> >
> >Does packaging into a jar allow this? I'm a little confused by the end
> >purpose of a jar. Also, if I do this outside of eclipse even better.
> >I've looked it ant, and it's what I am currently using to do the builds.
> >
> >--
> >--Dan
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 02:18:29PM -0700, Aaron Getz wrote:
> > > Hey Dan,
> > >   I guess it depends on what you are initially trying to package up.
>  Is
> > > this an Eclipse plugin?  If so then you can just highlight the project
> and
> > > right click and then choose to export it and the PDE builder of
> > Eclipse will
> > > handle the rest.
> > >
> > >   In the case of a Eclipse plugin you would include the 3rd party
> > lib in the
> > > jar file you create.
> > >
> > >   If you are just looking to create a jar file that is your source code
> and
> > > then the consumer of your jar file is responsible for getting the
> > > dependencies needed for using your jar file.  If you want to include
> the
> > > jars along with your jar file then you can classpath the jars in your
> > > manifest file and make sure the user of your jar puts them in the path
> you
> > > specified or they can create their own classpath.
> > >
> > > Here is a good tutorial on jar files from Sun
> > > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/
> > >
> > > And here is another document on setting the classpath
> > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/windows/classpath.html
> > >
> > > I hope that helps out.
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Dan Colish <dan at unencrypted.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > So I need to packaage up some source code in an Eclipse project for
> > > > sharing. Normally, I'd just point someone to my git repo, but I have
> > > > included external libraries in my project. I'm now having some
> trouble
> > > > figuring out how to deal with this. Do I include that jar too? If so
> how
> > > > does the person run that without extensive setup? Isn't there a
> simple
> > > > way to include libraries like in C/C++ where I have an include and a
> > > > compat dir, then just link against them in my makefile? I'm new to
> Java
> > > > packaging so any help is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > --Dan
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