Cressie176
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Class-Path ignored in MANIFEST.MF
Hi,
I'm newish to Java and trying to get to grips with manifest files. I have written a java application which works perfectly providing I don't compile everything into a jar e.g.
Works with
java -cp .;./com.ibm.mq.jar;./jakar
Doesn't work with
java -jar PafClient.jar
The contents of my jar is
PafClient.class
PafVO.class
com.ibm.mq.jar
jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
The contents of my manifest file is
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: Apache Ant 1.5.1
Main-Class: PafClient
Class-Path: com.ibm.mq.jar jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF is all in caps
There is a blank line beneath Class-path
I am using JDK 1.3.1_03
Any help would be most appreciated as this is driving me nuts!!!
Steve
I'm newish to Java and trying to get to grips with manifest files. I have written a java application which works perfectly providing I don't compile everything into a jar e.g.
Works with
java -cp .;./com.ibm.mq.jar;./jakar
Doesn't work with
java -jar PafClient.jar
The contents of my jar is
PafClient.class
PafVO.class
com.ibm.mq.jar
jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
The contents of my manifest file is
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: Apache Ant 1.5.1
Main-Class: PafClient
Class-Path: com.ibm.mq.jar jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF is all in caps
There is a blank line beneath Class-path
I am using JDK 1.3.1_03
Any help would be most appreciated as this is driving me nuts!!!
Steve
girionis
What is the error message you are getting?
ASKER
Doh!
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundE
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundE
You are missing the MQMD class. Try the following:
java -cp .;./com.ibm.mq.jar;./jakar
and tell me what happens.
java -cp .;./com.ibm.mq.jar;./jakar
and tell me what happens.
ASKER
Works fine.
However this doesn't help me package the external jars into the PafClient.jar so I can deploy with a single file.
(Sorry if I'm jumping the gun)
However this doesn't help me package the external jars into the PafClient.jar so I can deploy with a single file.
(Sorry if I'm jumping the gun)
You can always unpack the external jar files and pack everything into a single jar.
ASKER
I thought of this, but I'd rather know how to do things properly. According to what I've read in the Manifest spec it should be possible.
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Not that your "mq.jar" file must be in the folder "com/ibm" which should be relative to the "PafClient.jar" file. If your PafClient.jar is under the /home/cressie176/classes then the mq.jar should be in the /home/cressie176/classes/c
Thsi:
> Not
should be:
> Note
and this:
> /home/cressie176/classes/ jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
should be:
> /home/cressie176/classes/j
(no space before jakarta).
> Not
should be:
> Note
and this:
> /home/cressie176/classes/ jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
should be:
> /home/cressie176/classes/j
(no space before jakarta).
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