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JJunior
JJunior

Reputation: 2849

Java executable

I am creating an executable jar file for my program in java. The program uses jtds.1.2.jar and javacsv-2.0.jar.

Is it possible to include the external jars when I create my executable jar file??

Please help. Thank you.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 176

Answers (4)

theglauber
theglauber

Reputation: 29595

It's possible to create a folder structure like this

main directory:
   your_app.jar
        subdirectory:
           other jar files

Then add the dependencies to your jarfile's manifest and "zip" the whole thing together, to move it to the computer where you want it to be. Netbeans, for example, supports this kind of deployment.

For a more general / "foolproof" solution, you will have to create a setup program.

Upvotes: 0

Kumar Vivek Mitra
Kumar Vivek Mitra

Reputation: 33534

Try this, this is the way to create a jar or runnable jar in eclipse, all your external libraries in the project will be included

File -> Export-> Java ->Runnbale JAR file

Launch configuration : your Class containing the public static void main(String[] args)

Export destination : Target place

Library Handling:

Package required libraries into generated JAR

FINISH

Upvotes: 1

stefan bachert
stefan bachert

Reputation: 9608

Yes it is possible.

You may use eclipse export jar function doing this

Upvotes: 1

rlegendi
rlegendi

Reputation: 10606

Sure it's possible! Just add the classes of the Jars to your Jar!

You can either do this by hand (unsuggested), or any build tools like Ant ( target) and Maven (search for shading plugin) can do that for you.

If you don't want to bother creating any scripts, just use the IDE to do it for you (newer Eclipse versions have a checkbox for including libraries automatically, for older ones just install a plugin that does the job for you automatically, like the FatJar plugin).

Upvotes: 0

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