Packaging
Beans in a Jar File
Jars, or Java ARchives, are fairly common entities. They are composed
of compiled Java classes (*.class), and any other files the classes may
need to use, such as images and configuration files.
- For a bean, we need to include the bean classes themselves, as well as any supporting classes.
- We also need to include a manifest file to describe the bean. This text file should look something like this:
- This is the necessary information that our IDE needs to be able to use the bean.
- Use slashes in the Name field to indicate package names.
- Only mention the beans that you would like to have implemented in the builder tool.
- To build the JAR:
- Put all of the needed classes and the manifest into one directory.
- Call jar cfm jarFileName manifestFileName *.class
- Now, you can add this JAR file to your IDE.
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Name: DatabaseBean.class
Java-Bean: True