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JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files extends the JAR file format to allow multiple, Java-release-specific versions of class/resource files to coexist in the same archive. This upgrade makes it easier for ...

I'm pretty sure that JAR files are just TAR's, so if you can create those with Eclipse you're good to go. I don't have an installation on this comp to test, but I believe you can right click on your ...

It can sometimes be useful to compare the contents of two JARs. In this blog post, I demonstrate a Groovy script that acts like a simple “diff” tool for comparing two JAR files. The Groovy script ...

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 ...

If you're a software developer with POM files at the root of your project, you know a thing or two about obtaining files from a Maven repository. It's easy to pull from Maven central or the in-house ...